On The Move – 5/22/13

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New Associations
 

*John Culp and *Aaron Culp have joined the Noblesville office of Church Church Hittle & Antrim. Both practice in business and municipal law.

Robert B. Hebert has joined Barnes & Thornburg LLP’s Indianapolis office as a member of the corporate department.
 

*Victoria Calhoon has joined the litigation and advocacy practice at Faegre Baker Daniels LLP as an associate.

*Vernicka L. Shaw has joined Krieg DeVault LLP’s business and financial institutions practices as an associate. *Jennifer K. Gregory has joined the firm’s intellectual property and technology and IP litigation practices as an associate. *Michael R. Becher has joined the firm as strategic adviser.

*Julie K. Lappas has joined Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman P.C.’s Indianapolis office, where she practices in the firm’s health practice group.

Robin Babbitt has joined Ice Miller LLP as a partner practicing in the litigation and public affairs and gaming groups.
 

*Matthew B. Millis has joined the litigation team at Wooden & McLaughlin LLP.

Promotions
 

*Lisa Yankey is now a partner at Yankey & Payne LLC, where she practices immigration law.

Appointments and Elections
 

Bose McKinney & Evans LLP’s Director of Library Services *Cheryl Niemeier will serve as chair of the Private Law Libraries Special Interest Section of the American Association of Law Libraries.

The following have been elected to the 2013-2014 Indiana Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrator’s board of directors: Susan M. Cutsinger of Riley Bennett & Egloff LLP, president; Carrie K. Houston of Ice Miller LLP, president-elect; Christine L. Birch, CPA, of Bose McKinney & Evans LLP, immediate past-president; David W. Heinekamp of Kightlinger & Gray LLP, treasurer; Robin R. Burton of Bose McKinney & Evans LLP, secretary; Joannie Saba of Cantrell Strenski & Mehringer LLP, education chair; Nancy Huffman of Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman P.C., business partner liaison; Shawn Severns of Kreig DeVault LLP, membership chair; and Sherry L. Downey, CLM, CPA, of Hopper Blackwell P.C., director of communications.
 

*Gary L. Chapman and *Jana Hageman of Bose McKinney & Evans LLP were selected to participate as advisers for eLegacyConnect, a subscription-based online forum for agribusiness owners and farm families to build strategic business and succession plans.

Cameron Clark has been appointed by Gov. Mike Pence as director of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Clark most recently served as the agency’s chief legal counsel.
 

Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP partner *Bill Kaiser has been elected president of the Dubois County Community Foundation’s board of directors for a one-year term.

Awards and Honors
 

Jennifer Thornburg and David Walton of David Walton Legal; Courtney Chilcote of Tucker Hester Baker Krebs; David Theising of Harrison & Moberly LLP; Scott Racop of Racop Law Offices; and Jeff Graham of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP were recently honored by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana for taking pro bono cases in 2012.
 

The Butler University Alumni Association presented its Robert Todd Duncan Alumnus Achievement Award to U.S. District Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson, a 1979 graduate.
 

*Scott Wylie has received the Tanya Neiman Pro Bono Professional of the Year Award by the National Association of Pro Bono Professionals. Wylie is the executive director of the Vanderburgh Community Foundation, helps administer the Volunteer Lawyer Program of Southwest Indiana, and serves on the Indiana Pro Bono Commission.bullet character