Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP is pleased to announce the hiring of associate attorneys Mallory C. Deckard and W. Royal Gearhart II. Mallory Deckard represents individual and business clients in her practice of insurance subrogation and defense, litigation and trial services, personal injury law, medical malpractice law, family law, and environmental law.  A native...Read More

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]KDDK is pleased to announce that attorneys Mike Schopmeyer, Jake Fulcher and Ryan Schulz have been selected for inclusion in the 2016 edition of Indiana Super Lawyers.® Mike Schopmeyer has been named a Super Lawyer in Business/Contracts Law.  Schopmeyer has more than 33 years’ experience in matters involving business supply contracting, construction projects, mega-industrial and headquarters site assemblage,...Read More

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A workweek holiday is a great time for employees to reconnect with family and friends and return to work recharged.  But human resources and payroll professionals sometimes err when trying to administer and account for FMLA leave taken during this time of year.  Keep the following rules in mind when calculating leave around the holidays...Read More

“If you’re an employer looking for a good New Year’s resolution, Evansville attorney Jake Fulcher has a suggestion: Start tracking your salaried employees’ weekly hours. “The federal government is mulling changes in overtime pay rules that could affect millions of salaried workers who earn less than $50,000 per year. “The rules aren’t expected to take...Read More

KDDK has been recognized as a leading law firm for real estate law, achieving a metropolitan Tier 1 ranking for the Evansville area in the 2016 Edition of U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers in America©’s “Best Law Firms.”[i] KDDK has previously been named a “Best Law Firm” for environmental law. To be...Read More

Congratulations to Mike Schopmeyer, a Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn co-managing partner, on receiving the 2015 Richard A. Schlottman Business Person of the Year Award from the Southwest Indiana Chamber! This award is given annual to recognize a business person who serves our region by promoting and protecting business in reflection of the Southwest Indiana Chamber...Read More

In a much anticipated decision issued on August 27, 2015, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “the Board”) set forth its new and much more inclusive test for determining joint employer status (BFI Newby Island Recyclery, 362 NLRB No. 186). As a result, many employers may find themselves in an employment relationship for National Labor...Read More

Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP (KDDK) is pleased to announce that eight KDDK partners have been included in The Best Lawyers in America© 2016. First published in 1983, The Best Lawyers in America has become regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which...Read More

KDDK’s landline phone service has been impacted by the major outage affecting AT&T customers from coast to coast.  Many KDDK attorneys have AT&T mobile phone service and are therefore also unavailable via cell phone.  Fortunately, our email system has not been affected and remains fully operational.  If you are unable to reach your KDDK attorney...Read More

(EVANSVILLE, Ind.) – July 28, 2015 – Steven S. Hoar, a civil litigator at Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP (KDDK), has been elected president of the Evansville Bar Association. Hoar primarily handles contract, construction, manufacturing, corporate, financial services, real estate, and creditors’ rights disputes through state and federal courts, as well as arbitration. He...Read More