Indiana Personal Injury and Auto Accident Lawyers – Attorney Profiles
Each attorney at The Hastings Law Firm brings unique skill and experience to our practice. With our expertise, we are able to pursue lawsuits ranging from fire/explosion injuries to wrongful death cases. Our firm is regularly contacted by other law practices who need help with their cases, and we have established a local reputation for excellence. At our Indianapolis, Indiana practice, our personal injury and auto accident lawyers take on even the toughest cases and fight to the end for our clients’ rights.
Thomas E. Hastings
The founder of The Hastings Law Firm, Tom Hastings was
born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. He came from a large family. Tom’s father was an Indianapolis police officer for many years and his mother was a homemaker. He graduated from Lawrence Central High School in 1976, Wabash College in 1980, and Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis in 1983. Tom and his wife, Stephanie, have one daughter and reside in Indianapolis.
Because of his involvement in fire and explosion cases, Tom often provides pro bono representation and advice to fire victims and fire fighters. In addition, The Hastings Law Firm provides free office space to The People's Burn Foundation, a charitable organization, which assists burn survivors and their families.
Tom’s law practice is focused on personal injury and wrongful death claims arising from explosions and fires, construction accidents and semi/auto collisions. Since being admitted to the bar in 1983, Tom has tried over 180 jury trials and is a frequent lecturer on trial advocacy issues at continuing legal education seminars. He has also authored numerous articles for legal publications. Tom is on the Executive Committee and is a Sustaining Member of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association and is a member of the Indiana State Bar Association, Indianapolis Bar Association and the American Association of Justice.
Robert Johnson
Bob was born and raised in West Lafayette, Indiana, and has lived almost all his life in Indiana. In 1990, he attended Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis. Since his first day in law school, Robert Johnson has focused on helping those who have been injured by others. Through his work at The Hastings Law Firm in Indianapolis, Indiana, he and our other personal injury and auto accident lawyers have been able to do just that.
Over the last 15 years, Bob has developed a passion for helping people who have sustained brain injuries. Bob has personal experience with caring for a brain injured family member. Bob and his wife, Amy (who is also an attorney), have three daughters. One of their daughters has cerebral palsy due to a lack of oxygen at birth. Bob’s daughter is mentally and physically handicapped but enjoys going to school, swimming with her sisters, and walking with the family dog. Bob’s own life experience has caused him to take an empathetic approach to the representation of brain injury victims. Bob can easily identify with and understand a family’s thoughts, feelings, and concerns for the brain injury victim.
Since 1990, Bob has limited his practice to representing persons injured or killed due to another’s negligence. He has personally represented over 600 clients in various personal injury and wrongful death cases including automobile collisions, trucking collisions, and motorcycle accidents.
Bob has practiced law at The Hastings Law Firm since May 2004. Before that, he practiced at Tabor Law Firm in Indianapolis from 1998 to 2004 and Vaughan & Vaughan in Lafayette, Indiana, from 1993 to 1998. Bob graduated in 1993 after graduating from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in 1990.
Bob’s community involvement includes serving as a frequent volunteer and pro bono attorney for the Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic. He also has served on the Board of Directors for Meals on Wheels, Inc., and the Legal Aid Corporation of Tippecanoe County.
Bob was admitted to the Indiana State Bar Association in 1993, and the U.S. District Courts in the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. He is also a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, and the Indianapolis Bar Association.
Jeff D. Oliphant
Jeff Oliphant has spent his entire legal career representing and working for victims of personal injury accidents and wrongful death incidents. While attending the Indiana University School of Law, Jeff worked as a law clerk for a personal injury law firm. He quickly realized that helping people, many of which were severely and permanently injured by the fault of others, was how he wanted to spend his career. Jeff’s dedication and work ethic led that very same law firm to employ him as an attorney so he could continue working for their clients. In 2005, when the chance was presented, Jeff quickly accepted an opportunity to join forces with The Hastings Law Firm.
