New Partners Expand Firm’s Commercial Litigation, Construction, and Labor and Employment Capabilities
INDIANAPOLIS (February 6, 2025) – McCarter & English today announced the addition of Aaron Grant and Christopher Drewry as partners in its Indianapolis office, expanding its capabilities in the Midwest. Grant joins the firm’s Business Litigation group and Drewry joins the Labor and Employment group. The arrival of Grant and Drewry deepens the bench of McCarter’s Midwestern foothold and adds additional counseling and litigation firepower to the existing team.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Chris and Aaron and look forward to the impact they will have on the Indianapolis office,” said Katherine D. Althoff, Co-Managing Partner of McCarter’s Indianapolis office. “They are seasoned attorneys who broaden our capabilities in Indianapolis and enhance our commitment to providing top-tier counsel to our clients.”
Grant’s background as a general commercial litigator is built on his experience servicing clients across numerous industries on virtually all types of disputes, including shareholder and membership business disputes and partnership issues. He has significant experience advising clients in the food and beverage, manufacturing, agricultural, and commercial real estate industries.
“Moving to a firm with a broad range of services and an expanded geographic footprint helps me provide my clients with the additional services they need,” Grant said. “I am happy to reunite with former Ice Miller colleagues and friends in the Indianapolis office and already feel part of the McCarter family.”
Drewry advises clients on a range of legal issues affecting their business, including labor and employment, construction, and contractual matters, and represents their interests in related litigation matters. Drewry also has significant experience serving clients in the construction industry in negotiating contracts and addressing disputes.
“For years, Aaron and Chris have been professional colleagues and friends of many of us in the Indianapolis office,” said Amy K. Fisher, Co-Managing Partner of McCarter’s Indianapolis office. “We are pleased to now call them our partners and look forward to working with them to service our clients.”
“Joining McCarter represents an exciting next step in my career,” said Drewry. “Its national network and expansive capabilities offer me the opportunity to grow my client base, provide services to those who operate outside of Indiana, and handle increasingly complex matters.”
“The growth of our Indianapolis office is a key component of the firm’s strategy as we continue to strengthen and expand the full scale of services we provide to our clients across the country,” said Joseph Boccassini, McCarter’s Firmwide Managing Partner. “Aaron and Chris represent important additions to our team there.”
More about Aaron Grant
Grant has a broad litigation practice, representing clients of all sizes in complex disputes. He is a member of the American Agricultural Lawyers Association, serves on the Indianapolis Bar Association’s Business Section Executive Committee, and is also a member of the Indiana State Bar Association.
Grant was a member of the legal team representing Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb in Holcomb v. Bray, in which the Indiana Supreme Court ultimately ruled that a state law allowing the Indiana legislature to call an emergency session through a simple resolution was unconstitutional, upholding Governor Holcomb’s argument that the power to call a special session solely belongs to the governor under the state constitution.
Grant joins McCarter from Lewis Wagner and was previously an attorney at Ice Miller. He earned his J.D. from the Washington University School of Law and his B.A. from DePauw University. He previously served on the Zionsville Little League Board of Directors and was the coach of a sixth-grade Zionsville Youth Basketball travel team.
More about Christopher Drewry
Drewry has substantial experience advising clients in the construction industry, including public and private owners, general and prime contractors, and subcontractors. He assists his clients in all types of project delivery systems and performance and payment disputes, including project delays and impacts, defaults, and mechanic’s liens, as well as contract drafting and negotiations.
Among the employment issues Drewry counsels his clients on are drafting employee handbooks and employment contracts, advising on wage and hour compliance, and managing hiring, discipline, and termination issues. He also handles employment discrimination claims as well as labor law issues involving grievances, unfair labor practices, bannering and striking issues, and alter ego/successor liability issues.
Drewry is an active member of the legal community; he is involved with the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), where he is past Chair of the Construction Law Committee, a member of the faculty for the IADC’s 49th Annual Trial Academy, and is an IADC Foundation Board Member. He is also a member of the Defense Research Institute (DRI), Indianapolis Bar Association, Indiana State Bar Association, and American Bar Association.
Additionally, he is involved with several trade associations, including the Indianapolis Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI), the Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc. (ABC), the Associated General Contractors (AGC) and its Indiana chapter, the Coalition for Construction Safety (CCS), the Indiana Constructors, Inc. (ICI), and the Indiana Subcontractors Association (ISA).
Drewry joins McCarter from Drewry Simmons Vornehm LLP, where he began his legal career. He earned his J.D. from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, and his B.A. from Purdue University.