Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense
- Telephone: 574-232-4801
- Fax: 574-232-9736
- Website: www.hsk-law.com
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 4156, South Bend, IN 46634-4156
Practice Areas
- Insurance Defense
- Trial and Appellate Practice
- Automobile
- Product Liability
- Professional Liability
- Property and Casualty
- Medical Malpractice
- Workers' Compensation
- Public Entities
- Self-Insured
- Health Care
- Toxic Torts
- Environmental Law
- Coverage Issues
- Mediation
- Arbitration
Additional Locations
- Fort Wayne, Indiana
- 803 South Calhoun Street, 9th Floor
- P.O. Box 11489 (46858-1489)
- Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802
- Telephone: 260-423-1311
- Fax: 260-424-5396
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- 155 East Market Street, Suite 750
- Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
- Telephone: 317-784-4966
- Fax: 317-784-5566
Client Information
Representative Clients
- AAA California
- Amerisure Companies
- Auto-Owners Insurance Company
- Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
- Chubb Services Corporation
- Cincinnati Insurance Company
- CNA Insurance Companies
- The Doctors Company
- EMC Insurance Company
- Erie Insurance Company
- FCCI Insurance Company
- FCCI Insurance Group
- First Acceptance Insurance Company, Inc.
- Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance Company
- Gallagher Bassett Insurance Company
- Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Company
- Indiana Insurance Company
- Indiana University Health
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
- Motorists Insurance Company
- National General Insurance Company
- OneBeacon Insurance
- Pekin Insurance
- Safeco/American States Insurance Company
- Scottsdale Insurance Company
- Sedgwick CMS
- Sentry Insurance a Mutual Company
- Travelers Property Casualty Corporation
- United Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
Personnel Information
Partners
Kevin W. Kearney
South Bend, IN
- E-Mail: kkearney@hsk-law.com
Admitted
- New Jersey, 1986
- Indiana, 1993
Education:
- University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1983
- Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 1986
Born: 1961
Lyle R. Hardman
South Bend, IN
- E-Mail: lhardman@hsk-law.com
Admitted
- Indiana, 1991
- Michigan, 2006
Education:
- DePauw University, B.A. (cum laude), 1988
- Indiana University School of Law, J.D., 1991
Born: 1966
Dinah H. Sampson
South Bend, IN
- E-Mail: dsampson@hsk-law.com
Admitted
- Indiana, 2003
Education:
- DePauw University, B.A., 2000
- University of Notre Dame, J.D. (cum laude), 2003
Born: 1978
Michael G. Getty
South Bend, IN and Fort Wayne, IN
- E-Mail: mgetty@hsk-law.com
Admitted
- Illinois, 1987
- Indiana, 1993
Education:
- University of Michigan, B.A., 1984
- Southern Illinois University School of Law, J.D., 1987
Born: 1962
Associates
Peter J. Bagiackas
South Bend, IN
- E-Mail: pbagiackas@hsk-law.com
Admitted
- Indiana, 1994
Education:
- University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1983
- Indiana University, J.D., 1994
Born: 1961
Jonathan W. Slagh
South Bend, IN
- E-Mail: jslagh@hsk-law.com
Admitted
- Michigan, 1997
- Indiana, 1998
Education:
- Hope College, B.A., History, 1994
- Valparaiso University School of Law, J.D., 1997
Austin T. Kearney
South Bend, IN
- E-Mail: akearney@hsk-law.com
Admitted
- Indiana, 2017
Education:
- Purdue University, B.A., History, 2014
- Valparaiso University School of Law, J.D., 2014
Born: 1991
(See profile under Fort Wayne, IN for additional information)
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