The Indiana Lawyer is proud to present its 2025 Leadership in Law honorees.
These 37 men and women represent the strength and the future of Indiana’s legal profession.
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Lifetime Achievement Award
Tom Froehle
Partner and chair emeritus, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
University of Michigan Law School, 1988
From the law firm board room to economic development projects across Indiana, attorney Tom Froehle has left an impressive imprint.
Froehle, partner and chair emeritus at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, led the forerunners of his current firm through two significant mergers, ultimately putting it among the 50 largest firms in the nation.
As a public finance attorney, he put his stamp on some of the largest economic development projects in the state over the past 30 years—from the Honda assembly plant in Greensburg to Lucas Oil Stadium and the NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis.
“His vision and leadership have helped drive positive change and growth in the legal industry and state of Indiana,” Kathy Osborn, a Faegre Drinker partner, said in her award nomination for Froehle.
For all of these accomplishments and for his contributions to civic groups and his ongoing mentoring of up-and-coming attorneys, The Indiana Lawyer selected Froehle as its Leadership in Law Lifetime Achievement Award winner for 2025.
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Harrison Presidential Site hosts photo shoot
The Indiana Lawyer’s Leadership in Law photos this year were taken at the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site, the Indianapolis home of the nation’s 23rd president and the only president elected from Indiana.
The 10,000-square-foot, 10-room Italianate Victorian home, completed in 1875, was selected because of Harrison’s esteemed career as an attorney. He argued 15 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Indiana Lawyer’s Lead Designer Audrey Pelsor and photographer Chad Williams used the Harrison home’s library, grand parlors, ornate entryway, gorgeous staircase and outdoor vistas as backdrops.
Featured on the cover of this year’s Leadership in Law special section are Lifetime Achievement Award winner Tom Froehle, pictured in Harrison’s library, and honorees Bill Kaiser, Bianca Eddy and Cyndi Blocher.
The Indiana Lawyer thanks the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site and its staff for its generous hospitality and especially for accommodating the photo shoot during its school-trip visit season.
To schedule a visit to the Harrison site, go to bhpsite.org/visit to buy tickets. Tours are offered at 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday, hourly from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and from noon to 2 p.m. on Sundays.
