Williams Law Group, LLC
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When Williams Law Group, LLC was founded, it was focused on ensuring individuals and small businesses received skilled legal representation after they had been wronged or harmed. We have maintained this dedication and we refuse to be outworked in the cases we represent. Our team has helped people who were injured by prescription drugs, business owners who had been defamed, and those who have been hurt due to someone else’s negligence and carelessness.
Williams Law Group, LLC was founded as a firm committed to protecting individuals and small businesses that have been wronged by someone or something not following the basic rules of life and causing harm. From individuals injured by prescription drugs to defamed business owners, Williams Law Group, LLC stands ready to equalize the odds.
Whatever the circumstances our clients face, we will passionately represent them and fearlessly take on the biggest law firms in the country to do so. We understand that you have a unique story that led you to this point and our determined legal team can help tell your story to the court in pursuit of fair compensation. Our team is focused on providing detailed and compelling advocacy for those who have been wronged.
Contact us today if you need legal assistance with any of the following:
- Pharmaceutical Drug & Medical Device Injury
- Personal Injury
- Catastrophic Injury
- Insurance Bad Faith
- Defamation
- Business Litigation
- Medical Malpractice
- Product Liability
- Class Actions
Call 317-633-5270 today to arrange your free initial consultation.
Attorney Joseph N. Williams
Voted one of the Best Lawyers in America since 2017, Joe Williams is often brought in to try complex lawsuits. Joe brings a unique ability to communicate with the jury, making the complex seem simple.
His jury trial success includes recovering $112.4 million for a surgeon-inventor who was cheated by Medtronic (2nd largest verdict in Indiana history), $14.5 million for a roofer wrongfully accused of insurance fraud by State Farm (largest defamation verdict in Indiana history), and $3 million for a former school bus driver injured by a defective Cook Medical IVC filter.* Joe’s trial success has been widely reported in publications like USA Today, the Indianapolis Business Journal, Law.com, and the Indianapolis Star. In 2015, Joe was appointed liaison counsel for MDL No. 2570 (In re: Cook Medical).
Joe is one of the few lawyers that tried both bellwether trials — the second of which resulted in the only jury finding of a design defect in any IVC filter case to be tried.
Joe received his J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School, where he was awarded the Tennessee Bar Association’s Access to Justice Law Student of the Year in 2004 for his dedication to the legal issues confronted by those in need.
He was honored with selection to the Indiana Super Lawyers’ Rising Stars in 2010, 2011, 2013 to 2019, a designation that recognizes the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state.
Joe was also awarded the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association's Max Goodwin Young Lawyer Award in 2013, which recognized his outstanding dedication to protecting the rights of the injured.
Bar Admissions:
- Indiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana
Professional Memberships and Achievements:
- American Association of Justice
- Indiana Trial Lawyers Association
- Indiana State Bar Association
Attorney Ronald Waicukauski
Ronald Waicukauski is an active trial lawyer at the Indianapolis-based plaintiffs’ litigation firm, Williams Law Group, LLC. His practice focuses on plaintiffs’ complex litigation including matters involving business disputes, property rights, professional malpractice, and class actions. He has tried more than seventy jury cases to verdict as lead counsel in both state and federal courts. He has also argued numerous appellate cases in the Indiana Court of Appeals, the Indiana Supreme Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Ron formerly served as a JAG and Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps and as the elected Prosecuting Attorney in Monroe County, Indiana. He graduated with a B.S in Communication, cum laude, from Northwestern University in 1970, a J.D. from Harvard University in 1973, and a LL.M. degree, summa cum laude, from George Washington University in 1976. He has taught trial and appellate advocacy at the Indiana University Schools of Law in Bloomington and Indianapolis, and served on the faculty of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and the Defense Counsel Trial Academy.
Since 2004, Ron has been a regular speaker at the Indianapolis Law Club on recent developments in Indiana law. In addition, Ron has made numerous CLE presentations at meetings of the American Bar Association, the Indiana State Bar Association, and many other legal organizations.
Bar Admissions:
- Indiana State Bar Association
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education:
- J.D., Harvard University
- LL.M. summa cum laude, George Washington University
- B.S., cum laude, Northwestern University
Professional Memberships and Achievements:
- Indianapolis American Inn of Court (President 1997-1999)
- American Bar Association, Litigation Section (Co-Chair, Training the Advocate Committee 1996-1999)
- Indiana State Bar Association (Chair, Pre-Suit Mediation Committee 1994-1997)
- Indianapolis Bar Association
- Indiana Trial Lawyers Association
- Indianapolis Law Club
Attorney Carol Nemeth Joven
Carol Nemeth Joven has extensive experience as a litigator, having tried cases and argued appeals in state and federal courts. Her current practice focuses on plaintiffs’ complex civil litigation, including antitrust and other business disputes, professional malpractice, civil rights, and personal injury.
