Attorneys

Scott R. Severns

Scott R. Severns is the Founder of Severns Associates, P.C. He graduated cum laude from Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis in 1979. His professional career has focused on legal and health care issues that confront older adults.

The law firm focuses primarily on the needs of older adults and their families in such areas as Medicaid, Medicare, health insurance, patients’ rights, guardianship administration, probate, estate planning, wills, trusts, and planning for long term care.

He is a member of the Indiana, State and American Bar Associations. He is a founding member, Past President, and Fellow of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. He has been Certified as an Elder Law Attorney (CELA) by the National Elder Law Foundation. He is Past President of the National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform (NCCNHR). He has served as a faculty member in several Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forums as well as the American Bar Association satellite education series and symposia and seminars sponsored by the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. He was Seminar Chair of ICLEF's seminar: Elder Law 1991.

He has also had articles published in RES GESTAE and THE COMPLEAT LAWYER and THE LONG TERM CARE HANDBOOK. He has served as policy analyst for United Senior Action, a senior citizen's advocacy organization. He has been instrumental in nursing home reform laws, both at state and national levels, and was a primary architect of Indiana's home health care legislation known as the CHOICE program. He is regularly quoted in news stories for his expertise on health care and other issues affecting the elderly and his law practice locally and has appeared on NBC's TODAY program. His law practice has been featured in Indianapolis Monthly Magazine, the New York Times and several other national publications.

Telephone: (317) 633-4090
Email: sseverns@severns.com

Jeffery D. Stinson

Jeffery D. Stinson began his career with Severns Associates, P.C. in 1998 working as a paralegal while he attended law school.

Jeff’s practice focuses on elder law, estate planning, long term care planning, Medicaid planning, planning for the disabled, guardianships, and estate administration.

He is a 1998 graduate of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice with Highest Distinction.

Jeff graduated from the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis in 2002. He is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), the Indiana State Bar Association, and the Indianapolis Bar Association. He is currently the Secretary of the Indiana Chapter of NAELA.

Jeff enjoys educating both clients and the public at large regarding issues effecting the elderly and speaks at both public and professional seminars.

Telephone: (317) 633-4090
Email: jstinson@severns.com

Lindsay R. Ringler

Lindsay Ringler joined Severns Associates in August of 2006. Like attorneys, Jeff Stinson and Scott Severns, Lindsay is a life-long Hoosier. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Indiana University before entering the University of Georgia School of Law where she graduated with honors. She organized the health care portion of the law school’s conference on working in the public interest and was a founding member of the American Constitutional Society. She is a member of the American Bar Association and the Indiana State Bar Association.

Since joining Severns Associates, Lindsay has been able to carry forward her interests in health care law and constitutional law as part of the team litigating a class action case involving Indiana’s Medicaid program. She is engaged to be married to attorney, Ben Knowles, in June.

Telephone: (317) 633-4090
Email: lringler@severns.com