Legal and Professional Organizations and Involvements:

• Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana (1998 – present)
• Chairman (2007) of Worker’s Compensation Defense Section
• Member Products Liability Section (1998 – present)
• Indianapolis Bar Association (1998 – present)
• Member, Executive Board of Young Lawyers Division (2002 – 2007)
• Litigation Section (1998 – present)
• Indiana State Bar Association (1998 – present)
• Litigation Section (1998 – present)
• American Bar Association (1998 – present)
• Litigation Section (1998 – present)
• Defense Research Institute (1998 – present)
• National Association Subrogation Professionals (2005 – present)

Areas of Practice:

Litigation, including worker’s compensation defense, subrogation, products liability, veterinary malpractice defense and licensing, insurance coverage, insurance defense litigation and review and enforcement of employment agreements

Practice Profile:

Mr. Craver’s practice involves working closely with insurance carriers, third-party administrators and self-insured corporations in defending a variety of litigation matters in the areas of worker’s compensation, subrogation, products, premises and nursing home liability cases. Additionally, Mr. Craver defends veterinarians throughout the state of Indiana in malpractice actions and represents them on professional licensing issues. Mr. Craver graduated from Indiana University in Bloomington in 1994 with a Bachelors of Science degree in psychology. In 1998 he received his J.D. degree from Indiana University and was admitted to the state of Indiana and Northern and Southern Federal District Courts of Indiana that same year. Mr. Craver is the Chairman of the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana Worker’s Compensation Defense Section. Mr. Craver lectures frequently on worker’s compensation and subrogation issues both locally and nationally.

Published Legal Decisions:

• Elaina Fredrick v. Greenberg News Network, 793 N.E.2d 311 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003)
• Mildred Rawls v. Marsh Supermarkets, et al., 802 N.E.2d 457 (Ind. Ct. App. 2004)
• Jimmie Smith v. Champion Trucking, 925 N.E.2d 362 (Ind. 2010)

Seminars and Articles:

• Deposition Practice in Indiana
• Discovery Skills for Legal Staff
• Top Ten Litigation Tips For Young Lawyers
• Coverage and Compensability Under the Indiana Worker’s Compensation Act
• Expressed and Implied Indemnification Agreements in Indiana
• Business and Legal Issues Affecting Today’s Veterinarians
• Made Whole Made Simple (subrogation)
• Business and Legal Issues Affecting Tomorrow’s Veterinarians (Purdue University)
• What’s it Worth?
• Avoiding the Common Employer Mistakes that Can Lead to Litigated Claims
• Wickstrom Publishings Indiana Workers Compensation Legal Overview (webinar)
• State Specific Workers’ Compensation Subrogation at NASP National Conference in November 2010

Civic Involvement:

• Member of St. Matthews Catholic Church

Educational and Professional Background:

• Indiana University-Bloomington, B.S., Psychology, 1994
• Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, J.D., 1998

Bar Admissions:

• Indiana, 1998, Northern and Southern Indiana Federal District Court, 1998