F. Boyd Hovde

F. Boyd Hovde was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 7, 1934. He was admitted to the Indiana bar in 1959 and in 1977 was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a graduate of Princeton University (B.A., 1956) and the University of Michigan School of Law (J.D., 1959) where he was a member of Phi Delta Phi. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and the Indiana College of Trial Lawyers. He was a member of the Indiana Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness from 1976 to 2000 and its Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure from 1980 to 1992. From 1984 to 1992, he served on the Board of Visitors of Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis. He is a member of the Indianapolis Bar Association and served as its Treasurer, Vice President, and President in 1979. He is also a member of the Indiana State Bar Association and American Bar Association. He is a member of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, having served as president in 1976 - 1977 and is a lifetime Director of that Association. He is also a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Awards and Honors Honors Keyman, Indianapolis Jaycees, 1965 Distinguished Service Award, Indianapolis Jaycees, 1968 Indiana Amateur Golf Champion, 1976 Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1979 Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 1976 Indiana Golf Hall of Fame, 1994 Fellow, Indiana College of Trial Lawyers The Best Lawyers in America, 1987 Indiana Super Lawyers Martindale-Hubbell Sagamore of the Wabash by Governor Evan Bayh, 1992

• Founder
• References
• National Bank of Indianapolis
• Indiana Bar Foundation

• Board of Visitors, Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis

• Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. v. Day
• Citation: 224 N.E.2d 520
• Court: Ind. App. 1 Div.
• Year: 1967
• Serial Number: 1967119653
• Britt v. Sears
• Citation: 277 N.E.2d 20
• Court: Ind. App. 2 Div.
• Year: 1971
• Serial Number: 1971116645
• Brooks v. Robinson
• Citation: 284 N.E.2d 794
• Court: Ind.
• Year: 1972
• Serial Number: 1972115171
• Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Pennsylvania R. Co.
• Citation: 322 F.2d 963
• Court: C.A.7 (Ind.)
• Year: 1963
• Serial Number: 1963115888
• Ruckman & Hansen, Inc. v. Contracting & Material Co.
• Citation: 328 F.2d 744
• Year: 1964
• Serial Number: 1964113416
• Gillam v. J. C. Penney Co.
• Citation: 341 F.2d 457
• Year: 1965
• Serial Number: 1965112521
• State v. Collier
• Citation: 331 N.E.2d 784
• Court: Ind. App. 1 Dist.
• Year: 1975
• Serial Number: 1975115825
• Miskunas v. Union Carbide
• Citation: 399 F.2d 847, cert. den. 895 ct. 718
• Court: 7th Cir.
• Year: 1968
• Serial Number: 1968118857
• Chambers v. Osteonics Corp.
• Citation: 109 F.3d 1243
• Year: 1997
• Serial Number: 1997083130
• Poehlman v. Feferman
• Citation: 717 NE2d 578
• Year: 1999
• Serial Number: 1999227421

• Charter member and Distinguished Fellow of the Indianapolis Bar Foundation
• Indianapolis Jaycee, Chapter President
• Citizen’s School Committee
• United Way of Greater Indianapolis
• Chairman of the Indiana Evans Scholar Selection Committee

• Indiana, 1959
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 1959
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 1966
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1960
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1977

• Indianapolis Bar Association (Past President, 1979)
• Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1976 - 1977 (Past President)
• Indianapolis Bar Association, 1979 (Treasurer)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, 1959)
• American College of Trial Lawyers (Member)
• International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member)
• Indiana Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness, 1976 - 2000 (Member)
• Indiana Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, 1980 - 1992 (Member)
• Indiana State Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (Member and Lifetime Director)
• College of Fellows of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (Member, 1981)
• Fraternities and Sororities
• Phi Delta Pi