Laurie E. Martin

Laurie E. Martin is an associate with Hoover Hull LLP. She practices in the areas of business litigation, employment defense, ERISA, and professional liability defense. Laurie is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in Indiana, and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Laurie was selected for inclusion in the listing of Indiana Rising Stars®** for 2010.

Professional Experience

• Advises and defends employers facing claims including employment discrimination; wrongful discharge; blacklisting or defamation; wage and hour disputes; enforcement of covenants not to compete; ERISA and benefit litigation; and trade secret misappropriation, including representation in actions before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, state and local agencies, and federal and state courts.
• Represents large and small businesses, insurers, ERISA plans and individuals in commercial disputes, including contract enforcement and interpretation, and business torts including breach of fiduciary duty and fraud.
• Represents attorneys and law firms facing allegations of legal malpractice or disciplinary grievances.

Education and Prior Employment

• Laurie graduated with a journalism degree from Butler University, magna cum laude, with departmental honors (2000). While at Butler, she completed her honors thesis, Hate Speech Regulation on Campus: Necessary Protection or First Amendment Violation?, served as Editor-in-Chief of Butler's student newspaper, The Collegian, and spent a semester abroad at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Following graduation, Laurie worked for Ambassadair Travel Club as a tour coordinator, web marketing editor, and contributor to Journey Magazine.
• Laurie attended Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis, graduating summa cum laude (2006). She served as Editor-in-Chief of the Indiana Law Review, was named to the Order of Barristers, completed forty hours of certified civil mediation training, and was named Chancellor’s Scholar. Laurie also served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Chief Judge Larry J. McKinney in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (2004).

Publications and Speaking Engagements

• 2010 Indiana Employment Law Update, co-presenter, March 22-23, 2010
• Author, Child Abuse Witness Protections Confront Crawford v. Washington, 39 Ind. L. Rev. 113 (2005).

Professional Associations, Memberships, and Community Service

• Laurie is a member of the American, Seventh Circuit, Indiana State, and Indianapolis Bar Associations.
• Laurie helps individuals obtain civil protective orders through the Protective Order Pro Bono Project and served as an intake volunteer for the Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic.
• Laurie serves as an Ambassador for the Little Red Door Cancer Agency, co-chairs the “Go Green” Committee of the Young Lawyers Division of the Indianapolis Bar Association, and sits on the Membership Committee of the Indianapolis Bar Association. She is a graduate of the IBA Bar Leader Series VIII. She is also a past Associate of the Sagamore American Inn of Court.