Vaughan and Vaughan

What Vaughan and Vaughan does

Vaughan & Vaughan is a privately held personal injury law firm founded in 1913 in Lafayette, Indiana by brothers Charles L. Vaughan and Vincent D. Vaughan, now operated by the third generation of the Vaughan family. The firm represents individuals injured due to the negligence of another party across more than ten practice areas, including car, truck, motorcycle, bicycle, bus, pedestrian, construction, and catastrophic injury claims, as well as wrongful death and eminent domain matters. It maintains seven physical offices across Indiana (Lafayette as headquarters, plus Indianapolis, Anderson, Muncie, Carmel, Kokomo, and Evansville) and serves additional geographies including Fort Wayne, Greenwood, South Bend, and West Lafayette.

The firm operates exclusively on a contingency fee basis, advancing all litigation costs and recovering attorney fees as a fixed percentage of settlement or verdict proceeds; clients pay nothing unless the firm wins. It distributes services through direct in-office and 24/7 phone consultations, a formal attorney referral and co-counsel program with other Indiana practitioners, organic SEO via 50+ localized landing pages and a legal blog, and community engagement through an annual $2,500 scholarship program launched in 2023. There is no proprietary technology platform; the competitive differentiation rests on attorney credentials, including board certification in Civil Trial Law (held by fewer than 20 attorneys in Indiana) and a Class A Commercial Driver's License held by the only Indiana attorney with that credential, which provides specialized expertise in commercial trucking litigation.

Name

Vaughan and Vaughan

Legal name

Vaughan & Vaughan

Website

https://vaughanandvaughan.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1913

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Vaughan & Vaughan is a family-owned Indiana personal injury law firm, founded in 1913 and now in its third generation, representing injured individuals across car, truck, motorcycle, and wrongful death cases on a contingency fee basis through seven statewide offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Personal Injury Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

Keywords

• Personal injury law
• Car accident representation
• Truck accident litigation
• Wrongful death representation
• Catastrophic injury law

Headquarters

HQ city

Indianapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Contingency Fee Legal Services: The firm operates exclusively on a contingency fee basis. Clients pay no upfront legal fees or costs. The firm's attorney fee is a fixed percentage of the financial award or settlement recovered. If the case is lost, the client owes nothing. The firm advances all litigation costs (court filing fees, investigator fees, depositions, expert witness fees) and recovers these costs from the final settlement or verdict.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Vaughan and Vaughan is a personal injury law firm that represents injured individuals across Indiana on a contingency fee basis. The firm's practice areas cover car, truck, motorcycle, bicycle, pedestrian, bus, and construction accidents, as well as catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims. It offers free initial consultations and is staffed by board-certified personal injury attorneys, including one with commercial driver's license expertise for trucking cases.

Product overview

Vaughan & Vaughan is a personal injury law firm offering comprehensive legal services through multiple specialized practice areas. The firm operates as a single integrated service offering centered around personal injury litigation, with distinct practice groups covering automobile accidents (including car, truck, and motorcycle), catastrophic injuries, construction accidents, pedestrian and bicycle accidents, bus accidents, and wrongful death claims. The portfolio also includes attorney referral services and operates on a contingency fee basis. The firm differentiates itself through board-certified trial attorneys, a Class A CDL holder providing trucking accident expertise, and over 110 years of Indiana legal practice since 1913.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personal Injury Representation

Quantifiable outcome

• $5,000,000 recovery in car accident case; $4,400,000 in car-semi truck accident; $2,500,000 in wrongful death; $1,500,000 in semi-truck accident
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Indiana Attorneys (Attorney Referral Network)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVaughan & Vaughan accepts attorney referrals for a wide variety of personal injury cases (car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, bicycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, personal injury, eminent domain and condemnation) and also takes cases on a co-counsel basis with attorneys throughout Indiana. All referrals and co-counsel arrangements are conducted in accordance with the Indiana Rules of Professional Conduct.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hensley Legal Group: Indiana personal injury firm handling motor vehicle accidents, truck accidents, and wrongful death on contingency. Operates multiple offices across Indiana in a similar model to Vaughan & Vaughan.
• Foley & Abbott: Indianapolis personal injury firm with a similar contingency fee structure and broad personal injury practice (car, truck, motorcycle, wrongful death). Comparable Indiana-headquartered competitor.
• Sevenish Law Firm: Indianapolis-based personal injury firm operating on contingency, focused on car, truck, and motorcycle accidents across Indiana. Direct competitor for the same client base with overlapping practice areas.
• Stewart & Stewart: Long-established Indiana personal injury firm with multiple statewide offices and a similar contingency fee model. Directly competes with Vaughan & Vaughan for Indiana car accident, truck accident, and wrongful death cases.
• Wilson Kehoe Wimer: Indiana-based personal injury and wrongful death trial firm with similar contingency fee practice and multi-office Indiana footprint. Closely comparable in size, practice mix, and target client (injured Hoosiers).
• Kahn Dees Donovan & Kahn: Evansville-based Indiana law firm handling personal injury and wrongful death matters. Comparable in contingency fee model and Indiana regional coverage including Evansville, where Vaughan & Vaughan also operates.
• Thurston Lovekamp: Indiana personal injury firm serving car accident and wrongful death clients on contingency across the state. Competes with Vaughan & Vaughan for the same Indiana plaintiff pool.

Broad incumbents

• Morgan & Morgan: Nation's largest personal injury firm with extensive advertising and a contingency fee model covering car, truck, and wrongful death cases. While much larger, it competes with Vaughan & Vaughan for Indiana injury clients through national brand spend.
• Cellino & Barnes (now The Barnes Firm): Well-known personal injury firm with national advertising presence operating on contingency fee model. Comparable category and business model; competes for visibility in personal injury advertising markets that increasingly overlap with regional firms like Vaughan & Vaughan.
• Ben Crump Law Firm: High-profile personal injury and civil rights firm with a strong brand and contingency fee model. Comparable in contingency structure and personal injury focus; provides a national benchmark for what plaintiff-side brand and visibility can achieve.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/VandV_Law
• Facebookfacebook.com/VaughanLawFirm

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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