Top-rated personal injury lawyers in Carmel.
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Stephanie Cassman
PartnerStephanie L. Cassman is a Partner at Wagner Reese, LLP in Carmel, Indiana, with more than 20 years of experience as a trial advocate. She was named Indiana Defense Lawyer of the Year (2015) and has been recognized as a Top 50 Attorney and Top 25 Woman by Indiana Super Lawyers from 2016 through 2023. She is a Distinguished Fellow of the Indianapolis Bar Foundation. Cassman earned her J.D. from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis and her undergraduate degree from Indiana University, Bloomington. She is admitted to practice in Indiana state courts, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. She served as Chair of the Indianapolis Bar Association's Litigation Section in 2011 and as Vice President of the Board of Directors in 2015, and serves on the faculty of the Trial Advocacy Skills College. She is a frequent speaker and author on jury selection and trial advocacy.
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Jillena Cosiver
AttorneyJillena Cosiver is a personal injury litigation attorney at Vaughan & Vaughan, representing injured clients throughout Indiana. She earned her J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 2022 and her B.S. in Psychological Sciences with Honors from Purdue University in 2019. During law school, Cosiver served on the University of Mississippi Trial Advocacy Board, where she was named Best Lawyer in the Southern Classic Tournament in 2021. She was a Dean's Merit Scholarship recipient and was sworn in for limited practice through the University of Mississippi Child Advocacy Clinic. Cosiver is admitted to practice in Indiana state courts (2022), the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana (2022), and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (2022).
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Chloe Deardurff
AttorneyChloe M. Deardurff is a personal injury attorney at Vaughan & Vaughan, where she represents clients injured in accidents in Indianapolis and across Indiana. She brings a commitment to client advocacy and supporting individuals through the legal process. Deardurff earned her J.D. from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law and her undergraduate degree from Indiana University South Bend, where she received the IU Regional Law Scholar Award. Before becoming an attorney at Vaughan & Vaughan, she served as a Law Clerk at the firm and previously at Ladendorf Law, further developing her expertise in personal injury law. Her earlier interest in advocacy work, including time at the Robinson Center, shaped her commitment to representing those who have been harmed.
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Timothy Devereux
PartnerTimothy F. Devereux is a Partner at Wagner Reese, LLP in Carmel, Indiana, with 34 years of experience handling plaintiffs' personal injury cases. His practice focuses on product liability, construction site injuries, industrial accidents, commercial trucking collisions, and other catastrophic injuries. Devereux has been recognized as one of the Top 25 Products Liability Trial Lawyers in Indiana by the Product Liability Trial Lawyers Association (PLTLA). He is a guest lecturer at Indiana University - Bloomington and has presented nationally broadcast webinars on construction site injuries. As a nationally published author, he has contributed multiple chapters to Matthew Bender's Products Liability Practice Guide and Am Jur Trials. Devereux earned his J.D. from the University of Denver College of Law. He is admitted to practice in Indiana, Illinois, Texas, Colorado, the U.S. Supreme Court, and multiple federal appellate courts. He serves on the Board of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association.
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Jeff Gibson
PartnerJeff S. Gibson is a Partner at Wagner Reese, LLP in Carmel, Indiana, with more than 20 years of dedicated legal practice. He has been recognized as a Super Lawyer in multiple selections and as a Super Lawyers Rising Star, and has been named to the National Trial Lawyer Association's '40 Under 40.' He has also been designated an Indiana Abuse Guardian. Gibson is a member of the American Association for Justice, the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, and the National Crime Victim Bar Association, as well as the Indiana State Bar Association and the Indianapolis Bar Association. He has authored multiple pieces published in legal journals.
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Jill Reese
Of CounselJill E. Reese is Of Counsel at Wagner Reese, LLP in Carmel, Indiana, where she focuses on medical malpractice cases. She brings expertise in analyzing medical records, researching related lawsuits, and crafting persuasive arguments. Reese earned her J.D. from the Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law) in 1997 and her B.S. in Secondary Education (German) from Indiana University Bloomington in 1991. She is fluent in German and previously worked as a German-translating flight attendant. She serves on the boards of the Carmel Education Foundation, Discovering Broadway, Inc., and the Carmel Clay Historical Society, and previously served on the Carmel Public Art Advisory Committee.
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Jason Reese
Co-founder & PartnerJason R. Reese is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Wagner Reese, LLP, an Indiana personal injury firm he co-founded in 2000 with Stephen Wagner. He has more than 28 years of experience and has handled medical malpractice, birth injury, vehicle accident, and wrongful death cases. Reese has been recognized as an Indiana Super Lawyer continuously from 2004 through 2024 and has been listed among the Top 50 Indiana Super Lawyers from 2016 through 2024. He has been named Trial Lawyer of the Year, named to Best Lawyers in America, named to The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 in Indiana, and selected to the Indianapolis Business Journal's Forty Under 40 (2005). He received the American Board of Trial Advocates Excellence in Civility Award (2024) and has been honored as a Distinguished Barrister by The Indiana Lawyer. He was named Mentor of the Year by College Mentors for Kids (2017). Reese earned his J.D. with honors from the Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law) and his undergraduate degree magna cum laude from the University of Arizona. He is admitted to practice in Indiana and Illinois.
