Jane Callies

I have been defending workers’ compensation cases since 1999. Throughout my career I have successfully taken dozens of cases to hearing before the Indiana Worker’s Compensation Board, and have had many Single Hearing Member decisions overturned to the client’s benefit. I have represented a wide variety of clients, including large corporations and small businesses. I have presented workers’ compensation seminars for the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum and the Lake County Bar Association. I successfully created and cultivated the entire workers’ compensation program with her previous firm. I am a seasoned trial attorney with extensive experience handling civil litigation matters for corporate clients, insurers, excess carriers, and third party administrators in complex litigation. I have handled a variety of cases for personal and commercial clients in the areas of premises liability, commercial liability, retail and restaurant, workers’ compensation, and automobile liability. As first chair counsel, I have personally tried several jury trials, defending clients against auto liability and premises liability claims. Before joining Kopka Pinkus Dolin, I had significant experience handling general liability and Social Security/disability. I received my Bachelor of Science in Communications, cum laude, from Michigan Technological University, and my Juris Doctor, with honors, from Valparaiso University School of Law.