Lee Christie

Proven Verdicts
Indianapolis, IN42 years experienceAdmitted 1982

About Lee Christie

Partner at Christie Bell & Marshall (formerly Christie Farrell Lee & Bell) in Indianapolis, IN. Lifelong Indiana resident focusing on personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, product liability, trucking accidents, auto accidents, and premises liability. Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. 2025 President of the Indianapolis Bar Association.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$42.5 millionVerdictTop 20 in Indiana · #6

A Marion County jury in March 2024 awarded $60.7 million to motorcyclist Christopher Dugan after a Tesla service manager crossed double yellow lines and struck him, leaving him with a permanent traumatic brain injury and a partial foot amputation; comparative fault reduced the net award to $42.5 million.

Marion County Superior Court, Indianapolis, Indiana (Case No. 49D04-1705-CT-018411) · 2024Motorcycle AccidentsRead the full story →

Electrician Ralph Parker was paralyzed from the chest down in April 2006 when an overhead garage door at an Indianapolis warehouse activated and pinned him against a beam. A Marion County jury found Professional Garage Door Systems 70 percent at fault for servicing the door a week earlier. The jury's awards of $26 million to Parker and $4.5 million to his wife were reduced by his share of fault, leaving $21.3 million.

Marion Circuit Court, Indianapolis, Indiana · 2014Workplace InjuryRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
J.D., 1982
Indiana University
Undergraduate, 1978

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Indiana, admitted 1982
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, admitted 1982
Indianapolis Bar Association (2025 President)
American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)
Trucking Trial Lawyers Association

Awards & recognition

Best Lawyers, Indianapolis Lawyer of the Year - Personal Injury Litigation (2025)
Super Lawyers Top 10 - Indiana
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
Trucking Trial Lawyers Association Top 10

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.