Nadine E. McSpadden has joined Taft’s Litigation group as of counsel in the firm’s Indianapolis office.

McSpadden will focus primarily on defending clients in complex commercial litigation both at the trial and appellate level. She has significant experience in trial advocacy as well as appellate advocacy, having served as the senior judicial clerk for the Hon. John G. Baker for the Indiana Court of Appeals prior to joining Taft.

She is an experienced attorney with a demonstrated history of working in private practice, public service in the government sector, and the judiciary. McSpadden also worked as the deputy charging prosecutor for the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office and was a staff attorney for the Department of Child Services in Indianapolis. Prior to that she was in private practice in Chicago.

McSpadden earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from Indiana University Maurer School of Law and bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from Tufts University.