Jeff graduated in 1985 from L&M High School in southern Indiana, where he was a standout basketball player and ultimately a member of the prestigious Indiana All-Star Basketball team. Jeff was the only Indiana high school player that year to be recruited to play basketball at Indiana University by Hall of Fame coach Bob Knight. Jeff was a member of I.U.’s 1987 National Championship team, the 1989 Big Ten Championship team, and served as a Co-Captain of the 1990 team. As a student-athlete, Jeff was honored with the Scholastic Athletic Achievement Award by the I.U. Varsity Club, as well as the L.G. Balfour Award for bringing honor and distinction to the University.
Jeff spends the vast majority of time away from work with his wife Nancy, and their three children, Sam, Abigail, and Sophia. Whether it’s helping with homework, coaching or watching their sports teams, or just cooking hot dogs around a campfire at their Carmel, Indiana home, he gets no greater pleasure than spending time with his family and friends.
Jeff Oliphant was admitted to the Indiana State Bar Association in 1995, after graduating from law school. He is a member of the Indianapolis Bar Association, as well as the American Bar Association. He is also on the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association’s Board of Directors, and has been admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, in the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. Working as personal injury and auto accident lawyers, Mr. Oliphant and the other members of The Hastings Law Firm have been able to help thousands of clients.
Sam D. Krahulik
Sam D. Krahulik grew up on the north side of Indianapolis and graduated from North Central High School in 1992. He attended Indiana University and received his bachelor’s degree in Public Management in 1996. He attended Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis where he received his law degree in May of 2001.
While attending law school in the evening, he worked as a program manager for the Indiana Criminal Justice Department, and then as a clerk in Marion County Superior Court Six where he had the opportunity to serve as bailiff on numerous civil jury trials. He then worked as an associate for the law firm of Yosha Krahulik & Levy where he had the opportunity to work with and learn from his late father, the Honorable Jon D. Krahulik, a former member of the Indiana Supreme Court and career litigator. Sam’s father’s example of life as a litigator motivated Sam’s wife, Angela, and older brother, David, to also practice law in Indianapolis. Serving as an Indiana personal injury attorney, he and the other lawyers at The Hastings Law Firm are proud to have earned a stellar local reputation.
Sam lives on the north east side of Indianapolis with his wife, Angela, and their two young daughters. He is a member of the Indiana State Bar Association, the Indianapolis Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Nicholas F. Baker
Nicholas F. Baker (Nick) joined the Hastings Law Firm in August 2009. Nick is a native of Bloomington, Indiana and received his undergraduate degree from Indiana University, Bloomington in 2001, and his J.D. from Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, in 2006.
Upon graduating from law school, Nick worked as a law clerk for the Honorable James S. Kirsch, Chief Judge of the Indiana Court of Appeals. Thereafter, Nick practiced as a general practitioner focusing on employment law, real estate transactions, personal injury litigation, and general corporate law. At the Hastings Law Firm, Nick focuses his practice on personal injury and wrongful death litigation, and appellate advocacy.
Nick attributes his passion for the law, and penchant for litigation, to his upbringing with his father, a judge, and his stepfather, a civil defense litigator. Nick regularly provides pro bono work for indigent and underprivileged individuals and volunteers at the Wheeler Mission. In Nick’s free time, he participates in several soccer, flag football, and basketball leagues, and other hobbies including, reading and woodworking.
At the Hastings Law Firm, Nick labors to fulfill Indiana Trial Rule 1; “to secure the just, speedy and inexpensive determination of every action.”
Contact Our Attorneys
For more information about The Hastings Law Firm, please contact our practice in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our personal injury lawyers handle a wide range of claims, including fire/explosion cases, burn injuries, construction accidents, wrongful death cases, brain/spinal cord injuries, trucking accidents, and defective product cases. Our expertise and experience handling these often complex cases ranks us among the most respected law firms in Indianapolis and the State of Indiana.
For more information about our Indiana personal injury and auto accident lawyers, please contact our practice using the form below.
The Hastings Law Firm
323 North Delaware Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Call us at (317) 686-1000
Toll Free at (866) 686-1101
Fax us at (317) 685-2330
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