Carla C. van Dongen

Carla Cowles van Dongen has recently retired from her role as Vice President-Counsel for State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company where she led State Farm’s claim litigation section, overseeing 38 staff counsel offices across the United States. She served in several leadership roles, all involving litigation management, and she was actively engaged in the development and implementation of civil justice policy and initiatives for and through several organizations, including the Civil Justice Reform Group, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System, and the RAND Institute.

Prior to joining State Farm, Ms. van Dongen was a litigator with the Indianapolis law firm of Bingham Summers Welsh & Spilman (now Bingham Dentons).  Both before and since joining State Farm, she has written and spoken extensively on insurance and litigation-related topics, and she was awarded the Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter (CPCU).

She is a graduate of Butler University and Indiana University School of Law.