Andrew J. Detherage

Managing Partner at Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Andrew Detherage is the firm managing partner and serves as chair of the firm's Management Committee and chair of its Strategic Planning Committee. He formerly served as co-chair of the firm's Insurance Recovery and Counseling Practice Group, which was named by Law360 as a 'Practice Group of the Year.'

Andrew represents clients in litigated matters throughout the United States and has appeared in courts in more than 35 states. His practice concentrates on insurance coverage matters for policyholders, complex commercial disputes, and toxic torts defense. He currently serves as national counsel for clients in sophisticated insurance coverage litigation, commercial litigation, and toxic tort matters.

For more than 25 years, Andrew has served as national counsel for numerous clients in insurance coverage matters, commercial litigation, toxic tort litigation and mass tort litigation. In particular, in 2015, he represented a global leader in retail real estate ownership, management and development and secured a $204 million jury verdict after a six-week trial relating to flood losses. The verdict included both covered losses and consequential damages in excess of the coverage limits.

Andrew has been ranked among the top litigation attorneys since 2011 in Chambers USA. In 2011, Andrew was named a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. In 2015, he was recognized as a Law360 MVP for his work in insurance litigation. He has written papers and spoken at seminars on insurance coverage, expert witnesses, and trial preparation.

Andrew is a native of Indiana, and he continues to be active in and is dedicated to the Indianapolis community in which he lives and works.

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  • Managing Partner

    Current role

  • Partner, Indianapolis

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