Freedom S.N. Smith

Undergraduate School
Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Computer Science, DePauw University
Graduated in 2001

Law School
Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington
Graduated in 2004

Professional Experience:
Freedom S.N. Smith is an associate in the Firm’s Environment Group concentrating her practice in the areas of environmental insurance coverage, environmental and toxic tort litigation, product liability and general business litigation. Smith has experience litigating claims in both state and federal courts.

Smith has experience managing environmental liability in business transactions; hiring and working with environmental consultants to achieve client objectives; litigating cost recovery or contribution claims against owners or operators for contamination under a wide variety of regulatory programs, including CERCLA/SUPERFUND; and handling environmental insurance or coverage claims. She has worked with policyholders, carriers and regulatory agencies in resolving a variety of coverage matters, policyholder disputes, property and casualty coverage issues, insurance recovery, and bad faith actions, as well as co-authoring the environmental law survey article for publication in the Indiana Law Review.

She also has experience representing large manufacturers in product liability actions involving claims of wrongful death, breach of contract and subrogation issues.

Prior to joining Ice Miller LLP in 2005, Smith served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Andrew S. Effron of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in Washington, D.C. Similarly, she served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Patricia Riley of the Indiana Court of Appeals. Smith also clerked as a Honors Law Clerk for the Washington, D.C. office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of General Counsel—Solid Waste and Emergency Response Law Office in 2003, and served as a legal clerk in the appellate section of the U.S. Attorneys Office in 2002.

Smith graduated, cum laude, from Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington in 2001, and was a managing editor for the Indiana Law Journal, and a Moot Court Quarterfinalist. She graduated from DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind., in 2001 where she received her Bachelor of Arts in computer science and biology, cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.

She is admitted to practice in the state of Indiana, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.

Professional Associations:
Member, Indiana State Bar Association
Member, Indianapolis Bar Association
Member, American Bar Association

Awards and Recognitions:
Phi Beta Kappa
Who's Who Law Students
Quarterfinalist, Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition, 2004
Managing Editor, Indiana Law Journal, 2003-2004

Published In:
"2007-2008 Environmental Law Survey: A System in Flux," Indiana Law Review, Vol. 42, No. 4, 2009
"2008-2009 Environmental Law Survey," Indiana Law Review, Vol. 43, No. 3, 2010

Community Involvement:
Science Advisory Board, DePauw University

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