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Sarah Harvey Indianapolis Legal Aid Society Why did you decide to become a paralegal/legal support staffer? I first began working in the legal field as a court reporter for the Marion Superior Courts, Juvenile Division. I enjoyed the work and found that I was good at keeping up with the fast pace in the courtroom, […]
Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush Indiana Supreme Court Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 1983 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? Growing up, I hadn’t given a lot of consideration to the legal profession. When I started at Purdue, I thought I would be an engineer. But given the few electives available […]
As 2021 draws to a close, lawyers and law firm managers everywhere are planning for the year ahead. Smart firms are preparing budgets and income projections for 2022, and they are assessing their client relationships in the hopes of maintaining those relationships next year.
Taylor Bonacorsi Katz Korin Cunningham PC DePaul University College of Law, 2012 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I enjoy advocating for people and what I believe is right. I was also fascinated by the legal process and litigation as a whole. Once I read and was called on to analyze a […]
Indiana’s Burmese population is currently considered the largest in the world outside of Southeast Asia and advocates in the Hoosier State have been helping refugees navigate immigration matters, local laws and cultural differences for years.
In its recent Rotert v. Stiles opinion, the Indiana Supreme Court honored established principles of statutory interpretation and judicial restraint in deciding that Indiana’s trust code does not prohibit restraints on marriage.
Katie Dickey Jackson Dentons Bingham Greenebaum LLP Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 2019 If you hadn’t pursued a legal career, what would you be doing? Before law school, I taught middle school for a few years. If I hadn’t pursued a legal career, I could definitely see myself back in the classroom […]
Erica Woebse Barnes & Thornburg LLP William & Mary Law School, 2014 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I enjoy solving problems. Being a lawyer, especially a regulatory lawyer, is all about solving a client’s problems. If you hadn’t pursued a legal career, what would you be doing? I would be a […]
Donald Morgan Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP University of California Berkeley School of Law, 2012 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I’ve always been interested in public service and the idea that good public policy can improve communities. Coming from a small town and having no real professional or civic network to […]
After 20 years, Neil Bemenderfer and Richard Kraege are still some of the Indianapolis area’s busiest registered mediators.
Tavonna Harris Askew Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 2001 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? The legal profession fits well into my solution-focused personality. I enjoy being an advocate and helping others problem solve. I wanted to utilize my legal skills to support people […]
Ruth Rogers Woodard Emhardt Henry Reeves & Wagner LLP Why did you decide to become a paralegal/legal support staffer? Becoming a paralegal/legal support staffer was not a conscious decision! At 17 years old and fresh out of high school, I contacted an employment agency. They tested me in shorthand, typing and English and decided that […]
Judge Elizabeth Tavitas Indiana Court of Appeals Notre Dame Law School, 1990 If you hadn’t pursued a legal career, what would you be doing? I would have pursued a Ph.D. in psychology. I’m happy with my choice to pursue law! Who is someone who has inspired you in your career? I have been inspired and […]
Rehana Adat-Lopez Lake County CASA Valparaiso University School of Law, 1996 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? Since I was young, I always wanted to be an attorney. I was born in Uganda in East Africa. My family immigrated to the United States when I was 2 years old to escape persecution […]
Robert Ebbs Glaser & Ebbs Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 1990 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I went to law school because I thought it would enhance my career path at the time in public sector labor relations. I shifted gears to personal injury work after working as a law […]
Make plans to come by IndyBarHQ on Dec. 21 for a special open house event! We invite you to hang out at the beautiful IndyBarHQ space AND have your holiday gifts wrapped by volunteers in exchange for a donation to the IndyBar Foundation. You can also get end-of-year CLE credit, too! All proceeds will fund public outreach efforts of the Indianapolis Bar Association. More details to come.
Karen Richards Allen County prosecutor Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 1979 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I have been interested in being an attorney since I was a teenager. I grew up in a time of social and political unrest, a time when women were becoming more forceful about taking a […]
Cathy Canny Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Why did you decide to become a paralegal/legal support staffer? I really was not looking for a position in law; it sort of found me. I was looking for an office position and answered an ad for a secretary at a law firm. Although this was a smaller […]
In this fortnight’s edition and likely my penultimate column, we’re going to appropriate a well-worn columnist’s deus ex machina and writer’s block cheat code: the Autumnal Mail Bag! These are fake letters received from made-up members of the Indianapolis legal community seeking advice and providing glimpses into the day-to-day intersection of life and law.
Hae Lee Cho Kids’ Voice of Indiana Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 2013 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? When I was in high school, I read a book titled “An Unjust Law is No Law at All” written by a Korean civil rights attorney. His journey to advocate […]