About F. Boyd
F. Boyd Hovde earned his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1956 and completed his law degree at The University of Michigan Law School in 1959. He moved into practice at a time when courtroom advocacy was a prominent path for many law school graduates. The arc of his career reflects steady involvement in trial practice and bar organizations that support litigators.
He began his professional life after law school in 1959 and has maintained active ties to the Indianapolis legal community ever since. He has been a member of the Indianapolis Bar Association since 1959, a long-running connection that coincides with his early years in practice. Over the decades his name has been associated with Hovde, Dassow & Deets, where he undertakes trial work and litigation matters on behalf of clients in Indiana.
Hovde's professional memberships trace a clear pattern. He belongs to the Indiana State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He is also a member of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, a relationship that dates to 1970 and continues today. He holds membership in national and international trial organizations, including the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (since 1959), the American College of Trial Lawyers, and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Those affiliations reflect sustained involvement in the community of trial lawyers rather than a single short-term engagement.
Colleagues and peers would note his decades of steady participation in professional groups and bar activities. He has balanced practice and association commitments through changing eras of law practice, from the early 1960s to the present. His career shows continuity: the same base of professional associations and a long tenure in the Indianapolis legal scene.
He maintains an office in Meridian Tower, where he meets clients and handles filings and courtroom preparation. Today he practices at Hovde, Dassow & Deets and continues to handle trial litigation in Indiana.
