Kara Kapke is a proven litigator who is skilled in aggressively defending complex product liability and mass tort actions. She serves as lead and liaison counsel, skillfully managing expert depositions, arguing critical motions, and coordinating discovery teams across the country. Kara's diverse industry and client experience includes the pharmaceutical, chemical, medical device, retail, and media sectors.
Beyond litigation, Kara guides domestic and international businesses through the challenges associated with all types of regulatory matters. She played a pivotal role in collaborating with a state regulatory agency in rethinking a crucial section of the law and guiding legislators to better understand how these changes would ultimately lead to increased efficiency. As outside counsel for local school corporations, Kara brings her sharp analytical skills and legal acumen to educational law matters.
Credentials
Education
- Duke University School of Law, J.D., 2005, Order of the Coif, articles editor of the Duke Law Journal, Moot Court Board
- Indiana University-Bloomington, B.A.J., 1998, with high distinction, Wells Scholar
Bar Admissions
- Indiana
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
- U.S. Supreme Court
Clerkships
- HonorableEdith H. Jones, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2005 - 2006