Jennifer Kalas is a litigator who focuses her practice in the areas of auto, premises liability, wrongful death litigation, ERISA litigation, employment litigation and general tort defense.
Ms. Kalas has an active ERISA litigation practice in Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska and Iowa. In her employment litigation practice she handles matters with local agencies and the Indiana EEOC, as well as matters in federal court.
She has tried cases to verdict in Indiana and Illinois state courts, as well as federal courts.
A selection of Ms. Kalas’s reported cases includes:
- Hale v. SS Liquors, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. App. 2011)
- Johnson v. Blackwell, 885 N.E.2d 25 (Ind. App. 2008)
- Moreton v. Auto-Owners Ins., 859 N.E.2d 1252 (Ind. App. 2007)
- Rosentrater v. Rosentrater, 708 N.E.2d 628 (Ind. App. 1999)
- Biereichel v. Smith, 693 N.E.2d (Ind. App. 1998)
- Biereichel v. Smith, 704 N.E.2d 456 (Ind. App. 1998)
- Alonso v. City of Hammond, 648 N.E.2d 1221 (Ind. App. 1995)
Ms. Kalas is a former member and past secretary and treasurer of the Lake County Bar Association. Prior to joining Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in October 2002, she was an attorney with Ruman Clements & Holub.
Ms. Kalas has been rated by Martindale-Hubbell for ethics and legal ability. She often serves as a Lake County judge
pro tempore.
Ms. Kalas is the author of "Indiana's Peer Review Privilege Statute and Its Effect on a Claim of Negligent Credentialing: Analysis and Proposed Statutory Reform," 27
Valparaiso University Law Review 111 (1993).
Her presentations include “Ethics Rules for Indiana Professional Engineers,” a live webinar sponsored by the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers, April 2012.