Brian J. Paul

• Circle City Broad. I, LLC v. AT&T Servs., Inc., No. 23-1787, __ F.4th __, 2024 WL 1634093 (7th Cir. Apr. 16, 2024). Representing AT&T Services, Inc., and DirectTV, LLC, Brian successfully defended a favorable summary judgment ruling in a case involving alleged discrimination in contracting under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 holding that the plaintiff failed to demonstrate that a jury could reasonably find that the defendants' decision not to pay broadcast retransmission fees for the rights to carry two Indianapolis-based television stations reflected anything other than lawful business choices responsive to dynamics of the television broadcast market.
• Wells v. Freeman Co., 94 F.4th 608 (7th Cir. 2024). Representing The Freeman Company, Brian successfully defended a favorable summary judgment ruling in a Title VII case holding that the plaintiff could not sue for sexual harassment because she was not the company’s employee, but instead an independent contractor.
• Mellowitz v. Ball State Univ., 221 N.E.3d 1214 (Ind. 2023). Representing Ball State University, Brian successfully defended the constitutionality of a state law that barred class actions seeking refunds of tuition and fees based on the university’s cancellation of in-person classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Klaassen v. Trustees of Indiana Univ., 7 F.4th 592 (7th Cir. 2021) and Klaassen v. Trustees of Indiana Univ., 24 F.4th 638 (7th Cir. 2022). Representing Indiana University, Brian successfully defended the constitutionality of the school’s COVID vaccine mandate policy.
• Nat’l Collegiate Athletic Ass’n v. Finnerty, 191 N.E.3d 211 (Ind. 2022). Representing the NCAA, Brian secured the reversal of a discovery ruling that would have allowed high-ranking executives to be deposed without any consideration of their unique role in the organization.
• Westwood One Radio Networks, LLC v. Nat’l Collegiate Athletic Ass’n, 172 N.E.3d 294 (Ind. Ct. App. 2021). Representing the NCAA, Brian successfully beat back a request for an injunction preventing the Association from terminating an exclusive radio broadcast agreement.
• Reid Hosp. & Health Care Servs., Inc. v. Conifer Revenue Cycle Sols., LLC, 8 F.4th 642 (7th Cir. 2021). Representing Reid Hospital & Health Care Services, Brian secured the reversal of a summary judgment ruling that denied the hospital the ability to seek tens of millions of dollars in compensation for breach of a revenue collection services contract.
• Delgado v. U.S. Dep’t of Just., 979 F.3d 550 (7th Cir. 2020). Representing an agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Brian obtained the reversal of an agency decision that declined to force an investigation into whether the agent had been retaliated against and denied promotions, in violation of the Whistleblower Protection Act, for reporting his suspicions that another agent had testified falsely during a federal criminal trial.
• River Ridge Dev. Auth. v. Outfront Media, LLC, 146 N.E.3d 906 (Ind. 2020). Representing River Ridge Development Authority, Brian got a reversal of a six-figure attorney’s fees award.
• Indiana Off. of Util. Consumer Couns. v. S. Indiana Gas & Elec. Co., 200 N.E.3d 915 (Ind. 2023). Representing the Indiana Energy Association as amicus curiae (friend of the court), Brian helped secure the reversal of a lower appellate court ruling that misinterpreted a statute governing customer credits for excess distributed generation of electricity.

Personal Interests

When not practicing law or spending time with his family, Brian is an avid bird hunter and enjoys training his retrievers, Molly and Pepper. When not in the field, Brian also enjoys bourbon, as well as starting (and occasionally even finishing) a long book.