Matthew D. Barrett - Logansport, IN

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • Valparaiso University School of Law, Valparaiso, Indiana, 2002
    J.D.
    Honors: Special Commendation for Pro Bono Externship
    Honors: Honor Papers in Pretrial Skills and Advanced Appellate Advocacy
    Law Review: Valparaiso University Law Review, Associate Editor

• Non Legal Education

  • Indiana University - Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, 1998
    B.A.
    Honors: Dean's List (4 Semesters)
    Major: English Literature
    Minor: History

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

Classes and Seminars

• Featured Speaker, "Civil Rights and DWI", Crown Point, Indiana, 2004
  
• Lecturer, Topics In Medical Malpractice Law, Health Careers Exploration Class, Century Career Center, Logansport High School, 2006

Pro Bono Activities

• Participant, Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee, Literacy Volunteers of Cass County, 2005
• Judge, Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee, Literacy Volunteers of Cass County, 2006
• Chief Organizer and Tour Guide, Law Day at Cass County Courthouse, 2006
• Member, Cass County Community Foundation Scholarship Committee, 2008
• Volunteer, Muscular Dystrophy Fundraiser, 2008
• Tour Guide, Law Day at Cass County Courthouse, 2008
• Board of Directors, Cass County Historical Society, 2010 - 2011
• Founder, Indiana State Trooper Daniel R. Barrett Memorial Scholarship

Representative Cases

• Richard v. State
  • Citation: 820 N.E.2d 749
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2005
• Masick v. McColly Realtors, Inc. and Saxon Drywall
  • Citation: 858 N.E.2d 682
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2006
• Cincinnati Insurance Co. v. Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex, Inc., et al.
  • Citation: 2006 WL 299064
  • Court: N.D. Ind.
  • Year: 2006
• Ryan-Louie v. DeFazio
  • Citation: 2007 WL 433067
  • Court: N.D. Ind.
  • Year: 2007
• Wheeler v. Lawson
  • Citation: 2007 WL 844870
  • Court: N.D. Ind.
  • Year: 2007
• Walker v. Martin, et al.
  • Citation: 862 N.E.2d 330
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2007
• Beatty v. Martin, et al.
  • Citation: 868 N.E.2d 73
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2007
• Bob Anderson Pontiac d/b/a Mike Anderson Chevrolet of Merrillville, Inc. v. Indiana Department of Workforce Development
  • Citation: 867 N.E.2d 282
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2007
• Cincinnati Insurance Co. v. Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex, Inc., et al.
  • Citation: 2007 WL 2609829
  • Court: N.D. Ind.
  • Year: 2007
• Putman v. Lima Auto Mall, Inc.
  • Citation: 2008 WL 2444677
  • Court: N.D. Ind.
  • Year: 2008
• Wheeler v. Lawson
  • Citation: 539 F.3d 629
  • Court: 7th Cir.
  • Year: 2008
• Hunt v. State
  • Citation: 902 N.E.2d 911
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2009
• Hartoin v. State
  • Citation: 908 N.E.2d 711
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2009
• Robinson v. State
  • Citation: 910 N.E.2d 270
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2009
• Miller v. State
  • Citation: 916 N.E.2d 193
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2009
• Bell v. State
  • Citation: 915 N.E.2d 1048
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2009
• Holmes v. State
  • Citation: 923 N.E.2d 479
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2010
• Van Orden v. State
  • Citation: 924 N.E.2d 226
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2010
• Miller v. State
  • Citation: 924 N.E.2d 680
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2010
• Patterson v. State
  • Citation: 926 N.E.2d 90
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2010
• Skinner v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company d/b/a Metlife
  • Citation: 2010 WL 2175834
  • Court: N.D. Ind.
  • Year: 2010
• State ex rel. Berkshire v. City of Logansport
  • Citation: 928 N.E.2d 587
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2010
• Snowberger v. State
  • Citation: 938 N.E.2d 294
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2010
• Fording v. State
  • Citation: 941 N.E.2d 565
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2011
• Rush v. State
  • Citation: 941 N.E.2d 569
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2011
• Ogle v. State
  • Citation: 943 N.E.2d 445
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2011
• Vazquez v. State
  • Citation: 944 N.E.2d 10
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2011
• Miller v. State
  • Citation: 944 N.E.2d 578
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2011
• Crowder v. State
  • Citation: 945 N.E.2d 829
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2011
• Justice v. State
  • Citation: 946 N.E.2d 93
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2011
• Downs v. State
  • Citation: 950 N.E.2d 376
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2011
• Patton v. State
  • Citation: , 972 N.E.2d 418
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2012
• Barrett v. City of Logansport, et al.
  • Citation: 961 N.E.2d 70
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2012
• Mateo v. State
  • Citation: 974 N.E.2d 602
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2012
• State v. Gonzalez-Vazquez
  • Citation: 984 N.E.2d 704
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App
  • Year: 2013
• Lewis v. New Prime Inc
  • Citation: No. 1:10-cv-1228-WSD
  • Court: N.D. Ga. – Atlanta Div.
  • Year: 2013
• Phillips v. Mills
  • Citation: 42 N.E.3d 174
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2015
• Vance v. Phillips
  • Citation: 42 N.E.3d 174
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2015
• Torres-Reynoso v. State
  • Citation: 42 N.E.3d 586
  • Court: Ind. Ct. App.
  • Year: 2015

