Riley H. Floyd

Biography

Riley Floyd is an associate with Hoover Hull Turner LLP. He practices in the areas of commercial litigation, professional liability defense, white collar defense, investigations, and crisis management.

EDUCATION & CLERKSHIPS

• Law Clerk, Hon. David F. Hamilton, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• J.D., magna cum laude, Indiana University Maurer School of Law; Order of the Coif; Editor-in-Chief, Indiana Law Journal, Volume 91; Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition, Finalist, Brief Writing & Oral Advocacy Honors
• Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, Visiting Student
• A.B., summa cum laude, English Literature, Wabash College; Phi Beta Kappa

Experience

Though all cases vary and none is predictive, Riley’s experience includes:

Commercial Litigation

• Represented supplier in federal lawsuit alleging nearly $300 million of liability stemming from alleged product diversion and arbitrage
• Represented publicly traded company in defense of claim brought by Fortune 150 company
• Represented stakeholder and defended against state and federal suits alleging securities fraud in connection with restructuring and sale of business
• Represented entities in Worker’s Compensation proceedings following improper joinder

Professional Liability Defense

• Represented lawyer in discipline proceedings
• Represented lawyer named as party in comprehensive challenge to high net-worth estate plan

White Collar Defense

• Represented corporate executive during investigations by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice following sales of corporation

Investigations and Crisis Management

• Represented national figure in media and legal crisis
• Represented owner of closely-held business during business break up crisis
• Represented business owner during contract negotiation crisis
• Represented former property owner in connection with insurer’s indemnification demand

Presentations & Publications

“I Must Tell the Whole World”: Septimus Smith as Virginia Woolf’s Legal Messenger, 91 Ind. L.J. 1473 (2016).