Tina Bell

Indianapolis, IN26 years experienceAdmitted 1998

About Tina Bell

Tina M. Bell is a Partner at Christie Bell & Marshall in Indianapolis, Indiana, specializing in medical malpractice litigation. Admitted to the Indiana bar in 1998, she spent over a decade as a defense attorney representing doctors, nurses, hospitals, and insurers, and tried over 20 cases to verdict as defense counsel. In 2009, she transitioned to plaintiff representation, dedicating her practice to representing victims of medical malpractice. Her practice areas include medical malpractice, birth injury, wrongful death, and toxic IVF culture media litigation.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Christie Bell & Marshall

These results are credited to Christie Bell & Marshall. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$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 School of Law—Indianapolis
J.D., with honors, 1998
Eureka College (B.A. in Political Science and Communications, with honors)
Undergraduate, 1995

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Indiana, admitted 1998
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana
American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) - Vice President/President-Elect, Treasurer
American Association for Justice
Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors; College of Fellows, 2021)
Sagamore Inn of Court (Executive Committee)
Indianapolis Bar Foundation Distinguished Fellow
Christian Legal Society – Indiana Chapter (2022 President)

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers (2012-2018, continuously since 2012)
Top 50 Lawyers in Indiana (2014, 2021, 2022)
Top 25 Female Lawyers in Indiana (2014, 2019, 2021, 2022)
National Trial Lawyers – Top 100 (2023)
Indiana Lawyer's Leadership in Law, Distinguished Barristers (2022)
Young Lawyer of the Year, Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana (2004)
Rookie of the Year, Defense Research Institute (2002)

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