Gov. Mitch Daniels announced Friday that Anita Kolkmeier Samuel, assistant general counsel and policy director for the governor, has been named general counsel. Samuel replaces David Pippen, who has resigned to accept a position with Indianapolis law firm Bose McKinney & Evans.
Indianapolis attorney Norm Wain creates a new national Association of Corporate Counsel committee on sports and entertainment law.
Jodie Woods is general counsel for the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns, a role she’s had since 1998.
Robert Armitage nears 40 years of practicing IP-focused law.
Environmental regulation and eminent domain are among top concerns for farmers.
When Andrew Klinger decided to take a job as corporate counsel for a state agency, he was essentially playing the odds like someone buying a lottery ticket.
Katie Zarich, deputy director of public affairs for the Indianapolis Museum of Art, had worked for the IMA for a year when she decided to go to law school. She applied only to Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, knowing that she wanted to continue working for the museum as she attended class at night.
When a business professor nudged Ray Umstead to consider law school three decades ago, the Ohio native never thought he’d end up working for an Indianapolis-based health insurance company that has earned the designation of having one of the best legal departments in the country.
Naima Stevenson’s love for sports began about the time she realized that sports fans in her household got to watch the big TV.
The general counsel for state athletic association enjoys the challenges of the job.
A soda or water bottle on the desk at work or a jug of juice in the refrigerator at home might be merely a refreshing drink for most people. But it’s a day at the office for Stephanie Blackman, a corporate attorney in the business of bottle caps or, as they are known in the food and beverage industry, closure systems.
While some couples prefer to keep their work and personal lives separate, it’s not unheard of for lawyers to pair up. Four couples shared their stories with Indiana Lawyer.
Working for a company while in law school then staying at that company as a lawyer is fairly rare, but it happens. Even less common for today’s in-house counsel is starting at a company without a bachelor’s degree making $6 per hour doing data entry work and staying with that company through the completion of undergraduate and law school degrees.
Alecia DeCoudreaux, the top attorney for Eli Lilly and Co.’s U.S. unit, will leave to become president of Mills College, the Oakland, Calif.-based school announced Thursday.
Going to the mall isn’t an off-hours activity for Jason Schiesser.
The immediate past chair of the Indiana State Bar Association’s Corporate Counsel Section, Stephen Landrum Due, is one member of the leadership team who made a push to make the section more active.
Crown Point attorney Shontrai Irving may be considered a success story in the legal world with multiple awards illustrating his experience in the corporate, criminal, and civil sides of the law. But that’s only one part of what he does, and while he loves the lawyering, it’s not what makes him the most proud.
After spending 12 years in the health-care field as an X-ray technician, an in-house counsel for a hospital network in Indianapolis seems to be in the right place.
The governor today fired the state's top utility regulator, citing ethical concerns about how a former Administrative Law Judge presided over cases involving a regulated energy company leading up to his taking a job there.
Kiply Drew knows her job as an in-house counsel for the one of the country’s top 100 universities means every day is different.