Jill M. Emerson, Esq.

Contact:
(317) 488-5500
(800) 274-5559
jemerson@cfclc-law.com

 

Jill Emerson is an associate with Cline Farrell Christie Lee & Caress, P.D.  She has primarily devoted her legal career to representing individuals and small businesses on a wide range of legal matters related to medical malpractice, personal injury, negligence and financial injury to small businesses.  Jill is a compassionate and dedicated attorney who welcomes the opportunity to help you.  She focuses her practice on medical malpractice, wrongful death, birth injuries, nursing negligence, nursing home negligence, medical product liability, pharmaceutical liability, personal injury auto accidents and injuries to small businesses.
Education
Purdue University, B.A., political science, 1990
Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis, J.D., cum laude, 1995
Indiana Trial Advocacy College, 2000

Bar Admissions

Indiana bar, 1995

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Professional Associations
American Association for Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America)
Indiana Trial Lawyers Association
        -Sustaining Member
Indianapolis, Indiana and American Bar Associations

Honors
"Ask the Attorney" Radio Program, WIBC Radio, 1997-1998
Top Law School Papers: Professional Responsibility

     - Dean's List

International Comparative Law Review, Member
Purdue University

     - Dean’s List

Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis

     - Dean’s Tutorial Society


Reported Cases
Baley v. Fox, 671 N.E.2d 133, (Ind. Ct. App. 1996)
Hightshue v. AIG Life Ins. Co., 135 F.3d 1144 (7th Cir. 1998)

Seminars and Lectures
"Presenting a Case to the Medical Review Panel" (ICLEF), 2008
"The Personal Injury Case:  Mastering the Mountain of Medical Records" (ICLEF), 2009
“What’s It Like to Be a Medical Malpractice Attorney?" Southmont Jr. High Career Fair, 2006 

Publications
“Small Business Franchising," 2 Ind.Civ.Lit.Rev. 89, 2005
“Respecting Human Rights in Population Policies:  An International Customary Right to Reproductive Choice," 6 Ind. Int’l & Comp.L.Rev. 197, 1995

Civic Activities
4-H
           -Ten-Year Member, 1986
           -Montgomery County 4-H Grand Champion Steer, 1983
           -Montgomery County 4-H Grand Champion Steer, 1981
Mountie Mission (A community-based 503(c) non-profit corporation in Ladoga, Indiana, Montgomery County, Indiana), February 2007 to present
            -President of Board of Directors
Mountie Mission, July 2006 to present
            -Founding Member of the Board of Directors 
Ladoga Elementary Parent Advisory Committee, 2006-2007
Zionsville Community School Corporation, 2007 to present
            -Parent Volunteer
Zionsville Youth Soccer League, 2007-2008
            -Coach
Zionsville Basketball League, 2008-2009
            -Coach
Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority, 1987-present
Making Strides Breast Cancer Walk, American Cancer Society, Lawyer’s Challenge, 2009-2010
            -Spokesperson