Poynter & Bucheri is an Indianapolis law firm that has helped Indiana accident victims since 1996.
Poynter & Bucheri, also known as Poynter & Bucheri Accident Recovery (PBAR), is an Indiana personal injury law firm. Donald Poynter and Richard Bucheri have been managing partners of the firm since 1996. This site, indianaaccidents.com, is a supporting site for the firm; our main website is pb-law.com.
Our attorneys
Donald L. Poynter
Don Poynter is a lifelong Hoosier who grew up in Morgantown. He earned a B.A. from Indiana University–Bloomington in 1992 (majors in economics and business management) and his J.D. from the Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis in 1996, the same year he was admitted to practice in Indiana. He is admitted to the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. His practice centers on personal injury for injured people, including motor vehicle accidents and slip and fall cases. An avid motorcyclist, he is particularly aware of the dangers that cars and trucks pose to riders. Don is the responsible attorney for this website.
Richard C. Bucheri
Rich Bucheri earned a B.S. from Indiana University’s School of Business in 1993 (majors in business economics and public policy) and his J.D. from the Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis in 1996, and was admitted in Indiana that year. He is admitted to the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. His personal injury practice includes auto and truck accidents, slip and falls, wrongful death, and other serious bodily injuries. A former restaurant and bar owner, he has particular experience in tavern (dram shop) liability, including a published Indiana Court of Appeals opinion on the subject. Earlier in his career he primarily practiced criminal defense; according to his firm biography, he has tried well over 30 jury trials and hundreds of contested hearings, criminal and civil.
John D. Norman
John Norman was born in Beech Grove and raised in Greenwood. He earned a B.A. in history from Indiana University in 2011, a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from Valparaiso University in 2014, and his J.D. from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 2017, where he took part in Moot Court. He was admitted in Indiana and to the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana in 2017. His practice focuses on personal injury, including automobile collisions, premises liability, semi-truck collisions, animal bites, and wrongful death. He is a member of the Indianapolis Bar Association, the Indiana State Bar Association, the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, and the American Association for Justice.
Recognition
- The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 Trial Lawyers (Donald L. Poynter)
- Avvo Rating 9.3 (Superb) (Donald L. Poynter)
- Haute Lawyer Top Lawyer 2026, Haute Living (Donald L. Poynter; Haute Lawyer Network membership)
- Lead Counsel Rated (Donald L. Poynter)
Awards and ratings are issued by independent organizations; methodology is set by each organization. No aspect of this recognition has been approved by the Indiana Supreme Court. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
Our offices
- Main office: 4202 Madison Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46227 · Toll-free 1-800-265-9881 · Local (317) 780-8000
- Downtown Indy office: 55 South State Avenue, Suite 303, Indianapolis, IN 46201 · (317) 680-8928
- Mooresville: 4 N. Indiana St, Mooresville, IN 46158 · (317) 296-8562
- Speedway: 5610 Crawfordsville Road #203, Indianapolis, IN 46224 · (317) 947-5069
- Kokomo: 600 East Markland Ave, Kokomo, IN 46901 · (765) 814-1000
- Toll free: 1-800-265-9881 · Local: (317) 780-8000
How we work
- Free case review with one of our personal injury attorneys.
- Contingency fee: if you do not win your case, you will pay no attorneys’ fees. If there is no recovery, the client owes no fee and no costs. Case costs and expenses are paid from any settlement or recovery.
- Honest assessments: we counsel clients on when it is in their best interest to accept or reject an insurance company’s offer.
- Outside professionals when the case calls for it, such as engineers, medical evaluators, and economists, as described in case summaries on our firm website.
Published results
Our firm publishes selected case results at pb-law.com/our-results, including truck accident, slip and fall, retail negligence, dram shop, car accident, and dog bite matters. See summaries on our truck accident and slip and fall pages. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Editorial standards
The guides on this site are written and reviewed by Poynter & Bucheri. Facts and figures come from official Indiana and federal sources—such as the Indiana Code, the federal motor carrier safety regulations, the Indiana State Police, the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, NHTSA, and Indiana crash data published by the Indiana University Public Policy Institute for the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute—and each guide links to those sources and shows the data year for every statistic. We do not estimate or round official figures into new numbers. See our Indiana accident resources and Indiana crash statistics pages. This website is advertising material, and its guides are general information, not legal advice.
General information only—not legal advice. Laws change and every case is different; deadlines can be shorter in some situations. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.