Published Works

Articles

• "Failing to Provide Police Protection: Breeding a Viable and Consistent 'State-Created Danger' Analysis for Establishing Constitutional Violations Under Section 1983", 37 Valparaiso University Law Review 1, Fall, 2002
  
• "Preparing Your Client for Deposition Testimony", American Bar Association - The Young Lawyer, July/August, 2005
  
• "How to Deal With an Objection of Privilege Based on Indiana's Peer Review Statute During the Course of Pre-Trial Discovery", Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, VERDICT, 2005
  
• "And Just Where Do You Think You're Going?": Police Detention of Passenger Who Walks Away From Vehicle During Traffic Stop, Res Gestae, March, 2006
  
• "Indiana's New 'Communication of Sympathy' Statute: Saying 'I'm Sorry' In the Context of Medical Malpractice and Other Personal Injury Accidents", Indiana Lawyer, (Vol. 17, No. 8) June/July, 2006
  
• "Groundless Cases Still Get Into Court", Indiana Lawyer (Featured Interview), (Vol. 17, No. 10) July/August, 2006
• "A Brief Review of What Types of Claims Fall Within and Outside the Scope of Indiana's Medical Malpractice Act", Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, VERDICT, 2006
• "A Modest Proposal: Submitting a Joint Discovery Plan In Federal Court", American Bar Association - The Young Lawyer, September, 2006
• "Waiver of Right Forms Under Miranda: Not a Ritual of Words to be Recited by Rote According to Didactic Niceties", Open Court, Newsletter of the Criminal Justice Section, Indiana State Bar Association, Vol. XI, No. 1, December, 2006
• "Recovering Damages for Tortious Injury to Historic Buildings and Other 'Special Purpose' Property In Indiana: Drawing the Line Between Fair Market Value and Cost Repair' In Cases of Permanent Damage", Res Gestae, December, 2006
• "A Case of Bad Breath: Does the Odor of an Alcoholic Beverage, By Itself, Establish Probable Cause for a Police Officer to Offer Chemical Test In the Context of DWI Offenses?", Open Court, Newsletter of the Criminal Justice Section, Indiana State Bar Association, Vol. XII, No. 1, May, 2007
• "Supreme Court Clarifies Five Exceptions to Nonliability Involving Personal Injury Claims Asserted by a Contractor's Employee", Indiana Civil Litigation Review (publication of the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana), Vol. 3, No. 2, May, 2007
• "Brendlin v. California: Supreme Court Holds That a Passenger Is "Seized" for Fourth Amendment Purposes and Can Challenge Legality of a Traffic Stop", Open Court, Newsletter of the Criminal Justice Section, Indiana State Bar Association, Vol. XII, No. 2, October, 2007
• "The Attorney Commitment In Traumatic Brain Injury Cases", American Bar Association - The Young Lawyer, November, 2007
• "Federal Preemption of State Law Claims Involving Class III Medical Devices", Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Trial Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1, Winter, 2007
• "Calm the Child Witness", TRIAL, Journal of the American Association for Justice (formerly American Trial Lawyers Association), February, 2008
• "Coughing It Up: Indiana Supreme Court Holds That Police Chokeholds Are Unreasonable Searches and Seizures", Open Court, Newsletter of the Criminal Justice Section, Indiana State Bar Association, Vol. XIII, No. 1, February, 2008
• "Reducing the State's Cut: Amending Indiana's Split-Award Statute In Punitive Damage Cases", The Indiana Litigator, Newsletter of the Litigation Section, Indiana State Bar Association, Summer, 2008
• "Representing Children In Cases Involving Wrongful Death of a Parent", Res Gestae, July/August, 2008
• "Estoppel to Extend Insurance Coverage Based on Bad Faith", Indiana Civil Litigation Review (publication of the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana), Vol 5., No. 2, November, 2008
• "Holding a Surgeon Liable for Medical Negligence of Another Under the 'Captain-of-the Ship' Doctrine", Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, VERDICT, 2010
• "Recovery for Separate Acts of Negligence Under Indiana Medical Malpractice Act", Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, VERDICT, 2011

Bar Admissions

• Indiana, 2003
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 2003
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 2003
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 2004
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2003
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2005
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2006

Other Affiliations

• Cass County Bar Association (Member)
• Indiana State Bar Association (Member)
• Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• American Association of Justice (Member)
• The National Trial Lawyers (Member)
• Brain Injury Association of Indiana (Member)
• Civil Justice Foundation (Member)
• Open Court, Newsletter of the Criminal Justice Section - Indiana State Bar Association, 2007 - 2008 (Editor)
• Logansport-Cass County Chamber of Commerce (Member)
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum (Life Member)
• Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum (Life Member)
• Elite Lawyers of America, Life Member
• National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys, Member
• Rue Ratings’ Best Attorneys of America, Member
• Cass Circuit Court (Judge, pro tempore, 2009)