Wilson Kehoe Winingham

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  Bruce Kehoe

  Partner

  Bruce began his professional career as a registered physical therapist. This experience helped form a unique perspective on how law relates to the practice of medicine and the lives of seriously injured people. While medical legal issues have been one focus of Bruce’s practice, he is equally familiar with negligence law and product liability. As Bruce owns and operates the firm’s private aircraft, he is particularly knowledgeable in aviation law. His tenacity in pursuing fair and equitable compensation for clients is evident in a variety of complex cases, including birth injuries, brain and spinal cord injuries, defective products, and airplane and helicopter crashes. Personally, Bruce has been a pilot for more than 25 years. He has owned and operated a Piper Saratoga, Piper Seneca II, and more recently a Cirrus SR22. Bruce’s piloting experience has been an invaluable resource for the firm’s airplane accident litigation practice, helping clients who have suffered tremendous loss in both private and corporate aircraft related accidents. Over the last 25 years, Bruce has been able to combine his nationally-recognized trial skills with his experience owning and operating private aircraft. Bruce has been honored with many awards, including Best Lawyers® 2019 Indiana “Lawyer of the Year” – Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs. The Best Lawyers in America (2019 Edition) also recognized Bruce for: - Aviation Law – Indianapolis, IN - Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs – Indianapolis, IN - Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs – Indianapolis, IN - Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs – Indianapolis, IN Bruce has been named to Best Lawyers in America for 20 consecutive years. Bruce has also been recognized as Indiana Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association and is a fellow of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers.He also served as the president of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association through 2009. Bruce is currently a board member of the Whitewater Valley Pro Bono Commission. Both Bruce and his partner, Bill Winingham, have served as President of the Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana Foundation and engaged in providing funding for brain injury research particularly focused on concussive injuries confronting our troops returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. Bruce also serves on the legal committee of the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence and is a mayoral appointee to the Develop Indy committee. In Bruce’s free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, boating, flying, and biking. Bruce can be heard on WFYI’s Public Radio Challenge grants throughout the year.

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  William Winingham

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  Bill Winingham has helped persons harmed by others during his entire 30-year legal career. Whether assisting crime victims as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and state court prosecutor or representing those seriously injured due to negligence or dangerous products, he has always been on the side of those who have suffered from others’ misconduct. His emphasis in civil litigation has evolved to include vehicle accidents, fires and explosions, products liability, and cases against insurance companies for their lack of good faith in settling claims. His accomplishments have previously been recognized by the Indiana Trial Lawyer’s Association in the form of the 2002 Indiana Trial Lawyer of the Year award. Most recently, Bill was named Best Lawyers® 2019 Indiana “Lawyer of the Year” – Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs. Additionally, Bill has been named the 2010 & 2012 Indianapolis Product Liability Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers® and was awarded Best Lawyers® 2018 Indiana “Lawyer of the Year” for Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions. He was also recognized by The Best Lawyers in America (2018 Edition) for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs – Indianapolis, IN and Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs – Indianapolis, IN. The Best Lawyers in America (2019 Edition) also named Bill for: - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs – Indianapolis, IN - Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs – Indianapolis, IN - Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs – Indianapolis, IN - Bill has been named to Best Lawyers in America for 17 consecutive years. Bill currently is a member of Indiana’s Judicial Nominating and Qualifications Commission, serving his second three-year term. This Commission interviews and selects candidates to fill vacancies on the Indiana Court of Appeals and Indiana Supreme Court, as well as reviewing complaints against and filing charges against Indiana judges for judicial misconduct. Bill is also a past chairman and current member of the Board of Directors for the Rehabilitation of Indiana Foundation and has made Wilson Kehoe Winingham a major sponsor of the Dr. Lisa Thompson Center for Family Education, which helps survivors and their families adjust to living with brain injuries.

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  Chris Stevenson

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  After graduating from Purdue University’s flight program, Chris Stevenson began his professional career flying as a commercial pilot. As an attorney, Chris now focuses his efforts on the firm’s aviation, construction, and product liability caseload, using his technical and engineering background as an important resource in litigation. Chris is also an award-winning author of historical fiction novels for middle-grade children. His book The Drum of Destiny won the Grateful American Book Prize in 2016. His second book in the series, Cannon of Courage, has recently been released. When he’s not writing or lawyering, Chris enjoys spending time with his five boys, and also running in preparation for his next marathon.

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  Jon Noyes

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  Jon Noyes earned his J.D., cum laude, from the Indiana University—Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 2013. Prior to moving to Indianapolis, Jon graduated from Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois with a degree in political science. Jon cares deeply about his clients and seeking justice for them. He has represented clients with all manners of legal problems, from construction deaths, to truck crashes, poorly designed products, improperly constructed homes, and consumer class actions. Jon has found success at all levels, including at trial and before the Indiana Supreme Court. In his free time, Jon enjoys spending time with his wife, Jen, and his two cats, Sergeant Charlie Shoulders and the Honorable L. Annabelle Swanson. He also enjoys cards, board games, hiking, and all types of pizza. Jon is an active member of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association and the Indianapolis Bar Association

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  W. Kent Winingham

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  Kent Winingham earned his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 2015, where he made the Dean’s List each year. Following law school, Kent practiced at a prominent personal injury firm in downtown Chicago. While Kent’s practice focused primarily on cases of nursing home neglect and abuse, he litigated a variety of personal injury and medical malpractice cases to trial. Since moving back to Indianapolis to join WKW in 2017, Kent has tried multiple cases to verdict. His verdicts include cases involving medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, and motor vehicle collisions. Prior to practicing law, Kent attended Bowdoin College, where he majored in government and legal studies. Kent played on Bowdoin’s men’s tennis team all four years and was the captain his senior year, when the team reached the Elite 8 of the NCAA Division III National Championship. In his free time, Kent enjoys spending time with his wife, Ashley, and his sisters and parents, being an uncle to his nieces and nephews, golfing, running, playing tennis, exploring Indianapolis, and cheering on his favorite sports teams. Kent is licensed to practice in both Indiana and Illinois.

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  Sherri Kehoe

  Legal Nurse Consultant

  Sherri S. Kehoe, BSN, RN, LNCC, has been a legal nurse consultant with the law firm of Wilson Kehoe Winingham for thirty years. She works as a liaison between the legal and medial communities, brings health science education and clinical expertise to healthcare related issues in the litigation process, and analyzes and evaluates medical/legal issues in medical malpractice cases and damage/causation issues in personal injury, product liability, and aviation cases. She received her Associate Degree in Science and Nursing from Anderson College in 1976 and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree from Indiana University in 1993. Prior to her present position, Sherri worked as a clinical staff nurse at St. Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center in Indianapolis, Indiana and Community Hospital in Anderson, Indiana and held an administrative position with Community Hospital. Some of her clinical nursing experience included working in medical-surgical areas such as post open heart surgery, orthopedics, infectious disease, some obstetrics, and with gynecology oncology patients. She is a Past President of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants and one of the authors for their core curriculum Principles and Practices of Legal Nurse Consulting. She has spoken on numerous occasions at hospitals and legal and nursing associations on medical record review/documentation and on the legal nurse consulting practice area. Sherri is a member of the Greater Indianapolis Chapter of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, The American Nurses Association, The Indiana State Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau International (Honor Society of Nursing), and the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics and Neonatal Nurses. In 1999, she achieved the Legal Nurse Consulting certified designation and maintains her nursing specialty certification to date.

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