Jonathan W. Hughes

Jonathan Hughes is a partner in the Utilities and Governmental Services Groups at Bose McKinney & Evans, where he assists clients legal issues ranging from the everyday to complex matters. His areas of experience include:

•Serving as general counsel;

•Eminent domain;

•Redistricting;

•Procurement;

•Litigation;

•Appeals;

•Zoning and land use;

•Contracting and negotiating;

•Annexation;

•Zoning appeals;

•Public records;

•Government services;

•Public bidding;

•Territorial disputes;

•Utility services;

•Utility ratemaking;

•Municipal utility;

•Land acquisition;

•Economic development;

•TIF districts;

•Counseling redevelopment commissions and authorities;

•Renewable energy issues;

•Construction contracting;

Prior to joining Bose McKinney & Evans LLP, Jon worked as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable C. Arlen Beam in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He also interned in the Office of the Governor of Indiana, Mitch Daniels and in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, Becky Skillman. Jon graduated from the Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis in 2009, having ranked third in his graduating class and having served as editor-in-chief of the Indiana Law Review, received the Faculty Prize based on scholarship, service and leadership, won two awards in the law school’s Moot Court Competition and earned a top 10 position for a brief in the American Bar Association Moot Court Competition.

In 2017-2019 Jon and his family served as missionaries in London, England. Jon carries his international and mission experience with him into his legal practice.

Jon is licensed to practice law in the State and Federal Courts of the State of Indiana and before the 8th and 4th Circuit Court of Appeals for the United States.

Honors / Awards

Indiana Lawyer Leadership in Law Up and Coming Lawyer honoree (2015) ; Indiana Super Lawyers - Rising Stars Edition 2014-2018; Bar Leader Series Class XIII (Indianapolis Bar Foundation, 2015); editor-in-chief, Indiana Law Review, Volume 42 (Most Valuable Note Candidate: Annotated Outline); Faculty Prize recipient for scholarship, service, and demonstrated capacity for leadership; Order of the Barristers; 2007-2008 Robert H. Stanton Moot Court Competition (winner: Kime Stork Champion Award; winner: Christopher M. Maine Top Advocate Award); ABA Moot Court Competition Advocate and Coach (top five brief in Brooklyn, New York, regional, and top nine seeding in finals).

Appearances / Publications

Jon has presented numerous seminars on Indiana’s Open Door Law and Access to Public Records Act. He also has led webinars on how federal and state funding from COVID-19 relief legislation can be used appropriately by municipalities. In addition, Jon was a quoted resource for the Indianapolis Business Journal article “When Municipal Growth Clashes with Property Owners, the Result is Annexation Headaches” (2014).