James Buddenbaum

Parr Richey Frandsen Patterson Kruse LLP is an Indiana law firm with a rich tradition of vigorously representing its clients' interests before courts, administrative agencies, and other tribunals in Indiana and throughout the United States. The firm's clients include utilities, schools, healthcare organizations, municipalities, and business entities in other fields, as well as individuals. Our Indiana business attorneys have experience representing clients in a broad range of practice areas such as business and commercial transactions, business litigation, personal injury and wrongful death, medical malpractice, first-party property insurance claims and bad faith litigation, education law, estate planning and probate, employment and labor law, real estate and land use, utilities law, general litigation and appeals, and alternative dispute resolution.

Our team of experienced attorneys includes James Buddenbaum, who concentrates in corporate law, acquisitions, business transactions, utility, real estate, employment, and complex insurance, and other business litigation. Jeremy Fetty, who is currently on the Management Committee and Chair of the firm's Utility and Business Section, focuses on utility law including energy, communication services, telecommunications, gas, water, and waste management; corporate law; cooperative law; and right-of-way law. Kent Frandsen has practiced with the firm since 1977, concentrating in civil litigation, electric utility, zoning and land use, and education law. Randy Holt is a Senior Counsel with the Firm and practices in the areas of corporate law and governance, electric cooperative law, corporate formation, mergers and acquisitions, utility law, commercial contracts, real estate transactions, and employment law. Paul Kruse has represented injury victims in over 50 counties across the State of Indiana, as well as Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan, resolving thousands of personal injury claims through settlements, court trials, and jury verdicts. Tony Patterson has extensive experience representing personal injury victims and wrongful death survivors throughout Indiana and the Midwest, focusing on automobile and trucking accidents, medical malpractice, mass torts, and all other areas of the firm's injury practice. Mike Schultz is a problem solver who concentrates his practice on advising and representing commercial and residential policyholders in high-risk, high-value disputes over insurance claims and claim handling.

Practice Areas

Our firm's diverse practice areas include Alternative Dispute Resolution, Appeals, Business Organizations, Education, Estate Planning & Probate, Governmental Affairs, Labor & Employment, Litigation, Personal Injury, Real Estate & Land Use, Utilities Law, and Wrongful Death. We offer comprehensive legal services to meet the unique needs of our clients across various industries and sectors.