Elkhart Workers' Compensation Lawyers

Charlie has been a practicing attorney in Indiana since 1993. He founded his own law firm in 1996 and has concentrated solely on representing injured workers ever since.

For over 35 years, Mr. Kruse has represented injury victims in over 50 counties across the State of Indiana, as well as Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan. He has resolved thousands of personal injury claims, through settlements, court trials, and jury verdicts in nearly every type of personal injury matter, including motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, product liability, and medical malpractice.

Since 1988, he has been a board member for the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association. He serves as a faculty member for the Annual Litigation Skills Workshop for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), training younger litigation attorneys. He has...

Charles D. Hankey holds a B.A. in Psychology from Wabash College and earned his law degree from Indiana University School of Law in 1973. He is admitted to the Indiana Bar and the Bar for the U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana. After graduating from law school, Charles founded the Hankey Law Office which now has over 75 years of combined experience. He is dedicated to providing the legal representation that clients in Indianapolis and throughout Indiana deserve. He has years of experience handling a variety of cases involving personal injury, Social Security Disability, Long Term...

With over 20 years of outstanding legal representation, Attorney Trevor Crossen has earned a reputation as the Indianapolis personal injury lawyer clients can trust. As founder of Crossen Law Firm, he has handled thousands of cases over his career, earning a 10.0 Superb Avvo Rating and nearly a decade of consecutive rankings to Super Lawyers® in the process. If you were injured as a result of someone else’s carelessness, now is the time to contact Crossen Law Firm and schedule a free consultation about your case. They can help you better understand your situation and proceed through your legal challenges...

Nathan Maudlin became an attorney because he wanted to seek justice for those to whom justice is not always apparent. He was admitted to the Indiana Bar in 1995 and in Illinois in 2014. He represents individuals before the Indiana and Illinois Worker’s Compensation Board/Commission, Courts of Appeals and Supreme Courts.

Nathan B. Maudlin joined the law firm of KLEZMER MAUDLIN, P.C. in July, 2003. He focuses his practice on representing workers in claims arising out of work-related injuries including Worker’s Compensation Claims, Wrongful or Retaliatory Discharge Claims, and violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Mr. Maudlin...

Melissa A. Davidson has 8 years of experience in practicing law and has worked with Charles D. Hankey since 2000. Her practice areas include Social Security Disability, Long Term Disability and Personal Injury. She received her Juris Doctor degree from the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis as well as a degree in psychology from Ball State University. Before joining Hankey Law Office as a law clerk in 2000, she was an investigator for Child Protective Services in the state of Indiana for 2 years. Melissa is now a Senior Associate Attorney at Hankey Law Office and has experience handling a...

I have handled thousands of cases and have been invited to speak to workers compensation practitioners at the invite of the Workers Compensation Board. Who better to handle you case than the guy the Board asks for his opinion on the law?

Sondra Lynn Burger is a partner at Hankey Law Office P.C. in Indianapolis. After she graduated from Indiana University with a BA in telecommunications, she began her journey in law at Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis. She later worked as a law clerk for attorney John Price for a year and then became an attorney for Hankey Law Office in 1990. It has now been 24 years since she she first began to practice law and she still continues to thrive and learn more to serve her clients in the best way possible. Her strengths reside in Workers Compensation...

James DuBach has practiced law for over 31 years in the state of Indiana and has been with Hankey Law Office for 12 years. He specializes in personal injury law and also has extensive experience in civil litigation and federal administrative law involving social security disability. James earned his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University of Chicago, College of Law in 1982. He also earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Loyola University of Chicago and a Master in Social Work degree from the University of Illinois. Before joining Hankey Law Office in 1994, he served as Assistant State's Attorney...