Gary Johnson

Robert T. Keen Jr. is a trial lawyer who focuses his litigation practice in the areas of commercial litigation, insurance defense, premises liability, products liability, employment litigation, and the defense of lawsuits filed against local governments and police officers. Bob has tried hundreds of cases in state and federal courts across the State of Indiana for businesses, insurance companies, and governmental entities. In 2006, Bob was inducted as a Fellow in the American College of Trial...

Trisha Paul has extensive experience in the estate planning and administration area. She assists clients with wills and trust, the avoidance or reduction, inheritance and generation-skipping taxes, disability, life insurance, techniques for making gifts to individuals and charities and distributions from retirement accounts. She also represents business owners and consults on the choice of entity issues, valuation issues and business succession. She is a member of the Allen County Bar, Indian...

David Steiner concentrates his practice in the areas of environmental law and business transactions. He assists businesses and individuals in real estate transactions with environmentally impacted real estate, brownfields, redevelopment and tax-free exchanges. David has extensive experience with handling business transactions that involve formation, acquisitions, sales and contracts. David works with clients to acquire, sell and lease real estate across the Midwest and Southeast. He has repre...

Ben is a litigator with a focus on intense litigation and trial work. He has spent his career advocating for people and businesses involved in lawsuits. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants, although certain client relationships preclude his representation against some professionals. Ben's focus on trial work began when he was a member of the Indiana University intercollegiate trial team for each of his three years of law school. Since then, he has sought out trial-intensive work and ...

Kevin K. Fitzharris, a partner, is a registered civil mediator who concentrates his litigation practice in the areas of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and commercial litigation. He spends most of his time on serving as a mediator to help individuals and entities solve their disputes before filing suit or before trial. With over thirty years of litigation experience, Kevin has represented major litigants in numerous mediations, arbitrations, jury trials, and bench trials. Kevin is a memb...

Labor and employment lawyer Mark Kittaka has significant experience representing clients in OSHA matters involving serious injuries and/or deaths in both state plans and federal OSHA requirements across the country. Mark delivers the industry know-how needed to serve a diverse national clientele in OSHA and other labor and employment matters. Labor and employment lawyer Mark Kittaka has significant experience representing clients in OSHA matters involving serious injuries and/or deaths in bot...

Susan Trent’s practice is primarily focused in commercial and business workout. She also counsels lenders, suppliers, trade creditors and creditors with regard to numerous workout and bankruptcy issues throughout the state of Indiana. Susan represents consumer mortgage lending companies and advises them concerning loss mitigation and other workout opportunities including those in bankruptcy. Susan assists clients with regard to compliance and other lending and financial institution regu...

Jeff counsels for-profit and nonprofit business organizations in a variety of general business matters and transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and various forms of joint ventures, as well as the tax consequences of alternative transaction structures. Over the years, Jeff has represented publicly and privately owned buyers and sellers in multiple asset and stock transactions involving values in excess of $1.6 billion dollars. Jeff routinely counsels clients on a variety of busines...

Theodore T. Storer is a partner with Beers Mallers, LLP. He has practiced law for 27 years and has extensive experience in civil litigation on behalf of individuals, small businesses, and large corporations. Ted has represented financial institutions in complex banking matters; owners and contractors in construction disputes; and businesses in commercial litigation. Ted also regularly represents employers in human resource issues. Ted is an avid soccer fan, having participated as a player and...

Bill is a partner with Beers Mallers, LLP whose practice is devoted to municipal law, municipal finance law, construction law, and labor law. Bill served as a Chief Deputy County Attorney from 1977 through 1984 and as the Allen County Attorney from 1984 to the present. He is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers and ABA Forum on The Construction Industry. Bill was selected by his peers as one of Indiana’s Best Lawyers for Construction Law from 2008-2019.