Barnes & Thornburg LLP - Jan M. Carroll - Attorney - Partner

Jan M. Carroll, a partner in the Indianapolis, Indiana office of Barnes & Thornburg LLP, handles a wide range of litigation for businesses and individuals in state and federal courts. Her experience encompasses product liability (medical devices, pharmaceuticals, industrial equipment, agricultural products, and consumer goods); professional liability (doctors and lawyers); real estate and land use (eminent domain, premises liability, historic preservation and zoning); and general commercial contract disputes. She also handles marital dissolutions for executives and other individuals with substantial estates. Ms. Carroll has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® 2011 in the categories of Bet-The-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, and First Amendment Law. She also has been listed in Indiana Super Lawyers® (business litigation) and Chambers (commercial litigation).

Drawing on her 11 years as a reporter for The Associated Press, Ms. Carroll assists publishers and news organizations seeking access to public records and meetings, advises them on commercial distribution issues, and defends them against defamation and privacy claims, and subpoenas for journalistic work-product. Since 1986, she has written the Indiana section of the Media Law Resource Center’s annual 50-State Survey: Media Libel Law. She also is responsible for the Indiana section of Tapping Officials’ Secrets published by The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Ms. Carroll is co-chair of the firm's Media Practice Group.

In addition to her experience as an advocate, Ms. Carroll is familiar with alternative ways of resolving disputes outside of court, including negotiation, mediation, and arbitration.

Ms. Carroll is admitted to practice in Indiana, in the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, the District of Colorado, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 7th, 11th, and Federal Circuits. She has been co-chair of the firm’s Recruiting Committee. Ms. Carroll is a cum laude graduate of the Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis, where she was a note and development editor of the Indiana Law Review. A native of New Orleans, La., she earned her B.F.A. in journalism from Southern Methodist University.

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