Appellate Representation

Samantha Mihail is an associate attorney at Kightlinger & Gray’s Merrillville, Indiana office. Her practice is focused on insurance defense, employment law, and appellate work.

Nick is a partner in the Kightlinger & Gray Indianapolis office with a diverse litigation practice. Throughout his career, Nick has handled a broad spectrum of civil tort litigation, with particular emphasis on Professional Liability, Construction Litigation, Creditor’s Rights, and Privacy/Data Security. He has experience working with attorneys, accountants, collection agencies, debt buyers, and insurance companies in the defense of all manner of tort and statutory claims. Nick currently chairs the Kightlinger & Gray Professional Liability Practice Group, focusing upon the defense of lawyers, accountants, architects, and engineers.

Matthew Hobson is an associate attorney in Kightlinger & Gray’s Indianapolis office, concentrating his practice in worker’s compensation. Matthew comes to Kightlinger & Gray with significant experience in worker’s compensation defense. He also has previously practiced in commercial and insurance defense litigation, appeals, and corporate tax matters.

Libby Valos Moss focuses her practice on the defense of employers in administrative proceedings, as well as litigation and counseling. She regularly represents employers before the Indiana Worker’s Compensation Board, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Indiana Civil Rights Commission, as well as in state and federal courts. Libby has authored a number of appeals on workers’ compensation matters before the Indiana Court of Appeals and Indiana Supreme Court.

John Halstead is an attorney in the Merrillville (northern Indiana) Kightlinger & Gray office with over 20 years’ experience representing insurance companies and their insureds in automobile, homeowner’s, and commercial liability claims, as well as self-insured businesses in premise liability and worker’s compensation defense. John also represents title companies and their insureds in title insurance and escrow claims, and local contractors in mechanic’s lien and construction litigation.

John Drummy is a Senior Partner in the Kightlinger & Gray Indianapolis office and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. John is also a member of the firm’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Board. John is a skilled attorney with over 30 years of experience handling Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith, Professional Liability, Appellate, Data Breach and Securities Litigation matters. John has handled hundreds of appeals, with nearly 100 published opinions.

Jake Zigenfus earned his undergraduate degree at Indiana University in 2018, obtaining a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. He then enrolled at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, where he graduated with his Juris Doctorate in 2021. Upon graduation, Jake was honored with the Norman Lefstein Award of Excellence, recognizing students who worked the most pro-bono hours while in school, with Jake being inside the top 10% of this classification.

Crystal Rowe is one of five members of Kightlinger & Gray’s Management Committee. She spent five years working as a judicial clerk at the Indiana Court of Appeals and another year working as a trial court clerk in Allen County before joining Kightlinger & Gray. These experiences give her a deep understanding of appellate and trial practice, enabling her to more efficiently assist clients with Appellate, Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith, Professional Liability, and General Insurance Defense matters. Crystal also has experience before the Department of Administration.

Christopher Moon is an associate attorney practicing in Kightlinger & Gray’s Indianapolis office. Being a born and bred Hoosier, Christopher attended the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University for his undergrad and stayed in Bloomington, IN to attend the Maurer School of Law.

Allissa Aardema is an attorney based out of the Indianapolis office. Prior to joining Kightlinger & Gray, she worked on title defense litigation, business transactions, and advised corporate clients on a variety of matters.