Carla R. Hounshel
Partner
Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • Indiana (1996)

Court Admissions

  • All Indiana state and federal courts
Memberships
  • Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana Workers’ Compensation Section
  • Indianapolis Bar Association
    • Indianapolis Bar Foundation Distinguished Fellow
  • Indiana State Bar Association
Profile

Carla Hounshel leads the Firm’s Indiana Workers’ Compensation Defense practice. She regularly appears before the Worker’s Compensation Board of Indiana. Her work includes:

  • Providing employment law advice regarding the interaction between the ADA, the FMLA, and workers’ compensation law
  • Defending employers in employment discrimination and retaliatory discharge cases
  • Litigating workers’ compensation issues on behalf of employers
  • Counseling insurance adjusters and third-party administrators on the intricacies of the Indiana Worker’s Compensation Act

Because employment issues outside the Worker’s Compensation Act often arise, she is well-versed in various employment and labor issues, including frequently litigating employment discrimination and retaliatory discharge claims.

Hounshel leads workers’ compensation seminars for insurance companies and third-party administrators several times yearly. She was a 2006 Indianapolis Bar Foundation Distinguished Fellow.

Education
  • Vanderbilt University, B.A.
    • magna cum laude
    • with Honors in History
  • Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, J.D.
    • cum laude
    • Symposium Editor for the Indiana Law Review
News & Publications
Presentations
Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • Indiana (1996)

Court Admissions

  • All Indiana state and federal courts
Memberships
  • Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana Workers’ Compensation Section
  • Indianapolis Bar Association
    • Indianapolis Bar Foundation Distinguished Fellow
  • Indiana State Bar Association
Carla R. Hounshel
Carla R. Hounshel
Partner
Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • Indiana (1996)

Court Admissions

  • All Indiana state and federal courts
Memberships
  • Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana Workers’ Compensation Section
  • Indianapolis Bar Association
    • Indianapolis Bar Foundation Distinguished Fellow
  • Indiana State Bar Association
Attorney Profile

Carla Hounshel leads the Firm’s Indiana Workers’ Compensation Defense practice. She regularly appears before the Worker’s Compensation Board of Indiana. Her work includes:

  • Providing employment law advice regarding the interaction between the ADA, the FMLA, and workers’ compensation law
  • Defending employers in employment discrimination and retaliatory discharge cases
  • Litigating workers’ compensation issues on behalf of employers
  • Counseling insurance adjusters and third-party administrators on the intricacies of the Indiana Worker’s Compensation Act

Because employment issues outside the Worker’s Compensation Act often arise, she is well-versed in various employment and labor issues, including frequently litigating employment discrimination and retaliatory discharge claims.

Hounshel leads workers’ compensation seminars for insurance companies and third-party administrators several times yearly. She was a 2006 Indianapolis Bar Foundation Distinguished Fellow.

Accolades
Attorney Education
  • Vanderbilt University, B.A.
    • magna cum laude
    • with Honors in History
  • Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, J.D.
    • cum laude
    • Symposium Editor for the Indiana Law Review
Publications
Presentations