Joel D. Swider

Tony Patterson is a partner at the Indianapolis and Lebanon offices of Parr Richey Frandsen Patterson Kruse LLP. He has extensive experience representing personal injury victims and wrongful death survivors throughout Indiana and across the Midwest. His personal injury practice spans a wide range of areas, including automobile and trucking accidents, medical malpractice, mass torts, and other complex injury-related matters. Over the course of his career, Mr. Patterson has obtained numerous mi...

Bryan Tisch learned early on while attending Purdue University that he wanted to pursue a career in law. In addition to his exposure to the law through a number of his business courses. While studying at Purdue, Bryan was fortunate enough to have firsthand experience assisting others as a result of completing an externship with Legal Services of Indiana in Lafayette. During this time, he was exposed to a variety of matters including child custody, divorce, employment law, housing, medical ass...

Todd Vare is a trial and appellate advocate focused on protecting his client’s intellectual property and counseling on their data security and privacy needs. Todd is client-focused, staunchly loyal to those he serves, and passionate about the law and innovation. He is at his best where advocacy, business and competition intersect. Todd advocates for his clients in complex, high-stakes litigation involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, technology licensing, software dev...

Tony Paganelli is the founder and managing attorney at Paganelli Law Group , a mid-sized firm with offices in Indianapolis and Bloomington, Indiana. For over 30 years, he has practiced in the areas of business and real estate litigation, mediation, and business law. He also frequently advises corporate officers, senior executives, and professionals on employment law matters. Born and raised in Northwest Indiana, Tony was the first person in his family to go to college. He is a 1992 graduate o...

Matthew Melton is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants. Matthew, who practices law in Indianapolis, Indiana, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Matthew is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Jacob focuses his legal practice on state government services and municipal funding matters for counties, cities and towns across Indiana. His duties for local government clients range from general counsel services for county government to economic development strategy for redevelopment commissions. Jacob also structures municipal bond deals for government entities. In addition, he helps clients navigate Access to Public Records requests and the Open Door Law, community corrections and jail m...

Jan Michelsen is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Labor and Employment. Jan, who practices law in Indianapolis, Indiana, has been recognized since 2019. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jan is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Donald Morgan is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Appellate Practice. Donald, who practices law in Indianapolis, Indiana, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Donald is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Commercial litigator, trial lawyer and skilled negotiator Curt Greene represents private and publicly traded companies nationwide in a variety of civil litigation and business transactional matters. Curt understands business management and operations from the inside out, and brings his first-hand experience and business acumen to his broad dispute resolution and business law practice. Curt joined the firm after nearly a decade of both public and private sector service in various operational a...

Jonathan G. Polak is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Intellectual Property and Trademark Law. Jonathan G., who practices law in Indianapolis, Indiana, has been recognized since 2012. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jonathan G. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.