Sonia Das Sturm

Sonia Das Sturm defends employers before the Worker’s Compensation Board of Indiana. She has experience advising clients and litigating all disputes before the Board. She guides employers and insurance adjusters on compliance with the requirements of the Worker’s Compensation Act, mediates settlements, tries claims in formal hearings, makes argument to the Full Board, and handles all aspects of any appeals. She also has experience litigating worker’s compensation issues in civil courts, including the exclusive remedy defense, threshold questions (employee vs independent contractor, secondary liability), and coverage. She is a frequent author and speaker on worker’s compensation topics, and has served as the Chair of the Worker’s Compensation Section of the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana. In 2017, she also began representing employers before the Workers Disability Compensation Agency in Michigan. Sonia joined the law firm of Inman & Fitzgibbons, Ltd. in 2015 and practices out of its Indianapolis, Indiana office.