Nicholas C. "Nick" Deets
Recognized since 2010
Indianapolis, Indiana
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Nick Deets has been a partner with Hovde Dassow + Deets in Indianapolis since 2001. His primary areas of practice are personal injury, medical malpractice, product liability and wrongful death. He has tried more than 80 jury trials to verdict.
Nick was named the Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association in 2010, Best Lawyers, 2017 Lawyer of the Year, Plaintiff’s Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Indianapolis), Best Lawyers, 2022 Lawyer of the Year, Plaintiff’s Personal Injury (Indianapolis), and Best Lawyers, 2020 Lawyer of the Year, Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice (Indianapolis). He has been recognized as an Indiana Super Lawyer by Indianapolis Magazine every year since 2006 and has been listed in Best Lawyers, Personal Injury Plaintiffs, every year since 2010. Nick was named as a Top 10 Lawyer in Indiana in 2024 and has been named to the Top 50 Lawyers in Indiana list from 2020 to present. He is a Fellow and State Committee Member of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is a Fellow and past State President of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, and is AV-rated by Martindale Hubbell. In addition to trying more than 80 jury trials to verdict, he has argued before the Indiana Supreme Court 6 times, and currently serves as a member of the Indiana Supreme Court Rules Committee.
- E-mail: ndeets@hovdelaw.com
- Direct Phone Number: 317-669-9721
- Phone Number: 317-669-9721
- Lawyer Page: https://www.hovdelaw.com/attorney/nicholas-c-deets/
- 10201 North Illinois Street, Suite 500
Indianapolis, IN 46290-1137
- Indiana University Bloomington, J.D., graduated 1993
- Purdue University, BSc, graduated 1989
- Indiana, Indiana State Bar Association
- Litigation Counsel of America - Fellow
- American Board of Trial Advocates - Past President (Indiana Chapter)
- American College of Trial Lawyers - Fellow
- Indiana College of Trial Lawyers - Fellow, Member State Committee (2018-)
- Indiana Trial Lawyer's Association - Board of Directors, Member Amicus Committee (2010-)
- United States Supreme Court
- United States District Court (N.D. and S.D. Ind.)
- Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
- United States Court of Appeals
3 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
1 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America award
- Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, Indianapolis (2022)
- Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs, Indianapolis (2020)
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs, Indianapolis (2017)
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
- Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
- Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
- American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow and former member of State Committee
- Super Lawyers, Plaintiff's Personal Injury 2006-present, Top 10 Lawyer in Indiana (2024), Top 50 Lawyer in Indiana (2020-present)
- Best Lawyers, Plaintiff's Personal Injury 2010-present
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Indiana College of Trial Lawyers
- Best Lawyers, Lawyer of the Year, Plaintiffs Medical Malpractice 2020
- Best Lawyers, Lawyer of the Year, Plaintiffs Mass Tort and Class Action 2017
- Best Lawyers, Lawyer of the Year, Plaintiff's Personal Injury 2022
- Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, Lawyer of The Year 2010
- Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Personal Injury Litigation
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