Practice Expertise

  • Litigation & Dispute Resolution
  • Banking & Financial Institutions
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Areas of Practice

  • Banking & Financial Institutions
  • Litigation & Dispute Resolution
  • Banking & Financial Institutions
  • Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Profile

Federal and state commercial litigation guidance

Rachel Schafer focuses on civil litigation matters, particularly within the medical device industry. She has experience at all stages of litigation in both federal and state courts, including drafting pleadings and motions, arguing at hearings, taking depositions, negotiating at mediations and preparing cases for trial. Rachel also has significant e-discovery experience. She helps represent businesses in a variety of matters involving:

  • Commercial contract disputes
  • Product liability
  • Competition law
  • Business torts
  • Other complex commercial litigation matters

Bar Admissions

  • Indiana

Education

  • DePauw University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2008)
    • Communication
  • Vanderbilt Law School (J.D., 2011)
    • Vanderbilt Law Review, notes editor
    • The Honorable Sarah Evans Barker in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, judicial intern

Areas of Practice

  • Banking & Financial Institutions
  • Litigation & Dispute Resolution
  • Banking & Financial Institutions
  • Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Professional Career



Articles

  • Dealings with Expert Witnesses: A Comparison of the Federal and Indiana Rules Regarding Expert Witness Discovery and Testimony
  • Giving It Another Shot: A Reexamination of the “Second or Subsequent Conviction” Language of the Firearm Possession Sentencing Statute

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