Jeremy L. Fetty - Indianapolis, IN

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan, 2005
    LL.M.
    Major: Labor and Employment Law
  • Michigan State University College of Law, East Lansing, Michigan, 2002
    J.D.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: Eagle Scout
    Law Review: Michigan State University Law Review, Managing Editor

• Non Legal Education

  • Manchester College, 1999
    B.S.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Classes and Seminars

• Cooperative Law and Legal Structures (Indiana Cooperative Summit, June 6, 2008)
  
• Red Flag Rules & Sunshine (Indiana Association of Cities and Towns, April 1, 2009)
  
• Legal Audit for the Energy Auditor (Indiana Statewide Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives, April 23, 2009)
  
• Red Flag Rules – Compliance for Municipalities (Indiana Municipal Law XXVI Seminar, June 12, 2009)
  
• Doing Business as a Cooperative (Indiana Cooperative Summit, November 10, 2009)
  
• Organization Primer – Statewide Farmers Market Association (Farmers Market Boot Camp, December 16, 2009)
  
• What You Need to Know – Lobbying by all Types of Exempt Organizations (Indiana CPA Society, June 10, 2010)
  
• 2010 Workplace Law Seminar (Electric Cooperative Bar Association, June 14, 2010 and July 26, 2010)
  
• Workplace Law for HR Pros 2010 (National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, July 13, 2010)
  
• Social Networking, Blogging & Professional Responsibility – New Ethics Issues for Lawyers (Indiana Utility Law Section Spring Seminar, April 29, 2011 and Indiana Municipal Lawyers Association, June 21, 2013)
  
• Record Retention for Indiana REMCs (Indiana Statewide Association of RECs, Accounting Section, October 17, 2013)
  
• Legal Considerations in Organizing a Food Cooperative (Up and Coming, Up and Running Co-op Conference, February 28, 2014)
  
• Level Playing Field: Transition to Statewide Systems for Video Franchising (Indiana Broadband & Technology Association, April 28, 2015)
  
• FERC & PURPA: Issues for Electric Distribution Cooperatives (Parr Richey CLE at Indiana Electric Cooperatives, October 16, 2015)
  
• Utility Rights of Way Issues at Railroad Crossings (Parr Richey CLE at Indiana Electric Cooperatives, October 7, 2016)
  
• CAF Phase II Auction (Indiana Broadband & Technology Association, December 8, 2016)
  
• Municipal Utilities and Railroads Right-of-Way Issues (Indiana Municipal Lawyers Summit, June 22, 2017)
  
• Protecting the Electric Cooperative in Event of Member Bankruptcy (Parr Richey CLE at Indiana Electric Cooperatives, October 20, 2017)
  
• Communications Service Provider and Railroads Right-of-Way Issues (Great Lakes Technology Showcase, October 25, 2017)
  
• INDOT Right-of-Way Policies (Indiana Broadband Technology Association Spring Meeting, April 19, 2018)
  
• Utilities & Railroad Right-of-Way Issues (NineStar Connect, July 27, 2018)
  
• Broadband Business Organizations: Partnerships/Mergers (Indiana Broadband & Technology Association, September 11, 2018)
  
• INDOT - New Right-of-Way Policies Related to Broadband Facilities (ISBA Utility Law Section Fall Seminar, September 13, 2018)
  
• Legal and Regulatory Issues of Broadband (Panel at 2018 G&T Lawyers 2018 Legal Seminar)
  
• INDOT - Broadband Permitting and Railroad Crossings Right-of Way Matters (Indiana Rural Broadband Association Annual Leadership Forum, October 21, 2020)
  
• Legal Considerations, The Cooperative Conversion Process (Employee Ownership Conference, November 30, 2021)
  
• IUSF Triennial Review (Indiana Rural Broadband Association, February 24, 2022)
  
• Railroad(ed) (Indiana Rural Broadband Leadership Forum, September 7, 2023)

Published Works

Articles

• Jeremy Fetty, Comment, A “" Fertile” Question: Are Contracts Regarding the Disposition of Frozen Preembryos Worth the Paper upon Which they are Written?, 2001 L.REV. M.S.U. - D.C.L. 1001 (2001)
  
• Jeremy Fetty, Unveiling the Michigan Court of Appeals Pre-Argument Settlement Conference Program: One of the Court's Best Kept Secrets, J. OF APPELLATE PRACTICE & PROCESS Spring 2006, Volume 7, Issue 2. (Mr. Fetty received an award from Michigan State University for continuing legal scholarship for this article)
  
• Jeremy Fetty, OSHA Takes Position Against Texting While Driving, ISBA Business Law Newsletter, Spring 2011
  

Bar Admissions

• Indiana
• Michigan
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
• District of Columbia

Other Affiliations

• Indiana State Bar Association (Utility Law and Business Law Sections) (Member)
• State Bar of Michigan (Member)
• Energy Bar Association (Member)
• Electric Cooperative Bar Association (Member)
• Indiana Municipal Lawyers Association (Member)
• International Municipal Lawyers Association (Member)
• ISBA Utility Law Section (Former Chair)
• Indiana Cooperative Development Center (Board Member and President of the Board)
• Legal Committee for the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association