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Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 1981 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? Mine was not a typical path. At the age of 7, I witnessed my father being detained by the police following an incident in our neighborhood. We found ourselves in need of […]
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law University of Wisconsin Law School, 2011 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? Injustice and inequality. What does “diversity, equity and inclusion” mean to you? It means that opportunity is not provided or limited by immutable characteristics. How did you get involved in DEI work, […]
Nguyen Law LLC, IUPUI Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 2006 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I became interested in the law while taking an undergraduate course at IU Bloomington on education and society. I decided to enter the legal profession because I wanted to influence policy to help […]
Indiana Legal Services Inc. Seton Hall Law School, 1975 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? Actually, it was the president of Seton Hall University, Monsignor John Fleming, who encouraged me to apply to Seton Hall Law School. Growing up in Newark, New Jersey, Central Ward, the predominate African American ward, the only […]
Hensley Legal Group P.C. University of Iowa College of Law, 2016 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? The history of law has always fascinated me. As a Catholic school kid, class lessons were intertwined with parables and the prevailing legal principles of their times. Central to these parables was a stark sense […]
IU Kelley School of Business – IUPUI Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 1991 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? Back when I was a child, my parents made me aware of the importance of legal and civil rights, which emerged from the civil rights movement. In their minds, the law was […]
Senior judge Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 1982 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I have always had a concern for victims of bullying, oppression and cheating. It originated with my scouting experience of Native American lore. Learning the history of the Trail of Tears, the Sand Creek Massacre, […]
Church Church Hittle + Antrim Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 1982 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I wanted to help people. No more complicated than that. I was the first person in my family to go to college. I grew up watching lawyer TV shows: Perry Mason and […]
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 1995 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I decided to enter the legal profession because a close friend who always wanted to be a lawyer and I spent an afternoon talking about what being a lawyer would mean and what […]
Penske Entertainment Corp. Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 2002 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I decided that I wanted to be a lawyer at a very young age. I used to emcee church programs and play the role of Jesus in church plays, and the members of the […]
Ice Miller LLP Valparaiso University School of Law, 2013 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I originally decided to enter the legal profession because I wanted to be an NFL agent. I love sports and wanted a career that involved sports. At that time, I believe you needed an advanced degree to become […]
Indiana Lawyer is proud to present its inaugural class of Diversity in Law honorees. These 24 men and women are leading the way in efforts to diversify the legal profession across the state. PRESENTING SPONSORS CONTRIBUTING SPONSOR Amundsen Davis LLC Diversity Trailblazer Hon. Myra C. Selby Ice Miller LLP University of Michigan Law School, 1980 […]
Imprint Legal Group DePaul University College of Law, 2012 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I’m the first attorney in my family and had no ambition to enter the legal profession (actually, my father forbade it). But at Northwestern University — after I flunked out of pre-med — I was mentored by […]
(IL photo/Eric Learned) Ice Miller LLP University of Michigan Law School, 1980 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I was propelled by something inside me that was a deep sense of fairness. I was drawn to the law as a system of rights and the possibility of ordering and improving society using […]
A man convicted on several theft-related charges can’t directly appeal his sentence after he and his attorney signed a plea agreement waiving his right to appeal, a split Indiana Supreme Court again ruled Tuesday in a modified opinion on rehearing.
A taxpayer failed to prove that it was incorrect to make her present market-based evidence to support her property value, the Indiana Tax Court has ruled in affirming a decision from the Indiana Board of Tax Review.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
In the Matter of J.P., A Child in Need of Services, A.P., v. Indiana Department of Child Services (mem. dec.)
23A-JC-476
Juvenile CHINS. Affirms the Hamilton Superior Court’s order adjudicating mother A.P.’s minor child, J.P, as a child in need of services. Finds any error in admitting Exhibit 2 was harmless. Also finds the trial court’s CHINS adjudication was supported by sufficient evidence and was not clearly erroneous.
Taft will partner with Maryland-based SkillBurst Interactive to launch a training series on generative artificial intelligence for lawyers and other professionals, the firm announced Tuesday.
Attorneys, judges, friends and family walked into Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis on Monday afternoon for the annual Red Mass.
The appeal involving Indiana’s law banning gender-transition procedures for minors is continuing to attract attention from amici, including from an Oscar-nominated actor.
