• 2016 Up and Coming Lawyers Michael Allen (left) and Drew McCoy at the Leadership in Law Reception May 10 at the Columbia Club.

  • 2016 Up and Coming Lawyer Jay Chaudhary (left) chats with Maarten Bout from IU Maurer School of Law.

  • 2016 Distinguished Barrister Julia Blackwell Gelinas laughs with colleague Nick Pappas at the Leadership in Law Reception May 10.

  • 2016 Distinguished Barrister Thomas Hays at the Leadership in Law reception.

  • 2016 Distinguished Barrister Richard Thrapp (center) laughs while talking to attendees at the Leadership in Law reception.

  • Geoffrey Slaughter (center) speaks with 2016 Distinguished Barrister Justice Brent Dickson as Dickson’s wife, Jan Aikman Dickson, (left) looks on. Slaughter was selected May 9 to succeed Dickson on the Supreme Court.

  • 2016 Up and Coming Lawyer Matthew Bruno at the Leadership in Law reception May 10.

  • 2016 Distinguished Barrister Rod Bohannan (right) listens to 2016 Up and Coming Lawyer Michael Allen (left).

  • 2016 Up and Coming Lawyer Neha Matta (right) chats with Jenai Brackett at the Leadership in Law reception.

  • Jim Clark, attorney and father of 2016 Distinguished Barrister J. Murray Clark, looks at the honorees’ plaques.

  • 2016 Up and Coming Lawyer Elizabeth Eichholtz talks to colleague and 2015 Up and Coming Lawyer Edward “Ned” Mulligan.

  • 2016 Distinguished Barrister Fran Watson chats with IU McKinney School of Law Vice Dean Antony Page.

  • 2016 Distinguished Barrister Charles Dunlap (right) chats with 2008 Distinguished Barrister Michael Witte.

  • Indiana Lawyer publisher Greg Morris discusses this year’s honorees at the Leadership in Law reception May 10 at the Columbia Club in Indianapolis.

  • IU Maurer School of Law Dean Austen Parrish speaks during the Leadership in Law reception in Indianapolis May 10.

  • The 2016 Up and Coming Lawyers. Not pictured: Vanessa Davis

  • Indiana Lawyer editor Jennifer Nelson gives 2016 Distinguished Barrister Ron Waicukauski his plaque.

  • The 2016 Distinguished Barristers. Not pictured: Arend Abel and Allen Superior Judge Craig Bobay

  • 2016 Distinguished Barrister Justice Brent Dickson concludes the reception with a bit of music.