Jody DeFord

Admitted to Practice:
Indiana
United States District Court - Northern District of Indiana
United States District Court - Southern District of Indiana

Professional Experience:
Jody DeFord is an attorney with the law firm of Ice Miller. She regularly counsels clients in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries regarding compliance with FDA regulations, contract issues, and risk management.

DeFord's practice includes drafting, reviewing and negotiating research-related legal documents such as:

• Clinical Trial Agreements;
• Non-disclosure and Confidentiality Agreements;
• Material Transfer Agreements;
• Master Research Agreements;
• Consortium/Cooperative Agreements;
• Research Funding and Investigator-Initiated Trial Agreements; and
• Ancillary Service Agreements between sponsors and CROs, laboratories, consultants, etc.

In addition, DeFord counsels clients in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries regarding compliance with statutes and regulations related to topics such as:

• Human Subject Protection and Informed Consent;
• Site and Investigator Responsibilities and Obligations;
• Institutional Review Board Responsibilities;
• Pharmacovigilance;
• Good Clinical Practices; and
• Good Manufacturing Practices.

DeFord also regularly counsels clients in the food, feed and veterinary products industry with respect to compliance with federal and state regulations related to good manufacturing practices and labeling requirements. She also assists clients with respect to recall strategies and FDA inspections.

In addition to her regulatory practice, DeFord also represents clients in both federal and state courts, and in alternative dispute resolution. Her litigation practice focuses on commercial disputes, the defense of pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, the defense of commercial product manufacturers, toxic tort litigation, and litigated probate and trust matters.

She is an active member of the Indianapolis Bar Association and currently serves on the Steering Committee for the Bar Association Leadership program. She is an emeritus member of the board of directors of Dress for Success Indianapolis, a local non-profit that helps low-income women in the central Indiana community achieve self-sufficiency, and a past president of OPTIONS Alumni, a philanthropy program of the Women's Fund of Central Indiana.

DeFord is admitted to practice law in the state of Indiana, as well as before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana.

She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Indiana University and her juris doctorate, cum laude, from Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis.

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