Vivek R. Hadley

Vivek has been involved with other major wins in other high-stakes trial court litigation, most of which occurred at the motion to dismiss or summary judgment stages, long before the client had to face trial expenses. Those wins include defeating all fraud and securities fraud claims—and then winning over $1 million in counterclaim damages—in a bet-the-company family dispute in Indiana state court. He has also been involved in several victories for clients facing claims under section 1983, discrimination, and Title IX theories. Other high-stakes trial court victories include several time sensitive wins in the preliminary injunction setting.

Vivek has found equally impressive success in the appellate arena. He was the lead author—and presented oral argument—in the Seventh Circuit on a case the panel described as “a complex contractual dispute arising out of multiple agreements between two sophisticated parties,” as it affirmed the district court win Vivek also helped obtain. He was also the lead author of an amicus brief in a recent constitutional challenge to Indiana’s primary election system heard by the Indiana Supreme Court; the Court sided 3-2 in adopting Taft’s client’s view, with the majority citing the amicus brief throughout its opinion.

Vivek is a member of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee and has served as a court-appointed representative for pro bono clients on multiple occasions. Those efforts have been recognized by courts, including the Southern District of Indiana issuing a published opinion thanking Vivek and a colleague “for serving as recruited counsel and for their conscientious representation of” one pro bono client.

Vivek graduated magna cum laude from Indiana University Maurer School of Law and summa cum laude from Ball State University with a B.S. in economics and history. During law school, he was an extern for Justice Mark S. Massa at the Indiana Supreme Court. He is a member of the Indianapolis Bar Association and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and he serves on the board of Classical Music Indy.