Stephanie Franco Holtzlander
Profile : Stephanie Holtzlander is a partner in the Litigation Group where she focuses primarily on product liability litigation regarding asbestos and silica. She has more than ten years of experience in asbestos litigation and appellate matters representing manufacturers, contractors and premises owners in a variety of cases, including multiple mesothelioma and lung cancer cases. She recently coordinated a national discovery project for a major premises defendant in an Indiana asbestos case. She possesses considerable experience in working directly with in-house counsel to manage discovery issues and develop defense strategies. Ms. Holtzlander also has extensive experience assisting clients in a variety of complex business and commercial disputes, including hospital credential disputes, medical malpractice claims, insurance defense, appellate practice and claims before the Medical Licensing Board. A 1990 graduate of Indiana University - Bloomington, she received her juris doctorate, with honors, from Drake University Law School in Des Moines, Iowa in 1993. She also received a master of arts from the Drake University School of Journalism and Mass Communications in 1993. Ms. Holtzlander is a member of the Indianapolis and Indiana State Bar Associations. She is admitted to practice before the Indiana State Bar and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of Indiana and for the Northern District of Indiana.
Education
Drake University (J.D. with honors, 1993)
Drake University School of Journalism and Mass Communications (Master of Arts, 1993)
Indiana University, Bloomington (B.A., 1990)
Appearances / Publications
Author: Adopting a Policy to Protect Students and the School: Searches and Seizures (Quill & Scroll, December/January 1994)
Appointments / Memberships
Member: Indianapolis, Indiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations, 2006 class of the Indiana Leadership Forum, Defense Research and Defense Trial Counsel Institutes.
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