Kent M. Frandsen
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765.482.0110 Ext: 143
317.269.2509 Ext: 143
Capital Center South
201 North Illinois Street, Suite 300
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Kent Frandsen has practiced with the firm since 1977 concentrating in civil litigation, zoning and land use, electric utility, and education law. Following graduation from law school, Mr. Frandsen served as a law clerk to The Honorable James E. Noland, Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
Mr. Frandsen has tried over 100 civil jury trials in state and federal courts, representing both plaintiffs and defendants. He has pursued or defended appeals in nearly forty cases in state and federal courts. He has also served as the panel chair in nearly 300 medical malpractice panel proceedings administered by the Indiana Department of Insurance. Mr. Frandsen is a certified civil mediator and has conducted nearly 200 civil mediations. He has also served as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association in both construction and tort disputes. He currently serves as general counsel for the Lebanon and Western Boone school districts, the Indiana CPA Society, Home National Bank, and Boone REMC.
Education
J.D., Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis, 1975
summa cum laude
B.S., Indiana University, 1972
magna cum laude
Appearances/Publications
Mr. Frandsen has made numerous presentations on topics of education, electric utility, insurance and tort law to attorneys and other professionals through the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, National Business Institute, Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, Indiana School Boards Association, and National Rural Electric Cooperatives Association, Inc.
Reported Appellate Decisions of Interest
· Lueder v. NIPSCO, 633 N.E.2d 1340 (Ind. App. 1997) [reversing defense verdict based on incorrect jury instructions in negligence action under comparative fault act]
· Porter Dev. v. First Nat’l Bank, Valparaiso, 866 N.E.2d 775 (Ind. 2007) [mandating award of attorney fees to bank which initiated interpleader action]
· Deiss v. Greenhouse Dev., 926 N.E. 63 (Ind. App. 2010) [affirming zoning board’s construction of term “drive-through” facilities under zoning ordinance
· Pope v. Central Indiana Power, N.E.2d (Ind. App. 2010) [affirming directed verdict for electric utility in negligence case]
Professional and Community Associations
Mr. Frandsen is a member of the American Association for Justice. He has served on the ethics and land use committees of the Indiana State Bar Association. He has also served on the board of directors of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association and is now a member of the Defense Research Institute and the National Council of School Board Attorneys. Between 1999 and 2002 he was one of two non-CPAs on the board of directors of the Indiana CPA Society.
Active in community affairs, he is a director of the Indiana Golf Foundation, a founding director of The Community Foundation of Boone County, past president of Ulen Country Club, current president of Crooked Stick Golf Club, and past president of the Boone County Economic Development Corporation, Greater Lebanon Community Vision Committee, and Boone County Chamber of Commerce.Honors/Awards
Mr. Frandsen had been named an Indiana SuperLawyer each year since 2005.
In 2002 Mr. Frandsen was presented with the Chairman’s Award for outstanding service to the Indiana CPA Society. That same year he and his wife Charlotte received the Aaron Stookey Philanthropists of the Year award by The Community Foundation of Boone County.
An avid golfer, Mr. Frandsen was captain of the Indiana University golf team. He has been the Indiana State Amateur champion three times and in 1990 was inducted into the Indiana Golf Hall of Fame. In 2007 he received the Isaac Grainger award for volunteer service to the United States Golf Association.