The Law Office of Barbara J. Baird is a general practice law firm in Indianapolis, Indiana, serving central Indiana, including Marion, Hamilton, Hendricks, Johnson and Hancock County, with emphasis in estate planning, wills, trusts, adoption, probate, trust and estate administration, domestic partnership and non-traditional family planning and protection, as well as employment and small business matters.

I am dedicated to meeting the comprehensive legal needs of individuals, families, employees and small businesses throughout Indiana. In this complex world, I help my clients to secure their rights, protect the lives they have built, provide for their loved ones and plan for their long term needs.

I work with individuals, couples and families in Indianapolis and throughout Indiana to address their life and estate planning and protection needs, including wills, trusts, powers of attorney, adoptions and guardianships. I provide adoption-related legal services for adoptive parents in a variety of circumstances. When a loved one dies, I assist in the administration of the probate estate or trust and the filing of inheritance tax returns. For small businesses, I handle business formations and advise clients concerning various business and employment matters. I assist and advise employees concerning job-related matters, including severance agreements, discrimination and termination. As a general practice lawyer, I accept many other types of matters on a case-by-case basis.

My mission is to provide quality legal services with the understanding that you have come to me for assistance in matters that are sensitive and personal to you. Each case is handled with care and thoroughness, and I strive to earn your trust with sound legal advice and judgment.

I take cases throughout Indiana, with concentration in central Indiana, including Indianapolis, Carmel, Fishers, Zionsville, Noblesville, Greenwood, Danville and Greenfield.

If you need legal assistance regarding wills, trusts, estate planning, probate estate administration, adoption, domestic partnerships or small business matters, please contact me at the Law Office of Barbara J. Baird. I look forward to speaking with you.

Areas of Practice:

Wills and Trusts

Estate Planning

Adoption

Probate & Estate Administration

Business Organizations

Employment Law

Family Law

General Civil Practice

Litigation Percentage:

10% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

Indiana, 1977

U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 1977

U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1981

U.S. Supreme Court, 1981

Education:

Indiana University at Bloomington School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana, 1977
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude

Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1972
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
Major: English

Representative Cases:

Indiana State Employees Appeals Com'n v. Bishop, 72 N.E.2d 881 (Ind.App 1999)

International Broth. of Elec. Workers, Local 481 v. Sign-Craft, Inc, 864 F.2d 499 (7th Cir 1988)

Sink v. Knox County Hosp, 900 F.Supp.1065 (S.D.Ind 1995)

In re Infant Girl W., 845 N.E.2d 229 (Ind. Ct. App. 2006)

Past Employment Positions:

National Labor Relations Board, Field Attorney, 1977 - 1981

Fillenwarth Dennerline Groth & Baird, 1981 - 1991

Macey, Macey & Swanson, Associate Attorney, 1993 - 1999