2011 Super Lawyers Pro Bono Award
Attorney Profile

Caroline A. Gilchrist

Caroline Gilchrist

Baker & Gilchrist
7388 Business Center Drive
Avon, IN 46123

Avon

Indiana (IN)

T: 317-272-0008
F: 317-272-0408

Practice Areas

Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Personal Injury Plaintiff: General

Selected To

• Indiana Super Lawyers 2012
• Indiana Super Lawyers 2011
• Indiana Super Lawyers 2010
• Indiana Super Lawyers 2009

Profile

Caroline A. Gilchrist is a partner at Baker & Gilchrist, a plaintiffs' medical malpractice and personal injury law firm in Avon, Indiana, that serves clients statewide. Ms. Gilchrist is an experienced litigator whose primary focus is handling medical malpractice claims. This experience has included cases of birth injury resulting from negligent care, delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis of cancer, wrongful death claims, vascular surgery malpractice, retained foreign bodies, nursing home negligence and surgical errors, to name a few.

Ms. Gilchrist has also acted as a medical review panel chairwoman in medical negligence cases brought by other practitioners and had a medical malpractice defense practice for 10 years before practicing exclusively in the plaintiffs' arena. In short, this background has given Ms. Gilchrist a unique and valuable perspective on the entire process and has enabled her to better serve her clients in daily practice.

In addition to handling medical malpractice claims, Ms. Gilchrist handles other types of personal injury and civil tort cases as well as legal malpractice cases. Ms. Gilchrist has been a registered mediator for both civil and family law for many years as well.

Attorneys at Baker & Gilchrist serve clients in Indianapolis, Marion County and surrounding areas, and throughout Indiana.

About Caroline Gilchrist

Law School: Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Admitted: 1982, Indiana

Professional Webpage: www.bakerandgilchrist.com/caroline-gilchrist

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • Sustaining Member, Indiana Trial Lawyers Association
  • Member, Indianapolis Bar Association
  • Indiana Bar, 1982

Pro bono/Community Service:

  • Member, Traders Point Christian Church

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

  • "Women in the Law Conference", 2001, 2004, and 2006
  • "Decision Making for the Incompetent Terminally Ill Patient: A Compromise in a Solution Eliminates: A Compromise of Patient's Rights"
  • Note Editor, Board of Editors, Indiana Law Journal, Indiana University School of Law
  • Speaker on the Subject of Negotiation and Mediation Techniques for a Variety of Groups
  • Associate Trainer for Civil Mediation Basic Training, February 1998
  • Panel Presenter on Mediation at two Indianapolis Bar Association Bench Bar Conferences, French Lick, 1997 and 1999
  • "How to Handle the Difficult Client in Mediation" IBA Women's Bench Bar 2009 and ICLEF, 2004
  • "Successful Mediation: A Practitioner's Guide to Mediation Preparation", ICLEF, 1994
  • "Advanced Family Mediation Training", The Indiana Lawyer, CLE Division, 1996
  • "Medical Malpractice", ICLEF, 2000
  • Case Law Update, ICLEF, 2004
  • "Mediation: Common Mistakes, Ethical Issues", ICLEF, 2006
  • "Navigating the Ever Increasing Minefield of the Med Mal SOL", ITLA Lifetime Achievement Seminar, 2009
  • Chair of Advanced Family Mediation Seminar.  Presenter on panel for Ethical Considerations in Family Mediation. , Chair and presenter, CME Update for Family Mediators, ICLEF, 2010
  • "Inside the Indiana Medical Review Panel Process", IBA, 2010

Educational Background:

  • Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, B.A., summa cum laude, 1979
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