Andrew J Detherage

Practice Areas

Business Tort Litigation (Tortious Interference)

Commercial Litigation

Construction

Consumer Class Action Defense

Contract Litigation

Insurance Recovery and Counseling

Career

Andrew Detherage is the firm managing partner and serves as chair of the firm's Management Committee and co-chair of its Strategic Planning Committee. He formerly served as co-chair of the firm's Insurance Recovery and Counseling Practice Group, which was named by Law360 as a 'Practice Group of the Year.'

Andrew has represented clients in litigated matters throughout the United States and has appeared in courts in more than 35 states. His practice concentrates on insurance coverage matters for policyholders, complex commercial disputes, and toxic torts defense. He has served as national counsel for clients in sophisticated insurance coverage litigation, commercial litigation, and toxic tort matters.

For more than 30 years, Andrew has served as national counsel for numerous clients in insurance coverage matters, commercial litigation, toxic tort litigation and mass tort litigation. In particular, in 2015, he represented a global leader in retail real estate ownership, management and development and secured a $204 million jury verdict after a six-week trial relating to flood losses. The verdict included both covered losses and consequential damages in excess of the coverage limits.

Andrew has been ranked among the top litigation attorneys since 2011 in Chambers USA. In 2011, Andrew was named a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. In 2015, he was recognized as a Law360 MVP for his work in insurance litigation. He has written papers and spoken at seminars on insurance coverage, expert witnesses, and trial preparation.

Andrew is a native of Indiana, and he continues to be active in and is dedicated to the Indianapolis community.

Firm Managing Partner; Co-Chair, Barnes & Thornburg Strategic Planning Committee; Former Co-Chair, Insurance Recovery and Counseling Group; admitted to practice in: Indiana, California; 7th Circuit Court of Appeals; and numerous U.S. District Courts.

Professional Memberships

Indiana and California Bar Associations.

Personal

Board member and past president, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana.

Education