Clapp Ferrucci

Clapp Ferrucci is a real estate and business law firm serving the Indianapolis metropolitan area and Indiana, founded in 2000 by Sean M. Clapp. With nearly four decades of experience, the firm handles complex transactions, litigation, and disputes for individuals, family businesses, and commercial enterprises, with particular expertise in real estate, entity formation, acquisitions, and alternative dispute resolution.

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Clapp Ferrucci is a real estate and business law firm based in Fishers, Indiana, serving clients throughout the Indianapolis metropolitan area and across the state. Founded in 2000 by Sean M. Clapp, the firm has built a reputation for providing experienced legal counsel and individualized attention to individuals, family business owners, and commercial enterprises navigating complex transactions and disputes.

Sean Clapp, the firm's founding attorney, brings nearly four decades of practice experience in business and real estate law. Before establishing Clapp Ferrucci, he spent twelve years at two large Indianapolis firms, including a four-year tenure as a partner, giving him deep familiarity with sophisticated corporate and transactional work. His practice encompasses a broad range of business matters, from entity formation and acquisitions to non-compete agreements, intellectual property, directors and officers liability, and strategic partnerships. On the real estate side, he has represented buyers, sellers, developers, builders, lenders, brokers, landlords, tenants, and other participants in both commercial and residential transactions.

Beyond transactional work, Clapp Ferrucci handles business and real estate litigation, with Mr. Clapp having tried cases in state and federal courts throughout Indiana. He has argued before the Indiana Court of Appeals, Indiana Supreme Court, Bankruptcy Court, the U.S. District Court in both the Northern and Southern Districts, and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. As a registered civil mediator, Mr. Clapp focuses on resolving business and commercial real estate disputes through mediation and arbitration, leveraging extensive experience in alternative dispute resolution.

The firm also assists clients with estate planning and succession strategies, particularly for owners of family-owned businesses seeking to protect their legacies and ensure smooth transitions. Mr. Clapp serves many local and regional businesses in a general counsel capacity, providing ongoing legal guidance tailored to their evolving needs.

Mr. Clapp's expertise has made him a sought-after speaker and author on real estate and construction topics. He has contributed to multiple continuing legal education programs, presented at state bar conferences, and authored works on subjects ranging from subcontractor liability to mortgage fraud litigation. From 2015 to 2019, he served on the Commercial Court Committee appointed by the Indiana Supreme Court to design and implement Indiana's Commercial Court system, which became permanent in 2019.

Beyond his law practice, Mr. Clapp has been active in civic leadership, serving as chairman of the Town of Fishers Strategy Planning Committee and supporting legal education through his involvement with Hamilton Southeastern High School's Law & Government Academy and as a volunteer judge for the We the People competition.

Overview compiled from the firm's website