Subscriber Benefit
As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowA long-time Bloomington trial lawyer and a northern Indiana attorney were among the top honorees at the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association’s annual awards ceremony in May.
Betsy Greene of Greene & Schultz Trial Lawyers in Bloomington was named the ITLA’s 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, while Valparaiso attorney Sara Langer received the Max Goodwin Young Lawyer of the Year Award.
A former ITLA president, Greene was recognized for having tried more than 100 jury trials to verdict and for routinely being called upon for her extensive knowledge in subrogation claims regarding retirement plans and Medicare/
Medicaid liens.
She received her law degree in 1982 from what is now the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. She started her career in the Morgan County Prosecutor’s Office, eventually becoming chief deputy prosecutor. Later, she became a personal injury attorney with Ken Nunn. In 2005, she opened Greene & Shultz with Fred Shultz.
Greene has “donated (literally) thousands of hours free of charge to help make lawyers both in Indiana and across the country better able to fight for the rights of their clients,” according to the joint award nomination form submitted by nine of her colleagues.
“Betsy has spent her entire career putting her clients and our profession ahead of herself. There is no better friend and no more fearsome foe than Betsy Greene,” the nominators wrote. “Nobody can care like Betsy cares. If she takes on a cause, a client, a mentee, a friend, or a family member, she will see things through – and she will make things better.”
Young Lawyer of the Year
Langer, a Valparaiso native, also received her law degree from IU Maurer and was recognized as already having an impact on Indiana law in her young career. Her nominator, James Barth, noted that she has served as amicus counsel in several major cases before the Indiana Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.
As a law school student, she landed an externship with Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta Rush. Langer followed her father’s footsteps in becoming a lawyer.
Outside the courtroom, she follows her passions as an animal lover. While in law school, she was president and member of the IU Student Animal Legal Defense Fund. She also is a long-time equestrian, owning two horses and participating in competitions.•
Please enable JavaScript to view this content.