Gregory M. Feary
Partner
Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • Indiana

Court Admissions

  • All Indiana state and federal courts
  • U.S. Supreme Court
Memberships
  • Purdue University’s Center for Transportation Distribution Logistics
    • Advisory Board
  • American Trucking Associations (ATA)
    • Vice Chair, National Accounting and Finance Council Risk Management & Insurance Advisory Committee
    • ATA Insurance Task Force, Chairman of the Lawyer’s Subcommittee
    • National transportation insurance law counsel
  • National Home Delivery Association
  • The Customized Logistics and Delivery Association
  • Indiana University’s Robert H. McKinney School of Law
    • Adjunct Professor of Law
  • Indianapolis Bar Association
  • Indiana State Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
Profile

Gregory Feary is president and a managing partner of the Scopelitis Law Firm. He focuses on laws regarding transportation and related industries, including independent contractor issues, legislation, insurance, corporate structure designs, and contract matters. He also serves as a primary contact for mergers and acquisitions due diligence work and advises on corporate structure and risk mitigation issues.

He has created and counseled many captive insurance companies. Additional services Feary provides include:

  • Auditing independent contractor programs
  • Providing legislative support on independent contractor issues
  • Counsel regarding alternative risk programs, including single and group captive insurers, risk retention groups, and various self-insurance and self-insured retention programs
  • Insurance audits
  • Supervision of litigation in the areas of premium disputes and specialized transportation insurance coverage controversies, including those involving occupational accident insurance
  • Designing independent contractor programs
  • Defending independent contractor disputes

Feary is a national thought leader in transportation and is involved with many industry organizations.

Authored

  • The Definitive Industry Primer on Occupational Accident Insurance in Trucking
  • Independent Contractor Employment Classification: A Survey of State and Federal Laws in the Motor Carrier Industry, 35 Trans. Law J. 139 (2008)
  • 1995 Developments in Workers’ Compensation, 29 Ind. L. Rev. 1139 (1996)
  • Drafter, Indiana owner-operator exception under the definition of an employee in the Worker’s Compensation Act
Accolades
  • Thomson Reuters Client-Nominated Stand-Out Lawyer
    • 2023 & 2024
  • 2023 National Home Delivery Association Pinnacle Award for Lifetime Achievement Recipient
  • 2023 & 2024 USA Chambers Ranked Attorney, Transportation: Road (Carriage/Logistics) Category
  • Indiana Super Lawyers® Peer Selection Survey
    • Top 5% of attorneys in Indiana
  • Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Peer Review Ratings and American Lawyer Media
    • Top Rated Lawyer in Transportation, the highest peer recognition for ethical standards and legal ability
  • International Advisory Experts Global Alliance
    • 2019 International Advisory Experts Award for Transport Law in Indiana
  • ALM Media Legal Leaders + Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Attorney “Midwest’s Top-Rated Lawyers” list published in The National Law Journal
    • 2019 Top Rated Lawyer
  • BTI Client Service All-Star
    • 2016
    • 2012
Education
  • Eastern Illinois University, B.A.
  • Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, J.D.
News & Publications
Presentations
Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • Indiana

Court Admissions

  • All Indiana state and federal courts
  • U.S. Supreme Court
Memberships
  • Purdue University’s Center for Transportation Distribution Logistics
    • Advisory Board
  • American Trucking Associations (ATA)
    • Vice Chair, National Accounting and Finance Council Risk Management & Insurance Advisory Committee
    • ATA Insurance Task Force, Chairman of the Lawyer’s Subcommittee
    • National transportation insurance law counsel
  • National Home Delivery Association
  • The Customized Logistics and Delivery Association
  • Indiana University’s Robert H. McKinney School of Law
    • Adjunct Professor of Law
  • Indianapolis Bar Association
  • Indiana State Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
Greg Feary
Gregory M. Feary
Partner
Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • Indiana

Court Admissions

  • All Indiana state and federal courts
  • U.S. Supreme Court
Memberships
  • Purdue University’s Center for Transportation Distribution Logistics
    • Advisory Board
  • American Trucking Associations (ATA)
    • Vice Chair, National Accounting and Finance Council Risk Management & Insurance Advisory Committee
    • ATA Insurance Task Force, Chairman of the Lawyer’s Subcommittee
    • National transportation insurance law counsel
  • National Home Delivery Association
  • The Customized Logistics and Delivery Association
  • Indiana University’s Robert H. McKinney School of Law
    • Adjunct Professor of Law
  • Indianapolis Bar Association
  • Indiana State Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
Attorney Profile

Gregory Feary is president and a managing partner of the Scopelitis Law Firm. He focuses on laws regarding transportation and related industries, including independent contractor issues, legislation, insurance, corporate structure designs, and contract matters. He also serves as a primary contact for mergers and acquisitions due diligence work and advises on corporate structure and risk mitigation issues.

He has created and counseled many captive insurance companies. Additional services Feary provides include:

  • Auditing independent contractor programs
  • Providing legislative support on independent contractor issues
  • Counsel regarding alternative risk programs, including single and group captive insurers, risk retention groups, and various self-insurance and self-insured retention programs
  • Insurance audits
  • Supervision of litigation in the areas of premium disputes and specialized transportation insurance coverage controversies, including those involving occupational accident insurance
  • Designing independent contractor programs
  • Defending independent contractor disputes

Feary is a national thought leader in transportation and is involved with many industry organizations.

Authored

  • The Definitive Industry Primer on Occupational Accident Insurance in Trucking
  • Independent Contractor Employment Classification: A Survey of State and Federal Laws in the Motor Carrier Industry, 35 Trans. Law J. 139 (2008)
  • 1995 Developments in Workers’ Compensation, 29 Ind. L. Rev. 1139 (1996)
  • Drafter, Indiana owner-operator exception under the definition of an employee in the Worker’s Compensation Act
Accolades
  • Thomson Reuters Client-Nominated Stand-Out Lawyer
    • 2023 & 2024
  • 2023 National Home Delivery Association Pinnacle Award for Lifetime Achievement Recipient
  • 2023 & 2024 USA Chambers Ranked Attorney, Transportation: Road (Carriage/Logistics) Category
  • Indiana Super Lawyers® Peer Selection Survey
    • Top 5% of attorneys in Indiana
  • Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Peer Review Ratings and American Lawyer Media
    • Top Rated Lawyer in Transportation, the highest peer recognition for ethical standards and legal ability
  • International Advisory Experts Global Alliance
    • 2019 International Advisory Experts Award for Transport Law in Indiana
  • ALM Media Legal Leaders + Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Attorney “Midwest’s Top-Rated Lawyers” list published in The National Law Journal
    • 2019 Top Rated Lawyer
  • BTI Client Service All-Star
    • 2016
    • 2012
Attorney Education
  • Eastern Illinois University, B.A.
  • Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, J.D.
Publications
Presentations