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Autumn Seib
AttorneyAutumn L. Seib is an attorney at Wagner Reese, LLP in Carmel, Indiana, where she represents personal injury clients. She has been recognized as an Indiana Super Lawyer (2024), listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2025), and named to Top 40 Under 40 (2023-2024). Seib earned her J.D. from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law and completed both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree at Central Michigan University in four years total, achieving a perfect GPA in both. Her undergraduate studies were in Political Science, Psychology, and Philosophy. She is admitted to practice in Indiana, Michigan, and the Indiana federal courts.
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Laura Swafford
PartnerLaura W. Swafford is a Partner at Wagner Reese, LLP in Carmel, Indiana, where she represents individuals and families in personal injury, wrongful death, and civil rights cases. She grew up in Carmel. Before joining Wagner Reese, Swafford was a litigator at an Indianapolis defense firm, where she handled cases involving catastrophic injuries, employment discrimination, and civil rights violations. She earned her J.D. cum laude from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 2015, where she was a member of the Dean's Tutorial Society, President of the Student Bar Association, and an Executive Member of the Indiana International & Comparative Law Review. She earned her B.S. in Public Affairs with a concentration in Legal Studies from Indiana University in 2012. Swafford has been named an Indiana Super Lawyers Rising Star from 2019 through 2023, listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2021, 2022), and selected as a Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiffs Lawyer in Indiana (2022).
- Vaughan & Vaughan Injury and Accident Attorneys Since 1913 - Indianapolis40y
Charles Vaughan
Managing Attorney & OwnerCharles V. Vaughan, known as Charley, is the Managing Attorney and Owner of Vaughan & Vaughan, a third-generation Indiana personal injury firm founded in 1913 by his grandfather, Charles L. Vaughan. He has practiced law for nearly four decades, concentrating on serious personal injury cases as well as Condemnation and Probate Law. Vaughan is board-certified in Civil Trial Law (since 2001) and Civil Practice Advocacy (since 2012) by the National Board of Trial Advocacy - a distinction held by only a small number of Indiana lawyers. He has been repeatedly named an Indiana Super Lawyer by Indianapolis Monthly and listed in The Best Lawyers in America for personal injury litigation. He is a member of the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys and has received the My Legal Win Top Attorneys in America recognition. Vaughan & Vaughan served as counsel in the landmark Ryan White case in the 1980s, in which Charles V. Vaughan and his father, Charles R. Vaughan, fought for Ryan White's rights against discrimination after his AIDS diagnosis at an Indiana school. The firm operates offices in Indianapolis, Lafayette, Anderson, Muncie, Carmel, Kokomo, and Evansville.
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Charles J. Vaughan
Attorney & Director of OperationsCharles J. Vaughan is a fourth-generation personal injury attorney at Vaughan & Vaughan, where he serves as Director of Operations, overseeing firm operations and case management for personal injury clients. The firm was founded in 1913. Vaughan earned his J.D. from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington, where he passed the Indiana bar in February of his final year. He earned his undergraduate degree at Harvard University, achieving John Harvard Scholar status with a GPA in the top 5% of his peers. He was a junior national champion in swimming during high school. The firm has offices in Indianapolis, Lafayette, Anderson, Muncie, Carmel, Kokomo, and Evansville, Indiana.
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Charles R. Vaughan
Attorney, RetiredCharles R. Vaughan, known as Charley, Sr., is a now-retired Indiana attorney whose career spanned nearly seven decades of personal injury and condemnation law practice at Vaughan & Vaughan, the firm founded by his father in 1913. Vaughan was named Indiana Trial Lawyer of the Year in 1987 and received the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for personal injury litigation since 1994 and has been repeatedly voted an Indiana Super Lawyer by his peers. With his son, Charles V. Vaughan, he served as counsel for Ryan White in the landmark 1980s case in which they fought for Ryan's rights against AIDS-related discrimination at an Indiana school. Vaughan earned his J.D. from Valparaiso University School of Law in 1957 and his A.B. from Indiana University in 1953. He served as President of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association in 1966 and is a Sustaining Member of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association and the Association of Trial Lawyers, a Charter Member of the Indiana College of Trial Lawyers, a member of the Lawyer Pilots Bar Association, a Million Dollar Advocates Forum member, and a Charter Fellow of the Litigation Council of America.
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Karolina Viehe
AttorneyKarolina Viehe is a personal injury attorney at Vaughan & Vaughan, where she represents injured clients across Indiana. She earned her J.D. magna cum laude from Valparaiso University School of Law in 2012 as an Honors Program participant, and her undergraduate law degree from Charles University, Faculty of Law (Czech Republic). During law school, Viehe served as President of the Amnesty International Association and as a member of the Intellectual Property Law Association. She also worked as a Judicial Extern for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana and as a Certified Legal Intern for the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor's Office. Viehe is admitted to practice before the Indiana Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
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Stephen Wagner
Co-founder & PartnerStephen M. Wagner is a co-founder and partner of Wagner Reese, LLP, an Indiana personal injury firm based in Carmel. He has more than 30 years of experience handling civil litigation, civil rights, and work injury matters. Wagner was named Indiana Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2006. He has been selected as an Indiana Super Lawyer in 2004 and continuously from 2006 through 2025, and has been listed among Super Lawyer magazine's Top 50 Personal Injury Attorneys from 2018 through 2024. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the Indianapolis Bar Foundation (2021) and a member of The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 - Civil Plaintiff. Wagner serves on the Board of Directors of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association and has authored numerous articles in national and local legal publications on civil litigation, civil rights violations, and work injuries.