The Beck Law Office | 401 W. Walnut, Kokomo, IN | 765-456-1318
Attorneys
Whitney K. Beck
Whitney is a graduate of the Kokomo High School Class and member of Lady Kat State Champion basketball team of 2003. She earned her bachelors degree from Miami University of Ohio (B.A. 2007) and Juris Doctorate from Indiana University School of Law Bloomington (J.D. 2011). Whitney is admitted to practice law before the State of Indiana and the U.S. District Courts for Northern and Southern Indiana, as well as the State of Colorado and United States District Court of Colorado.
Within the practice of law, Whitney has been driven by an unrelenting passion to help those people who have been harmed through no fault of their own. Whitney has experience in working with wrongful death, personal injury, worker's compensation, family law and criminal defense. She has briefed and won cases before the Indiana Court of Appeals. She has argued before the Indiana Supreme Court on the issue of governmental immunity. She has been through civil jury trials and mediations for personal injury and wrongful death cases. She has fought through bench trials on unrelenting dissolutions and custody disputes. Whether it is in the office or in the courtroom, Whitney demands justice for her clients.
When she's not in the office you can find her blazing trails, climbing mountains and soaking up the great outdoors with her husband and three young kids.
Education
- Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington - Juris Doctorate
- Miami University of Ohio - Bachelor of Arts, English Literature
Professional Training
- Licensed Attorney State of Colorado
- Licensed Attorney State of Indiana
- Registered Domestic Relations Mediator State of Indiana
William E. Beck II
William Beck has practiced law in the State of Indiana since 1976, with focus on Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Worker Compensation and Civil Trials.
Mr. Beck grew up in Kokomo, Indiana, where he graduated from Kokomo High School in 1968. Mr. Beck was admitted to bar in Indiana in 1976, and admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana and the Indiana Worker Compensation Board. He received his preparatory education at Indiana University (B.S., 1972) and his legal education at Northwestern College and Indiana University (J.D., 1975). He received the Outstanding Leadership Award of the Indiana State Bar Association in 1986.
Mr. Beck is past president of the Howard County Bar Association (1988) and is a member of the Indiana State Bar Association and the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association.
Mr. Beck has been married since 1972 to his wife whom he has always seen as the driving force and rock of the family. They raised four girls together who still pull him on one adventure after another. His greatest joy these days is spending time with his lively bunch of grandkids and wife who made this life possible.
Sue Gibson
Sue was born in Kokomo, Indiana and educated at Ball State University (Associate Degree) and Indiana University Kokomo. Sue has served as a paralegal at the firm since 1983. She has extensive experience in personal injury case preparation and has served as trial assistant for civil jury trials.
She is married with two children and has been a resident of Howard County, Indiana since 1981.
Sue is a lifetime distance runner, though most of her running these days involves chasing her grandkids around from one adventure to another.
