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About Bill Winingham

William E. 'Bill' Winingham Jr. is a Partner at Wilson Kehoe Winingham Injury Lawyers in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he handles complex personal injury, product liability, and mass tort litigation.

Winingham was named Indiana Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association in 2002 and 2022. He has been listed in Indiana Super Lawyers since 2002 and as a Top 10 Super Lawyer in 2010, 2015, and 2016 through 2024. He has been included in Best Lawyers in America for 17 consecutive years and was named Best Lawyers 'Lawyer of the Year' in Product Liability Litigation (2019) and in Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (2018). He carries an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

He earned his J.D. from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law and his A.B. in Biological Sciences from Indiana University.

Winingham is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of the American Association for Justice, the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association Board of Directors, the American Bar Association, the Indiana State Bar Association, and the Indianapolis Bar Association. He is an author and lecturer for ITLA, PESI, and ICLEF seminars.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$121,770Verdict

A Marion County jury found Indianapolis landlords 85 percent at fault for a tenant's fall down a rental staircase that had no code-required handrail, awarding her $121,770 for permanent ankle and nerve damage.

Marion Superior Court, Indianapolis, IN · 2010Slip & FallRead the full story →
Settlement

Bill Winingham of Wilson Kehoe Winingham filed a 2016 federal class action for a former Wake Forest fullback, one of a wave of head-injury suits against the NCAA and the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2016Read the full story →

Wilson Kehoe Winingham represents donor children of Indianapolis fertility doctor Donald Cline, who secretly inseminated patients with his own sperm; related civil cases settled for about $1.35 million, and in 2025 the firm won an appeal reviving a client's claim that a trial court had dismissed as untimely.

Marion Superior Court / Indiana Court of Appeals, Indianapolis, IN · 2025Medical MalpracticeRead 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
A.B. Biological Sciences
Indiana University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Indiana
American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)
American Association for Justice
Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors)
American Bar Association
Indiana State Bar Association
Indianapolis Bar Association

Awards & recognition

Indiana Trial Lawyer of the Year (2002, 2022)
Indiana Super Lawyers (since 2002)
Top 10 Indiana Super Lawyer (2010, 2015, 2016-2024)
Best Lawyers in America (17 consecutive years)
Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year - Product Liability Litigation (2019)
Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year - Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (2018)
Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating

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