Kyle J. Farris

Kyle J. Farris handles a variety of civil litigation matters, including transportation, gig economy, premises liability, insurance coverage disputes, and various other personal injury defense matters. He has written and argued successful motions for summary judgment, and written motions successfully excluding and limiting trial testimony of experts, including motions in federal court leading to published opinions. He has tried several cases, assisted with many more trials, and secured a defense verdict in his first trial sitting second chair. He has written and argued directed verdicts, one of which resulted in the judge throwing out the case halfway through trial—a judgement that was upheld on appeal. He has experience prosecuting and defending appeals and writing appellate briefs, the majority of which have been successful. Kyle was recognized in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers:  Ones to Watch in America for his high-caliber work in Personal Injury Litigation–Defendants and Transportation Law.

Mr. Farris is a native Hoosier, having grown up on a farm in Vincennes, Indiana. He earned his bachelor of science from Purdue University in 2016 and graduated magna cum laude from Valparaiso University Law School where he earned his Juris Doctor in May 2019.  While at Valparaiso, Kyle served as Editor in Chief of Law Review and was selected for the 2019 Valparaiso University Alumni Association Distinguished Student Award for his work as the last editor in chief of the law journal.  During law school, Kyle was also recognized as the Outstanding Officer of the Year and earned both the Corpus Juris Secundum and Scribes awards.  Kyle’s Note, Flying Inside America’s Drome Dome and Landing in Aerial Trespass Limbo was published in the school’s legal journal in the fall of 2018.  While attending Valparaiso, Kyle received top marks, the Honors A, in several courses, including Law Review Legal Writing, Legal Writing & Research, Legal Research, Constitutional Law, and Property.

Kyle served as an extern drafting orders for the Honorable Rebecca Pallmeyer of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois; a law clerk working medical malpractice and commercial litigation cases in Chicago for Lowis & Gellen; and a legal intern with the Valparaiso University Law School Criminal Law Clinic, representing and advocating for clients in court.