Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts
Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts



Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense


403 East Sixth Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47408-4098

Established: 1953

Practice Areas

  • Insurance Defense
  • Insurance Coverage Litigation
  • School Law
  • Commercial Law
  • Product Liability
  • Premises Liability
  • Motor Vehicle
  • Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist
  • Accident and Health
  • General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice
  • Insurance Coverage Determination
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Employment Law (Management Side)
  • Employment Litigation
  • Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Business Litigation
  • Governmental Entity Defense
  • Municipal Liability
  • Municipal Litigation
  • Real Estate Litigation
  • Life Insurance


About Us

For over sixty years, Ferguson Law has provided quality legal services to the insurance industry, including defense of individual and corporate insureds in litigation and pre-litigation stages. In building relationships with its insurance clients, Ferguson Law works on an early defense strategy with the client to quickly identify cases that can be resolved early to limit litigation costs.

Ferguson Law represents individuals and businesses in state and federal litigation and appeals, including personal injury, property damage, products liability, insurance coverage issues and disputes, workplace harassment, and discrimination claims. Ferguson Law's clients include fire departments, municipalities, construction companies, trucking companies, public housing authorities, and school corporations around the state.

Attorneys of the firm are admitted to the Southern and Northern Federal Districts of Indiana, as well as the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Attorneys of the firm are members of the DRI and the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana.

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Client Information

Insurance Clients

Non-Insurance Clients

  • BASF Corporation
  • Cook, Incorporated
  • Fairmont Homes, Incorporated
  • Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.
  • Indiana Insurance Guaranty Association
  • Indiana University Risk Management
  • Missouri Insurance Guaranty Association
  • VFIS Claims Management

Personnel Information

Partner


David L. Ferguson

Bloomington, IN

Admitted
  • Indiana, 1981
  • U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court
Memberships:
  • American Bar Association (Business Law, Tort & Insurance, Labor & Employment Law, Litigation, and Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Practice Sections)
  • Indiana State and Monroe County Bar Associations
  • Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana (Rules, and Employment Law Committees)
  • Life Member, Fellows of the Indiana Bar Foundation
  • Defense Research Institute
Awards
  • Super Lawyers Top Rated Civil Litigation Attorney
Education:
  • Indiana University, B.S. (with distinction), 1978
  • Indiana University, J.D., 1981
Honors:
Metz Scholar, 1974-1978; Beta Gamma Sigma

Associates


Christine L. Bartlett

Bloomington, IN

Admitted
  • Indiana, 2011
Awards
  • Super Lawyers Rising Star
Education:
  • Indiana University, B.A. (Dean's List), 2007
  • Indiana University Maurer School of Law, J.D., 2010
Law Review:
Federal Communications Law Journal

Allison V. Weber

Bloomington, IN

Admitted
  • Indiana, 2020
Education:
  • Manchester University, B.S. (cum laude), 2015
  • Indiana University Maurer School of Law-Bloomington, J.D., 2020

High Profile Cases

Clayton v. Morgan Co. Sheriff's Dept., 95 N.E.3d 189 (Ind. Ct. App. 2018). 

American Family Mutual Insurance Co. v. Williams et al., 135 F.Supp.3d 834 (S.D. Ind., Sept. 30, 2015) (opinion available), affirmed by the Seventh Circuit on appeal. (oral argument).

Lantz and Wright v. Office of the Jackson Township Trustee, et al., 1:10-cv-00340, No. 48 (N.D. Ind., Mar. 29, 2013) (opinion available).

Johnson v. Jacobs, et al., 970 N.E.2d 666 (Ind. Ct. App. 2011), trans. den. 963 N.E.2d 1121 (Ind. 2012).

Wyant v. Wayne Township Fire Department and Wayne Township, 1:11-cv-00145, No. 63 (S.D. Ind., May 3, 2012) (opinion available).

Cincinnati Insurance Co. v. American Alternative Insurance Corp., 866 N.E.2d 326 (Ind. Ct. App. 2007), trans. denied July 25, 2007.

Brady v. Brown Township Life Star Ambulance Service, 802 N.E.2d 983 (Ind. Ct. App. 2004) (opinion available).

Service Areas

Bedford, Indiana, USA 25 miles

Bloomfield, Indiana, USA 30 miles

Columbus, Indiana, USA 37 miles

Greenwood, Indiana, USA 46 miles

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 49 miles

Martinsville, Indiana, USA 19 miles

Nashville, Indiana, USA 20 miles

Spencer, Indiana, USA 20 miles

Terre Haute, Indiana, USA 59 miles

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