Nicholas Deets
Partner | Hovde Dassow + Deets, LLC
Nicholas Deets is a personal injury, medical malpractice and wrongful death trial lawyer and partner at Hovde Dassow + Deets, LLC in Indianapolis, Indiana. Admitted in Indiana; J.D., Indiana University Maurer School of Law (1993).
Meet Nicholas
Nicholas C. Deets is a partner at Hovde Dassow + Deets in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he has practiced since 2001. He represents plaintiffs in personal injury, medical malpractice, product liability and wrongful death cases and has tried more than 80 jury trials to verdict.
Deets earned a bachelor’s degree with honors from Purdue University in 1989 and graduated cum laude from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 1993, where he competed on the American Bar Association moot court team. He clerked for Judge Michael S. Kanne of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and worked as an associate at Ice Miller in Indianapolis from 1993 to 1995. He is admitted in Indiana, the federal district courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, the Seventh Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Indiana Trial Lawyers Association named him Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2010, and he now serves as the association’s treasurer. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the Indiana College of Trial Lawyers and the Litigation Counsel of America, and a past president of the Indiana Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- J.D., cum laude, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 1993
- B.S.I.M., with honors, Purdue University, 1989
- Admitted in Indiana, 1993
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, 1993
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, 1993
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1993
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2003
- Law Clerk to Judge Michael S. Kanne, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1992
Practice Areas
- Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (Treasurer; Board of Directors; Amicus Curiae Committee)
- American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow; State Committee Member)
- American Board of Trial Advocates, Indiana Chapter (Past President)
- Indiana College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)
- Litigation Counsel of America (Fellow)
- Indiana State Bar Association (Life Fellow)
- Indiana Bar Foundation (Life Fellow)
- Indiana Trial Lawyers Association Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2010
- Best Lawyers in America, Mass Torts, Lawyer of the Year, 2017
- Best Lawyers in America, Plaintiff's Medical Malpractice, Lawyer of the Year, 2019
- Best Lawyers in America, Plaintiff's Personal Injury, 2010-present
- Indiana Super Lawyers, 2006-present
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating
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