David W. Conover

Education

Brighton University (England), 1986

Illinois State University, BA & Senior Scholar, Political Philosophy, 1988

IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, JD, 1991

Experience

Mr. Conover’s background is centered exclusively on trial advocacy. Prior to joining the trial attorneys of Allen Law Group in 2001, he spent a decade as an insurance defense trial attorney in both Indiana and Illinois. Mr. Conover is a former Judge, pro tempore in Lake County Indiana. He has for years been listed among Indiana’s leading trial attorneys with the most million and multi-million dollar verdicts as published by the Indiana Jury Verdict Reporter, and was previously recognized by the Cook County Jury Verdict Reporter as among the most prolific individual trial attorneys in the greater Chicago metropolitan area. Mr. Conover was named a Life Member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum — The Top Trial Lawyers in America.

Admissions

Allen Law Group, LLC, Valparaiso, Indiana

Mr. Conover is a member of the bar for the Indiana and Illinois Supreme Courts and Appellate Courts, United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois and Northern District of Indiana, U.S. Federal Trial Bar and the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Services/Community Activities/Awards

Life Member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum

The Top Trial Lawyers in America

Martin Luther King Day

Presentations / Publications

• Automobile Injury claims in Indiana – What Insurers Don’t Want You To Know (2023)
• Indiana Personal Injury Litigation Secrets (2022)
• Indiana Rules of Evidence Toolkit (2022)
• Legal Ethics – New Case Law and Rules (2022)
• Pain and Suffering Damages in Personal Injury (2022)
• Indiana Auto Injury Cases: From Accident to Trial (2021)
• Ultimate Guide to Motor Vehicle Accident Cases (2020)
• Advanced Auto Injury Litigation (2019)
• Damages in Personal Injury Litigation (2018)
• Expert Witnesses: Following Indiana Court Rules (2017)
• Proving Pain & Suffering (2016)
• Wrongful Death Litigation, Start to Finish (2015)
• Advanced Trial Advocacy (2014)
• Insurance Coverage Litigation (2013)
• Legal Ethics (2012)
• Building Your Civil Trial Skills (2011, 2012)
• American Association for Justice.
  Semitruck rear-ends minivan at red light (October, 2010, Motor Vehicle Law Reporter – Verdicts & Settlements)
• Insurance Coverage Litigation (2010)
• Personal Injury Law 101 (2009)
• Litigating the Uninsured & Underinsured Motorist Claim (2009)
• Litigating the Uninsured & Underinsured Motorist Claim (2006)
• Litigating Plaintiff’s Personal Injury – Start to Finish (2005)
• Trying the Automobile Case in Indiana (2004)
• National Business Institute, Litigation Seminar Faculty, Superior Deposition Strategies / Ethics (2002)