Sonia Das Sturm has been defending worker’s compensation claims throughout the State of Indiana for over eighteen years. She joined the firm in 2015, after spending many years with mid- and small-sized Indianapolis firms, developing skills in both civil defense litigation and worker’s compensation. In addition to worker’s compensation defense, she has experience with mass tort/asbestos defense, personal injury defense, appellate work, and coverage litigation. Sonia is a graduate of Indiana University – Bloomington and the IU Maurer School of Law. She is a Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rated AV attorney and has been selected for inclusion as a Super Lawyer or Rising Star by Indiana Super Lawyers magazine every year since 2009. She is also a frequent author and speaker on worker’s compensation topics. Sonia has held leadership positions in the Indiana State Bar Association, as the Chair of the Diversity Committee and as a member of the Board of Governors. She also belongs to the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana (DTCI), where she is the current chair of the Worker’s Compensation Section. She also belongs to the Defense Research Institute (DRI), a national bar association of defense attorneys, and the Asian Pacific American Bar Association—Indiana Chapter (APABA-IN). She is admitted to practice in the States of Indiana and Michigan, and before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana.
Bar Admissions
2000 | Indiana |
2000 | U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana |
2000 | U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana |
2017 | Michigan |
Education
May 2000 | Maurer School of Law in Bloomington, Indiana | Juris Doctor |
December 1996 | Indiana University |
Past Employment Positions
2013-2015 | Partner – Rocap Law Firm, LLC/Rocap Musser, LLP |
2001-2013 | Associate Attorney / Partner – Lewis Wagner, LLP |
2000-2001 | Associate attorney – Jennings, Taylor, Wheeler, Bouwkamp |
Organizations
2001-Present | Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana Chair, Worker’s Compensation Section (2019) |
2001-Present | Defense Research Institute |
2000-2018 | Indiana State Bar Association Diversity Committee Chair (2014-2016) Board of Governors (2014-2015) |
2001-2016 | Indianapolis Bar Association Indianapolis Homeless Project (2005-2015) |
2015-Present | Asian Pacific Bar Association |
2017-Present | State Bar of Michigan Member, Worker’s Compensation Section |
Workers’ Compensation Venues
Sonia Das Sturm attends the following Workers’ Compensation Hearing venues:
Indiana | All Counties |
Michigan | All Counties |