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Carl Pebworth Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP University of Michigan Law School, 1991 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? After college, I went to work at an advertising agency in Chicago (Head & Shoulders shampoo — “You never get a chance to make a first impression”). Over time, selling soap did […]

Whittley Pike Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 2014 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I am the oldest daughter of two small business owners who never went to college. That I earned my bachelor’s degree was in some ways their biggest dream […]

Andrea Townsend Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 2013 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I love how the law enables us to enact change, from Capitol Hill to the courtroom. Being a lawyer empowers me to do better — to draft better governing […]

Jacob German Barnes & Thornburg LLP Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 2014 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I grew up in a household of educator parents — my parents were public school teachers. Consequently, early in my life they instilled a lifelong commitment to education and learning. My dad taught […]

Angela Jones The Law Office of Angela M. Jones Stetson University College of Law, 2011 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I had a bizarre experience when I was a fairly young girl. I was at a park and there were some boys killing baby birds with a basketball. It was horrific […]

Rayann Knepley Kids’ Voice of Indiana Why did you decide to become a paralegal/legal support staffer? It was never my intention to become a legal support staffer/paralegal in the beginning. I was a new, young mother looking for employment. An attorney that had represented a family member had just recently lost his legal assistant, and […]

Lacy Johnson 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 […]

Chuck Schmal Woodard Emhardt Henry Reeves & Wagner LLP George Mason University School of Law, 1999 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? Growing up, I never thought I would be an attorney. Movies and books concerning the law did not interest me. Even a field trip to Center City Philadelphia to watch […]

Judge David Avery Allen Superior Court Valparaiso University School of Law, 1976 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? A combination of having graduated with a B.S. in economics (what could I do with that in the recession in the early-to-mid-1970s?) and having grown up in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s when […]

Rachel Woloshin Church Church Hittle & Antrim Duquesne University School of Law, 2012 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I have always had a passion for helping people in their time of need. The legal profession puts you in a unique position to help others with legal issues and impact a life […]

Kathleen Anderson Barnes & Thornburg LLP Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 1992 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I remember wanting to be a teacher in about the first grade, but I otherwise can’t remember wanting to be anything but a lawyer. Maybe I watched too much “L.A. Law” in middle […]

Michael Morris Woodard Emhardt Henry Reeves & Wagner LLP Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 2011 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? Becoming a patent attorney was the perfect marriage between my interests in engineering, science and the law. I had long-planned on becoming an engineer, and while pursuing that path my […]