ABOUT
MANGES LAW FIRM
Tom Manges was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He graduated from South Side High School, Hanover College (1989), and Indiana University (Robert H. McKinney) School of Law (1992). He joined Roby & Hood Law Firm, and in 2005, became a named partner in Roby Hood & Manges. This firm, now known as Manges Law Firm, only represents people injured or killed through the fault of others. This includes people harmed by vehicles, falls, defective products, in hospitals, in nursing homes, by doctors, by animals, and at construction sites, among others. Tom is strictly a Fort Wayne personal injury lawyer.
Tom is admitted to practice before the Indiana Supreme Court and the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, as well as the Seventh Circuit United States Court of Appeals. Tom is a member of the Benjamin Harrison American Inn of Court (President 2018-19), Allen County Bar Association (ACBA), the Indiana State Bar Association, the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA), and the American Association for Justice (AAJ). Tom has served on the Board of Directors for the ITLA since 1994, and currently serves on the Executive and Amicus committees. Tom has been named an Indiana ASuper Lawyer@ since 2009. Tom is a leading Fort Wayne attorney and medical malpractice lawyer.
Tom has written for and spoken at many continuing legal education events since 1994. A partial list of those articles and lectures includes:
“Parental Apportionment under the Child Wrongful Death Statute” (ITLA Seminar,
2024;
“So You Want to Settle- NOW WHAT? Liens, Claims, and Public Benefits”, ITLA (2019, 2021, 2023);
“Expert Depositions 101”, ACBA Seminar (2023);
AOpening Statements@, ACBA Seminar (2022);
“Win the Battle of the Liens”, ITLA (2022);
ACare and Feeding of Experts@, Inns of Court Fort Wayne (2022);
“When Experts Drift Out of Their Lanes”, ICLEF: THE CARE AND FEEDING OF EXPERTS (2019);
“So You Want to Settle- NOW WHAT? Liens, Claims, and Public Benefits”, ITLA (2017);
“Game of Liens (a Song of Cash and Greed)”, ITLA AUTO LITIGATION A to Z (2017);
“For a Few Dollars More: Hospital Liens and Other Dirty Tricks,” ITLA seminar (2016);
“Indiana’s Hospital Lien Statute Applies to Medicaid,” Verdict Magazine (2015);
“UM/UIM Equal to Liability Limit Still Mandatory Without a Proper Rejection,” Verdict Magazine (2015);
“How and where do you find an expert,” Inns of Court Fort Wayne (2015);
“Qualification and admissibility of expert testimony under Indiana law,” Inns of Court Fort Wayne (2015);
“Using a Kornelik Motion to Reduce a Worker’s Compensation Lien,” Verdict Magazine (2014);
ACBA: Hot Topics in Indiana Law 2013 (“What You Need to Know About Subrogation” and “Recent Noteworthy Indiana Tort Decisions”);
ACBA Probate Trust & Tax Seminar 2013 “Wrongful Death: Fees and Tips”;
“What You Need to Know About Hospital Liens”, ITLA seminar (2011);
“Getting the Best Health Plan Subrogation Deal: Is the “ERISA” Plan ‘Governmental’ or Not?,” Verdict Magazine (2011);
“Proving Lost Time of a Professional,” Verdict Magazine (2011);
“Hiring and working with medical experts,” ICLEF Seminar (2010);
“Using Summary Judgment to Defeat a Claim that the Plaintiff Failed to Keep a Proper Lookout,” Verdict Magazine co-author (2008);
“Subrogation claims: a practical guide,” Verdict Magazine (2008);
“Motions in limine and Pre-Trial Evidentiary Issues,” ITLA Seminar (2008);
“Preparing your client to be deposed,” ITLA Seminar (2007);
“10 Subrogation Issues that Drive Me Crazy,” ITLA Seminar (2008);
“Subrogation Liens: Practical Tips,” ACBA Seminar (2007);
“Arbitration Clauses in Nursing Home Admission Agreements,” Inns of Court Fort Wayne (2006);
"One Client With Two Wrecks? Make a ‘Concurrent Cause’ Claim,” ITLA Institute (2006).
MANGES LAW STAFF
Paula Werling
Since 2006
Cassandra Kelley
Since 2008