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Originally established in 1975, Singleton, Crist, Austgen & Sears, LLP is located in Munster, Indiana.  Munster is located in Lake County, in the northwest corner of Indiana near Lake Michigan and is near the Indiana-Illinois state line approximately eighteen miles from Chicago.  Singleton, Crist, Austgen & Sears, LLP practices in several different counties in Indiana.

            The firm has a diverse, general civil practice.  Singleton, Crist, Austgen & Sears, LLP offers competent and efficient legal services in the following areas:  Business and Commercial Law, Business Litigation (including corporate issues, contract claims, bankruptcy, collections, payroll matters), Tort Litigation (including premise liability, negligence, wrongful death and product liability claims), Insurance Defense, Public and Private Sector Labor and Employment issues (including the defense of worker’s compensation claims, discrimination claims and unemployment compensation claims, Family Medical Leave Act and Fair Labor Standards Act issues, and the representation of employers in the union environment), Trust and Estate Law, and School Law.  Our firm has grown and prospered in the area of litigation at both trial and appellate levels.  Our attorneys handle cases in the state and federal courts and before various administrative agencies including the National Labor Relations Board, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Indiana Education Employment Relations Board.

            Attorneys of the firm perform all aspects of legal work in the representation of several diverse businesses (both local and national) including steel companies, manufacturing companies, product manufacturers, trucking companies, utility companies, cable companies, shopping centers, construction companies, security agencies and restaurants.  A partial listing of our firm’s clientele includes Amerisure Insurance Companies, Bank One, Brant Construction Company, Inc., Briar Ridge Country Club, Commercial Union Assurance, Community Foundation Of Northwest Indiana, Inc., Indiana Insurance Company, Mittal Steel, J. W. Hicks, Inc., Kemper Insurance Company,  The Levy Company, Metlife Insurance Company, National City Bank, Pollution Control Industries, Inc., Donald S. Powers Agency, Inc., Stanrail Corporation, various school corporations including: School Town of Highland, Crown Point Community School Corporation, Lake Central School and Porter Township School Corporation, Strack & Van Til Supermarket, Inc., Superior Engineering Corporation, and United States Steel Corporation.

            Singleton, Crist, Austgen & Sears, LLP has a well-deserved reputation, in both Indiana and the Chicago area, of providing consistent, competent legal services.  As a result of the firm’s extensive background and experience, several Indianapolis and Chicago firms frequently request the firm’s expertise and retain the firm to serve as local counsel in litigation matters pending in Northwest Indiana courts.

            Singleton, Crist, Austgen & Sears, LLP offers highly competent, professional legal services which are necessary to cope with the many demands of our clients.  We are committed to meeting the legal needs and obligations of our clients in all phases of case management, including pre-suit, pre-trial, trial and post-trial representation along with ongoing representation and counsel.  We are dedicated to understanding both the substantive law and the procedural processes associated with our practice.

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