Life at PLG: Founder and principal of PLG, leading our team and managing all business functions for the firm. Concentrates his practice in commercial litigation, mediation, and business strategy. Recognized in 2009 and 2010 as an “Indiana Rising Star” (the top 5% of Indiana lawyers under 40), and as an “Indiana SuperLawyer” (the top 5% of all Indiana lawyers) every year since 2010; included in every edition of “The Best Lawyers in America” since 2013. Life before PLG: Litigation partner with Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, one of the largest law firms in the United States, where he developed a national business litigation and trial practice. Served as the 2012 Chair of the Litigation Section of the Indianapolis Bar Association. Graduated from the University of Notre Dame (B.A. 1992) and Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington (J.D. Cum Laude 1995). Life beyond PLG: Instructor and program chair for the annual Indiana Trial Advocacy College, and frequent speaker on legal and business issues. Chairman Emeritus of the Children’s Organ Transplant Association, a national charity that raises over $5 million per year for children who need life-saving organ transplants. Lives in Indianapolis with his wife and their two teenage children.

 
 

Elizabeth Schuerman

Attorney at Law

Life at PLG:

  • Focuses practice on civil litigation and insurance, specifically medical malpractice, premises liability, and general liability defense.

  • Assists clients with litigation needs ranging from pre-suit negotiations through final judgement.

  • Admitted to practice in the Indiana Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, and the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana.

  • Selected to the Indiana Super Lawyers® list from 2014-2022.

Life Before PLG:

  • Partner at Indianapolis law firm; counseled clients, including hospitals and physicians, through medical malpractice claims, from the required administrative claim process through judgment.

  • Litigated in both state and federal courts.

  • Selected to the Indiana Super Lawyers® Top 25 Women (2015-2016) and Rising Stars (2010-2013) lists.

  • Recipient of 2012 Indiana Lawyer Leadership in Law “Up and Coming Lawyer” Award.

  • Named Distinguished Fellow and 2010 “Young Lawyer of the Year” by Indianapolis Bar Association.

  • Graduated from Truman State University (B.A. English, 2000); Southern Illinois University School of Law (J.D. 2006, cum laude).

Life Beyond PLG:

  • Active member of the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana, and the Indiana Society for Healthcare Risk Management.

  • Volunteers at Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation.

  • Former member of the Indianapolis Bar Association’s Women and the Law Division Executive Committee (2017-2020).

  • Served on the Indiana Legal Services Board of Directors (2012-2021).

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Tel: 317.550.1855 Fax: 317.569.6016
Email: eschuerman@paganelligroup.com