Carolyn (Cari) Small Grant

As a former Assistant U.S. Attorney, Cari understands trial work. She has recovered statutory limits for her client in a medical malpractice action before proceeding before the full Indiana Medical Review Panel. Conversely, she has defended doctors in a medical malpractice action for the delivery of a brain damaged baby. On behalf of an insurance company client, she recovered hundreds of thousands of dollars from a third-party tortfeasor for workers compensation benefits paid to an injured employee. Cari recovered EPA cleanup cost assessed against land leased decades earlier to a trucking company. She practices in both state and federal courts.

Cari has served on the executive boards of both the Indianapolis Bar Association and the Indianapolis Bar Foundation. She was the first woman to chair the Litigation Committee of the Indianapolis Bar Association. She has served on the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission's investigatory Grievance Committee for more than 25 years. Cari co-chaired the initial Settlement Week program, sponsored by the Indianapolis Bar Association, for several years which introduced mediation to Marion County state courts and was the precursor to the Indiana Supreme Court promulgating the alternative dispute resolution rules. She also served on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP).

Numerous community Boards and committees have benefited from Cari's participation including the Board of Directors for the Horticultural Society of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Broad Ripple Village Association Board of Directors, the American Lung Association of Central Indiana, and the YWCA Board of Directors.

She has argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the Indiana Court of Appeals resulting in numerous published opinions. With this experience, Cari has taught seminars for the Indianapolis Bar Association, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, and the NASP conference.