Lance Ladendorf

Lance Ladendorf is what you might call a “people’s lawyer”. When he talks about the law, he invariably speaks about it in the context of how it impacts his clients…followed by how his client’s struggles and victories have impacted him. He has spent the last seven years as a plaintiff’s attorney, leading with both his head and his heart.

Raised in Indiana, Lance completed his undergraduate studies, met his future wife, and moored his faith at Notre Dame University. He attended law school at I.U’s McKinney School of Law where he focused much of his study on the judicial selection process and dedicated considerable volunteer time to training and leading his peers in moot court competitions.

After law school, Lance secured a much-sought-after judicial clerkship in Hamilton County assisting judges in civil and criminal cases.

He credits that clerkship with preparing him for the pace of high-volume private practice and for his tendency to “over-prepare” himself and his clients for trial.

“It was easy to see which attorneys showed up ready for court and which one’s weren’t. Judges pay close attention to that.”

Appointed by his peers in the Indiana Trial Association (ITLA) as Amicus Curiae (Friend of the Court) Lance enjoys the privilege of advising and advocating the courts when a judicial decision may have broader implications than the facts of a specific case or could impact an entire industry or class of plaintiffs in future cases.

Active in the legal community as both a speaker and a writer, Lance has served on the ITLA Board of Governors since 2015 and recently accepted the position of editor of Verdict, the ITLA’s quarterly publication distributed to over 900 trial lawyers and judges across the state of Indiana.

• Personal Injury
• Wrongful Death
• Product Liability
• Mass Tort
• Civil Rights
• Appeals – Civil

• Addington v. Lynch – Motor Vehicle Collision: $1.5 Million liability and umbrella policy limits settlement achieved less than one year after crash
• Estate of Harlan – Ambulance Transport Crash Wrongful Death Case: $1.25 Million settlement
• Peralta v. Fido and P.A.M. Transport, Inc. – Semi Truck Crash resulting in back injury: $450,000 settlement
• School Negligence / Student Assault resulting in traumatic brain injury: $275,000 settlement

• Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana
  J.D. – 2012
• University of Notre Dame
  B.A. – Bachelor of Arts – 2009
  Majors: Psychology, Theology

• Indiana, 2012
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 2012
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 2012

• Selected to Indiana Super Lawyers® for Personal Injury – Plaintiff
  • Super Lawyers – 2024; 2025
  • Rising Stars – 2017; 2018
• Judge Ralph Hamill Memorial Award Recipient – 2012
• American Bar Association Client Counseling Competition
  • Chairman of the Board – Intramural Level, 2011-2012
  • Intramural Champion and Chicago Regional Finalist, 2011

• Judge for The Indiana Lawyer’s “Leadership in the Law” Awards – 2021-2023

• Indiana State Bar Association
• Indianapolis Bar Association
• Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, 2012 – Present
• Board of Governors, 2015 – Present
• Editor of Verdict magazine, 2021 – Present

• Amicus Curiae counsel for the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association
  • Sheil Sexton Co. and Circle B Construction Systems, LLC v. Towe, 154 N.E.3d 827 (Ind. Ct. App. 2020)
  • Walnut Creek Nursery, Inc. v. Banske, 26 N.E.3d 648 (Ind. Ct. App. 2015)
• Ten years of elected service to the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association’s Board of Directors
• Judicial Law Clerk to Hon. William J. Hughes, Hamilton Sup. Court 3 (2012-2013)

• Coalition of Our Immigrant Neighbors (COIN) Pro Bono
• Indianapolis Bar Association “Ask an Attorney” Pro Bono
• I.U. McKinney School of Law Moot Court Judge & student facilitator
• Park Tudor Alumni Representative, 2005-Present
• Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Merciful H.E.L.P Volunteer