Frederick Hovde | Indianapolis Personal Injury Lawyer

Frederick R. (Rick) Hovde is a founder of Hovde Dassow and Deets LLC and focuses his practice on the areas of medical negligence, car and truck accidents, construction site accidents, and injuries from dangerous consumer products all on behalf of plaintiffs. He has tried over one hundred ten cases to a jury verdict and obtained several maximum statutory verdicts in medical malpractice cases and several verdicts in excess of $1,000,000 in automobile accident, products liability, and insurance bad faith cases. He has handled many significant and complex construction, products liability, and accident and insurance claim cases. He has also been involved in a substantial amount of appellate decisions and authored a number or articles. Over the course of his career, Rick has received countless honors and awards in recognition of his legal excellence. He has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 2003, recognized as an Indiana Super Lawyer since 2004, is a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, American College of Trial Lawyers, Indiana College of Trial Lawyers, Litigation Counsel of America, Indianapolis Bar Foundation. He is also a long time member of the American Association for Justice and American Board of Trial Advocates. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association since 1990, the Executive Committee from 1995 to 2003, and was President during the 2002-2003 term. He has been extensively involved with the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association legislative committee and it's efforts in the state legislature.

In 2019 he received the distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award from the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Founder	Hovde Dassow & Deets LLC	Indianapolis, IN	Present

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law	J.D.	Law School	1980
Southern Methodist University	Bachelors	Business	1977

State / Court	Date
Indiana	1980

• American Association for Justice formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America | Sustaining Member | 1988 - Present
  Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, Member, Board of Directors | 1990 - Present
  Indiana State Bar Association | Young Lawyers Section | Director | 1982 - 1986
  Indianapolis Bar Association | Young Lawyers Section | Director | 1986 - 1989
  American Board of Trial Advocates | Member | 1992 - Present
  Texas Trial Lawyers Association | Former Member
  Indiana Trial Lawyers Association | Past President | 2002 - 2003
  Indiana Trial Lawyers Association | Executive Committee | 1995 - 2003
  American Bar Association
  Indiana Trial Lawyers Association | Legislative Committee | Chairman
  Litigation Counsel of America

• Fellow | Indiana College of Trial Lawyers
  Fellow | Indianapolis Bar Foundation
  Fellow | American College of Trial Lawyers
  Best Lawyers in America
  Indiana SuperLawyer
  Fellow | International Academy of Trial Lawyers
  Fellow | Litigation Counsel of America
  Lifetime Achievement Award | Indiana Trial Lawyers Association | 2019

• Representative Cases
  

  Hinshaw v. Board of Com'rs of Jay County, 611 N.E.2d 637, 1993, Ind., 1993081599

  State Sec. Ins. Co. v. Ottinger, 487 N.E.2d 446, 1985, Ind.App. 2 Dist., 1986100509

  Hottinger v. Trugreen Corp., 665 N.E.2d 593, 1996, Ind.App., 1996110254

  Schimizzi v. Illinois Farmers Ins. Co., 928 F.Supp. 760, 1996, N.D.Ind., 1996126038

  Kennedy v. Guess, 806 NE2d 776, 2004, IND

  Balfour v. Kimberly Home Health Care, 830 NE2d 145, 2005, Ind. App.

  Alli v. Eli Lilly & Co., 854 NE2d 372, 2006, Ind. App.

  State Security Ins. Co. v. Otlinger (1985) 487 N.E. 2d 446

  Welch v. Young (2011) 950 N.E.2d 1283

• Medical Malpractice in Indiana | National Business Institute Indiana | 1990
  Civil Trial Practice, Practice Skills | Indiana Continuing Legal Education Foundation | 1988
  Health Care Evidence in Low-Impact Injury | Professional Education Systems | 1992
  Litigating TMJ, Back and Neck Injury Cases | Professional Education Systems | 1993
  Analysis of Indiana Tort Reform 1995; the Effects of House Enrolled Act 1741 | Indiana Law Review, Vol. 29, No. 2 | 1995
  Punitive Damages | Indiana Continuing Legal Education | 1996
  Bad Faith | Indiana Trial Lawyers Association | 1996

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Verified Credentials	Date Verified
(1980) Licensed as Attorney in Indiana. Verified with Indiana State Bar Association.	January 29, 2021

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