Lance D. Cline, Esq.

Contact:

(317) 488-5500

(800) 274-5559
lance@cfclc-law.com

 

Lance D. Cline is a partner with Cline Farrell Christie & Lee, P.C. With 30 years of trial experience, Lance has devoted his entire legal career to representing people who have been injured and families who have had a member killed as a result of negligent conduct by health care providers, motor vehicle operators, corporations, and other individuals and organizations.  Cline is active with the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, and has served on the Board of Directors since 1984. Lance focuses his practice on  medical negligence, products liability, motor vehicle collisions, toxic torts and wrongful death. 

 

Education
Indiana University, B.A. with highest distinction, 1973 Phi Beta Kappa

Indiana University, J.D. 1980 Cum Laude

 

Bar Admissions
Indiana bar, 1980


Court Admissions

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Central District of Illinois

 

Professional Associations

Trial Lawyers for Public Justice

American College of Legal Medicine

Indiana Trial Lawyers Association

            -Member, Board of Directors, 1984-Present

            -Member, College of Fellows

American Association of Justice

            -Birth Trauma, Breast Implant, L-Tryptophan, Inadequate Security, Cardiac Devices, Parlodel and Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Groups, Medical Information Exchange Group

Indianapolis Bar Association

            -Former Member, Judicial Evaluation Committee
Indiana State Bar Association

 

Honors
Inner Circle of Advocates (Invited membership limited to 100 of the best plaintiff attorneys in the United States.  Lance is 1 of only 2 Indiana attorneys ever inducted into the Inner Circle during the history of the organization)

            -Member since 2008

American College of Trial Lawyers (Invited membership limited to no more than 1% of attorneys nationally)

            -Fellow

Best Lawyers in America, 1997 - present

Indiana Super Lawyer, 2004-2010

            -Honored every year since the award's inception

            -Honored as a Top 50 lawyer every year since the award's inception

Indianapolis Medical Malpractice Lawyer of the Year, 2011



Reported Cases
State of Indiana et al. v. Cornelius, 637 N.E.2d 195 (1994).
Ryan v. Brown, M.D., 827 N.E.2d 112 (2005).

 

Seminars and Lectures

Masters In The Courtroom (ICLEF), 2010

Medical Negligence Litigation (ICLEF), 1986, 1993

            -Chairman

"Breast Implant Litigation: An Overview" (ICLEF), 1993

"Breast Implant Litigation" (ITLA), 1992

"How to Win A Medical Review Panel Decision" (ITLA), 1989

National Institute for Trial Advocacy (Indiana Trial Skills Workshop), 1988, 1989

Indiana Trial Lawyers Annual Institute, 1988

            -Co-chairman

Product Liability Update (ICLEF), 1988

Indiana Dental Association Annual Seminar, 1987

Indiana Trial Lawyers Association Annual Seminar, 1987

Litigating Automobile Accidents (ICLEF), 1987

Practice Skills Seminar (ICLEF), 1984 - 1987

            -Lecturer

Wrongful Death in Indiana (ITLA), 1985

 

Publications

"Overcoming Anti-Plaintiff Juror Bias In A Conservative Venue", ICLEF Seminar, 2011

"Overcoming A Negative Medical Reviews Panel Opinion", ICLEF Seminar 2010

"Medical Malpractice and the Statute of Limitations", ICLEF Insider, 1998

"The Medical Negligence Litigation System: Dispelling the Myth of a System in Crisis," Verdict Magazine, 1993

"Breast Implant Litigation: An Overview," ICLEF Seminar, 1993

"Mock Trial Casebook," Indiana Trial Lawyers Association Annual Institute, 1988

"The Open and Obvious Danger Rule in Product Liability Litigation Under Indiana Law," ICLEF Seminar, 1988

"Causes of Action Arising From Motor Vehicle Accidents," ICLEF Seminar, 1987

"Proving Dependency of Survivors in Wrongful Death Litigation in Indiana," Indiana Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, 1985

"Handling The Personal Injury Claim," ICLEF Practice Skills Seminar, 1984

"Proof of Subjective Injuries," ICLEF Seminar, 1982

Co-Author: "Negligent Hiring and Negligent Retention of An Employee," Am Jur Trials 61 Vol. 29

 

Civic Activities

Brebeuf Jesuit High School law class

            -Repeat guest speaker
IUPUI Legal Nurse Consultant Program

            -Repeat guest speaker
Pike Township Youth League, 1987 – 1990

            -Basketball coach
Regular contributor to a wide array of civic-minded organizations including the Indiana Legal Services Organization, the Indianapolis Bar Foundation, the Julian Center,  Family Services of Central Indiana, Smile Train, Make-A-Wish Foundation,  Doctors Without Borders, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, and Greenpeace