Jeff Featherstun has focused on insurance coverage and environmental law for the better part of two decades.  Jeff worked on a series of groundbreaking coverage cases that helped make Indiana probably the most favorable jurisdiction for policyholders facing environmental liabilities.  This work played an important role in enabling hundreds of millions of dollars in environmental cleanups across the country.

Jeff’s environmental law practice has included litigating a number of issues of first impression under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA, the Superfund statute), the Indiana Underground Storage Tank Act (USTA), the Indiana Environmental Liability Act (ELA) and many common law remedies.

Jeff's practice frequently combines these two areas, helping clients with both the environmental liability and the insurance necessary to fund the cleanup.  Similarly, Jeff has led efforts in a number of bankruptcy cases to apply liability insurance proceeds to the debtor's environmental obligations.

Through these matters, Jeff has had the opportunity to work with some of the world’s largest companies, as well as many smaller businesses, municipalities and individuals.

Jeff has worked on more than 30 state and federal appeals.  Groundbreaking decisions include Cooper Indus., LLC v. City of South Bend, 899 N.E.2d 1274 (Ind. 2009) (environmental law), Travelers Indem. Co. v. Summit Corp. of Am., 715 N.E.2d 926 (Ind. Ct. App. 1999) (environmental insurance coverage) and Shell Oil Co. v. Meyer, 705 N.E.2d 962 (Ind. 1998) (environmental law).
 
Jeff is co-author of “Environmental Law Developments: Focus on Brownfields – Overcoming Historical Environmental Problems,” 38 Indiana Law Review, Volume 36, Issue 5 (2005).  He also has been listed as an Indiana “Super Lawyer” in the area of insurance coverage and received an AV-Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating.  He is frequent a speaker before legal, trade association & business groups, including the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum’s “masters” seminar series.
 
Jeff attended the Southern Methodist University honors scholars program from 1985 to 1987 and received a B.A. (History) with high distinction from Indiana University, Bloomington in 1989.  He received his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1992.  Jeff has been with the firm since graduating from law school.  Jeff has been a partner since 2000.