About Tyler Zipes

Tyler Zipes is a Partner at Hovde Dassow + Deets, focusing his practice on personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, and mass tort cases on behalf of plaintiffs. He earned his B.A. from Indiana University Bloomington and his J.D. from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis. He was admitted to the Indiana Bar in 2018. He has been recognized as a Rising Star Top Attorney in Indiana from 2021 to 2023. He is a member of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association and the Indianapolis Bar Association, and served as Captain with the Indianapolis Legal Aid Society.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$1.25 millionVerdict

A Morgan County jury awarded $1,250,075 to a plumbing contractor who suffered severe burns after a Carmel High School maintenance employee ignited a pool heater's pilot light over the contractor's explicit objection, triggering a gas explosion that blew the roof off the building.

Morgan County Circuit Court, Martinsville, Indiana · 2025Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
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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.
Indiana University Bloomington
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Indiana, admitted 2018

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