Carol formerly served as a Deputy Attorney General in the Office of the Attorney General of Indiana, where she represented the state, its agencies and employees in trial and appellate litigation, including over two hundred appeals. Carol also previously served as a Judicial Law Clerk for Judge John Baker of the Indiana Court of Appeals. Carol graduated cum laude from Indiana University School of Law where she was the recipient of several honors, including the American Jurisprudence Award for Civil Procedure.
Carol is an active member of the Executive Committee of the Appellate Practice Section of the Indianapolis Bar Association, and was the Chair of that Committee in 2017. She has presented at continuing legal education seminars on topics including ethics and appeals. Carol was awarded an AV Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, which designates the highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards by that organization.
Bar Admissions:
- Indiana, 1994
- Ohio, 1995 (license inactive)
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 1994
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 1994
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2003
- United States Supreme Court, 2012
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education:
- J.D. cum laude, Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington
- B.A. – Economics with high distinction, Indiana University
- Certificate, Liberal Arts & Management Program, Indiana University
Professional Memberships and Achievements:
- Indianapolis Law Club
- Indianapolis Bar Association
- Member of Executive Committee of Appellate Practice Section (and Former Chair)
- Member of the Indianapolis Bar Foundation Board of Directors
- Former Member Executive Committee of Women and the Law Division
- Indiana State Bar Association
- Indiana Trial Lawyers Association
Attorney Brad Catlin
Brad Catlin has a broad range of experience representing individuals and businesses seeking compensation in complex litigation. Brad has obtained multiple jury verdicts in excess of $10 million, including one in excess of $130 million, and is licensed to practice in the States of Indiana and Ohio.
One of Brad’s primary practice areas is prosecuting legal malpractice claims. He represents individuals, small businesses, and multinational corporations in situations where their prior attorneys made mistakes and must be held accountable. These cases can be complex and require an attorney who is well-informed about many areas of law. Brad does this by regularly educating Indiana attorneys on recent developments in Indiana and federal law.
Brad also represents businesses in other forms of litigation, pursuing antitrust claims, trade secret claims, property disputes, and claims of wrongful interference with contracts or business relationships. Brad’s technical proficiency and project management experience allows him to advise businesses, which are considering litigation about their obligations to preserve relevant information.
Brad’s individual clients have included people who have been the victims of an abuse of power. That could be in civil rights cases against government employees from, for example, the Indiana Departments of Revenue or Child Services. Or it could be against companies who damage a large group of people as part of our class action practice, such as the class of people Brad represented against State Farm for a breach of its duty to treat its insured with good faith and a group of landowners he represented in Missouri against electric companies who operated a telecommunications business across the landowners’ land without permission. Other attorneys also regularly hire Brad to act as local counsel in their complex cases, to help guide them through Indiana law and procedure to achieve a favorable outcome for their clients.
In addition to representing clients in lawsuits, Brad teaches other attorneys both locally, state-wide, and nationally, about legal matters on a variety of topics. Brad is a regular speaker at the monthly meeting of the Indianapolis Law Club, has spoken on a number of occasions at classes hosted by the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association and the Indianapolis Bar Association, and has given presentations on legal technology in nation-wide webinars. Brad has also had a number of articles published by various legal publications, including a regular column in the Verdict, published by the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association.
Brad is a native of Westfield, Indiana and attended Wabash College as an Honor Scholar. He graduated from Wabash cum laude with an B.A. in Political Science and obtained his law degree from the University of Notre Dame School of Law. Brad served as a law clerk to Hon. Mary DeGenaro of Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals. While working at the Court of Appeals, Brad helped prepare material for the Ohio exam governing certification as a specialist in Appellate Law.
Brad has enjoyed the honor of having his peers name him as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers and as one of the “Best Lawyers” for his work in Commercial Litigation and Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs.
Bar Admissions:
- Indiana, 1999
- Northern District of Indiana
- Southern District of Indiana
- Northern District of Ohio
- Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
- Ohio, 2008
Education:
- J.D., University of Notre Dame School of Law
- A.B cum laude, Wabash College
Professional Memberships and Achievements:
- Indianapolis Bar Association
- Indiana Trial Lawyers Association
- Indiana State Bar Association
- Indianapolis Law Club
- American Bar Association