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803 S. Calhoun St.

Fort Wayne, IN  46825

260-425-9777

Particular Areas of Practice

v  Employment Law

v  Insurance Law

v  Litigation

v  Mediation

Education

Indiana University, Bloomington, J.D., summa cum laude, 1980

Indiana University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1976

Bar Admission

Indiana, 1980

Court Admissions

Indiana and U.S. District Court

Northern & Southern Districts of Indiana

U.S. Court of Appeals

Seventh Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

Kathryn Brogan

Partner

Kate Brogan represents employers and employees within Allen County and Indiana in all aspects of employment law, including employment discrimination issues, retaliation issues, employment litigation both at the administrative level before the EEOC, the Indiana Civil Rights Commission, or the Fort Wayne Metropolitan Human Relations Commission, and in the Federal and State courts.  She also regularly advises and represents employers and employees on non-competition and confidentiality agreements and in litigation arising out of the enforcement of such agreements.  She also advises employers on personnel policies and handbooks, on complaint investigation, and on other day to day employment related issues.

Board Memberships

v  Grabill Bank, 2004 – present

v  Wellspring Interfaith Social Services, 2005-present

v  State of Indiana Board of Law Examiners, 1996-2006 (President 2001-2003

Professional Associations

v  Allen County (Member, Labor Law Section; Chairperson, Business and Labor Section, 1996; Co-Chairperson, Women Lawyer’s, 1998-1999)

v  Indiana State Bar Association (Employment Section)

Honors

v  Super Lawyers – Employment & Labor

v  Best Lawyers in American 2009 – Labor and Employment Law

v  Order of the Coif

 Representative Cases

v  Block v. Art Iron Inc., 866 F. Supp. 380 (N.D. Ind. 1994)

v  Rice v. Sunrise Express, 217 F.3^rd 492 (7^th Cir. 2000)

v  Rice v. Sunrise Express, 209 F.3^rd 108 (7^th Cir. 2000)

v  Fyfe v. City of Fort Wayne, 241 F.3^rd 597 (7^th Cir. 2001)

v  Glander v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co., 347 F.Supp.2d 604 (N.D. Ind. 2004)

v  SMDfund v. Fort Wayne-Allen County Airport Authority, 831 N.E.2d 725 (Ind. 2005)

Presentations

v  Department of Veterans Affairs Sexual Harassment Training Seminar, 1993

v  Mental and Invisible Disabilities in the Workplace, Council on Education in Management Personnel Law Update, 1998-2001; 2002

v  Council on Education in Management Seminar FMLA Update, 2001-2003

v  Workplace Harassment and Bullying Claims; Recent Developments in Employment Law,      ICLEF, December 2005