About Jill Reese

Jill E. Reese is Of Counsel at Wagner Reese, LLP in Carmel, Indiana, where she focuses on medical malpractice cases. She brings expertise in analyzing medical records, researching related lawsuits, and crafting persuasive arguments.

Reese earned her J.D. from the Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law) in 1997 and her B.S. in Secondary Education (German) from Indiana University Bloomington in 1991. She is fluent in German and previously worked as a German-translating flight attendant.

She serves on the boards of the Carmel Education Foundation, Discovering Broadway, Inc., and the Carmel Clay Historical Society, and previously served on the Carmel Public Art Advisory Committee.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Wagner Reese, LLP

These results are credited to Wagner Reese, LLP. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$1.1 millionVerdict

A Richmond obstetrician ordered a contraction stress test instead of the recommended non-stress evaluation as a 34-week fetus showed distress, and a Wayne County jury held him responsible for the baby's death.

Wayne Circuit Court, Richmond, IN · 2010Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$640,000Settlement

The mother of M. Shane Satterfield, 38, recovered $640,000 from Decatur County's liability insurer after he died of untreated alcohol withdrawal while serving a drunk-driving sentence at the county jail.

U.S. District Court, S.D. Ind. (Decatur County) · 2015Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$328,000Settlement

Roughly two dozen women sued after a Clark County jail officer sold cell keys to male detainees, and the county's insurer paid $328,000 to settle the federal suits that Wagner Reese helped bring.

U.S. District Court, S.D. Ind. (Clark County Jail, Jeffersonville) · 2024Civil RightsRead the full story →
$245,000Settlement

Four former North Central High School students settled their federal suit against the Metropolitan School District of Washington Township for $245,000 after alleging the district ignored years of warnings about a drama teacher's grooming, with Wagner Reese's Jeff Gibson representing the plaintiffs.

U.S. District Court, S.D. Ind. (Indianapolis) · 2023Sexual AbuseRead the full story →
$150,000Settlement

Indianapolis paid $150,000 in 2013 to settle the federal civil rights suit of Brandon Johnson, a 15-year-old beaten by IMPD officers during his younger brother's 2010 arrest, with Stephen Wagner of Wagner Reese representing him.

Marion County / Indianapolis, IN · 2013Civil RightsRead 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 Maurer School of Law
B.S. Secondary Education (German); J.D., 1997
Indiana University Bloomington
Undergraduate, 1991

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Indiana, admitted 1997
Carmel Education Foundation (Board)
Discovering Broadway, Inc. (Board)
Carmel Clay Historical Society (Board)

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