F. Boyd Hovde
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Phone: 317.818.3100
Fax: 317.818.3111
Meridian Tower
201 W. 103rd Street, Suite 500
Indianapolis, Indiana 46290
F. Boyd Hovde graduated from the University of Michigan law school in 1959 with a J.D. degree and was admitted to practice before the Indiana Supreme Court in the same year. He is also admitted to practice in both United States District Court in Indiana (Northern and Southern Districts), the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States of America.
He started his practice as an Associate with the Indianapolis firm of Ice Miller (then known as Ross, McCord, Ice and Miller) becoming a partner in 1967. While there, he specialized in the defense of personal injury and wrongful death claims on behalf of major national insurance clients such as Aetna Casualty and Surety and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. He left that firm in 1969 to join 2 plaintiff's attorneys to form the firm of Townsend Hovde & Townsend. With evolving firm names, he has been a plaintiff's personal injury attorney ever since and is now the senior principal of Hovde Dassow & Deets, LLC in Indianapolis.
He is a fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (world-wide membership by invitation only with a maximum of 600 fellows), a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (fellowship limited to 1% of attorneys licensed in a state) and a Fellow of the Indiana College of Trial Lawyers. He is a past president of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (1979) and has been a member of its Board of Directors since 1976. He has served on the Indiana Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure and on its Committee on Character and Fitness.
He has been a member of The Indiana Bar Association and Indianapolis Bar Association since 1959 and served as the President of the Indianapolis Bar Association in 1979. He is also a Fellow of the Indianapolis Bar Foundation.
While he handles all types of personal injury and wrongful death claims, a majority of his clients are those with medical malpractice claims.
Education
J.D., The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1959
With Honors
B.A., Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1956
With Honors
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
IndianaU.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 1959
U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 1966
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1960
U.S. Supreme Court, 1977
Professional & Bar Association Memberships
Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1970 - Present
Board of Directors
Member and Lifetime Director
1976 - 1977 President
Indianapolis Bar Association, 1959 - Present
1979, Treasurer
Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1959 - Present
American College of Trial Lawyers
International Academy of Trial Lawyers
Indiana Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness, 1976 - 2000
Indiana Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, 1980 - 1992
Indiana State Bar Association
American Bar Association
Representative Cases
Britt v. Sears, 277 N.E.2d 20 (Ind.App. 2 Div. 1971)
Brooks v. Robinson, 284 N.E.2d 794 (Ind. 1972)
Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 322 F.2d 963 (C.A.7 (Ind.) 1963)
Ruckman & Hansen, Inc. v. Contracting & Material Co., 328 F.2d 744 (C.A.7 (Ind.) 1964)
Gillam v. J. C. Penney Co., 341 F.2d 457 (C.A.7 (Ind.) 1965)
State v. Collier, 331 N.E.2d 784 (Ind.App. 1 Dist. 1975)
Miskunas v. Union Carbide, 399 F.2d 847, cert. den. 895 ct. 718 (7th Cir. 1968)
Chambers v. Osteonics Corp., 109 F.3d 1243 (7th Cir. 1997)
Poehlman v. Feferman,, 717 NE2d 578 (Ind. 1999)
References
Indiana Bar Foundation
Classes/Seminars Taught
Honors and Awards
Distinguished Service Award, Indianapolis Jaycees, 1968
Indiana Amateur Golf Champion, 1976
Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1979
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 1976
Member, College of Fellows, Indiana Trial Lawyers Association
Indiana Golf Hall of Fame, 1994
Fellow, Indiana College of Trial Lawyers
