Renee Mortimer provides clients with clear, confident support on complex general liability issues. Renee helps anticipate risk and resolve claims efficiently, keeping their business priorities front and center. She defends large and excess personal injury and property damage claims in state and federal courts across Indiana and Illinois. She also responds to major trucking accidents, including managing the incident from the scene. She has tried these matters to verdict in both states.
Renee brings more than three decades of insurance defense experience. Before joining Clyde & Co, she was the managing partner of the Northwest Indiana and Indianapolis offices of a national law firm and served as vice chair of its general liability practice. An Indiana native, she began her career in Chicago and returned to the state in 1998, where she continues to practice.
Her clients value her practical approach, her ability to see the full risk picture, and her commitment to helping them move forward with confidence.
Admissions
Indiana
Illinois
US District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana
US District Courts for the Central and Northern Districts of Illinois
Education
J.D., Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 1991
Indiana University, 1988
Memberships
Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel
Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana, Past President
Defense Research Institute, Prior DRI Indiana State Representative
International Association of Defense Trial Counsel
CLM
Experience
Presentations
Presenter, “Construction & Premises Liability: Discovery Through Trial, Preparing the Corporate 30(b)6 Witness & Selecting the Right Expert for Construction & Premises Case,” Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, December 9, 2025
