Brian J. Paul

Clients hire Brian to digest the complex, and make the complex simple and compelling for busy generalist judges. In his writing, he strives to cut through jargon and legalese. In his oral advocacy, he endeavors to be the advocate who judges trust for the right answers. Brian has argued dozens of cases across the country, in several different federal circuits and state appellate courts, and in doing so has helped clients win on both sides of the “v”. His recent representations include:

• Circle City Broad. I, LLC v. AT&T Servs., Inc., 99 F.4th 378 (7th Cir. 2024). Representing AT&T Services, Inc. and DirectTV, LLC, Brian and team successfully defended a favorable summary-judgment ruling in a case involving alleged discrimination in contracting.
• MED-1 Sols., LLC v. Taylor, 247 N.E.3d 1269 (Ind. Ct. App. 2024). Representing Health Care Claims Management Inc., Brian and team successfully defended the denial of a request for preliminary injunction in a case alleging breach of a covenant not to compete.
• AXIS Ins. Co. v. Am. Specialty Ins. & Risk Servs., 111 F.4th 625  (7th Cir. 2024). Representing AXIS Insurance Co., Brian and team obtained a reversal of an adverse summary-judgment ruling in an indemnification dispute over an insurance settlement.
• Wells v. Freeman Co., 94 F.4th 608 (7th Cir. 2024). Representing The Freeman Company, Brian and team successfully defended a favorable summary-judgment ruling in a Title VII case involving alleged sexual harassment. 
• Duke Energy Indiana, LLC v. City of Noblesville, 234 N.E.3d 173 (Ind. 2024). Representing the Indiana Energy Association as amicus curiae, Brian and team helped secure the reversal of a lower appellate court ruling in a dispute over the jurisdiction of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission. 
• Mellowitz v. Ball State Univ., 221 N.E.3d 1214 (Ind. 2023). Representing Ball State University, Brian and team successfully defended the constitutionality of a state law barring certain class actions.
• Indiana Off. of Util. Consumer Couns. v. S. Indiana Gas & Elec. Co., 200 N.E.3d 915 (Ind. 2023). Representing the Indiana Energy Association as amicus curiae, Brian and team helped secure the reversal of a lower court ruling in a dispute over the interpretation of a statute governing customer credits for excess distributed generation of electricity.
• Nat’l Collegiate Athletic Ass’n v. Finnerty, 191 N.E.3d 211 (Ind. 2022). Representing the NCAA, Brian and team secured the reversal of a discovery ruling that would have allowed high-ranking executives to be deposed without any consideration of their unique role in the organization.
• NIPSCO Indus. Grp. v. N. Indiana Pub. Serv. Co., 197 N.E.3d 316 (Ind. Ct. App. 2022). Representing Northern Indiana Public Service Co., Brian and team successfully defended the regulatory approval of a $1.625 billion capital improvement plan.
• Klaassen v. Trustees of Indiana Univ., 7 F.4th 592 (7th Cir. 2021), and Klaassen v. Trustees of Indiana Univ., 24 F.4th 638 (7th Cir. 2022). Representing Indiana University, Brian and team successfully defended the constitutionality of the school’s COVID vaccine policy.
• Westwood One Radio Networks, LLC v. Nat’l Collegiate Athletic Ass’n, 172 N.E.3d 294 (Ind. Ct. App. 2021). Representing the NCAA, Brian and team successfully brushed back a request for an injunction preventing the Association from terminating an exclusive radio broadcast agreement.
• Reid Hosp. & Health Care Servs., Inc. v. Conifer Revenue Cycle Sols., LLC, 8 F.4th 642 (7th Cir. 2021). Representing Reid Hospital & Health Care Services, Brian and team secured the reversal of a summary-judgment ruling that had denied the hospital the right to seek compensation for breach of a contract for revenue-collection services.
• Delgado v. U.S. Dep’t of Just., 979 F.3d 550 (7th Cir. 2020). Representing an agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Brian and team obtained the reversal of an agency decision declining to compel an investigation into whether the agent had been retaliated in violation of the Whistleblower Protection Act.
• River Ridge Dev. Auth. v. Outfront Media, LLC, 146 N.E.3d 906 (Ind. 2020). Representing River Ridge Development Authority, Brian and team got a reversal of a six-figure award of attorneys’ fees.

Personal Interests

When not practicing law or spending time with his family, Brian is an avid bird hunter and enjoys training his retrievers, Molly and Pepper. When not in the field, Brian also enjoys bourbon, as well as starting (and occasionally even finishing) a long book.