Leadership in Law 2026

Member Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC Offer Korin began his decades-long legal career by representing individuals in civil rights cases covering everything from police misconduct to constitutional violations. After five years of this, Korin joined a small estate-planning firm. Though the new assignment interested him, he missed trial work. He was able to scratch that itch […]

Partner and Chair, Indianapolis Litigation Practice Group Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Andi M. Metzel joined Taft in 2018, where she focuses on commercial litigation and land use. One of the things she enjoys most about her work is that it allows her to indulge a lifelong love of (and aptitude for) sales and negotiating. […]

Senior Litigation Paralegal Wagner Reese LLP During her roughly 30 years as a paralegal, Angela Rinehart has dedicated most of her time to complex, high-value medical malpractice litigation and enjoyed a significant level of autonomy while doing it. Defense counsel and opposing attorneys routinely engage with her directly, underscoring her credibility and reputation within the […]

Chief Legal and Risk Officer Everwise Credit Union Lyndsay Miller has seen lots of change and disruption since she began her career at a small law firm that represented community banks and credit unions following her law school graduation in 2004. “My professional journey has evolved through experiencing the first financial crisis, the National Mortgage […]

Partner Bose McKinney & Evans LLP Jackson Schroeder has quickly made a name for himself as a new partner in the Bose McKinney & Evans LLP environmental law and environmental litigation groups. Schroeder, who was unanimously elected partner in December, focuses on administrative, environmental and complex civil litigation. Despite being early in his career, he […]

Paralegal Church Church Hittle + Antrim With more than two decades of experience in the legal field and nearly 16 at her current employer, Church Church Hittle + Antrim, Jessica Wingate has become an indispensable member of the firm’s legal team, even though most of her contributions happen behind the scenes. And her contributions are […]

Associate Attorney Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP Cody Coldren has been interested in the real estate industry — or has at least been aware of it — as long as he can remember. “Both of my parents at some point during my childhood were residential real estate agents, and it was a practice area […]

Of Counsel Densborn Blachly LLP An eclectic academic career helped Jim Coles become the adviser of choice for businesses seeking help with technological and intellectual property, or IP, issues, including patent, trademark, copyright, trade secrets and IP transactions and litigation. It began after he earned an engineering degree and then decided to pursue an advanced degree […]

Associate Ice Miller LLP The two through lines of Sarah Correll’s career are working with Indiana communities and education. “In my job, I get to educate our clients on the bond issuance process and work with a number of communities, including a lot of rural ones,” Correll said. Not surprisingly, her primary focus is municipal […]

Paralegal Dentons Bingham Greenbaum LLP Sandra Kays has covered a lot of ground, literally and metaphorically, during her more than 40 years of legal support work. From Huntingburg, she supports clients in the firm’s Cincinnati, Evansville, Indianapolis, Lexington, Louisville, Jasper and Portland offices. The subject matter she deals with is just as far flung. “We […]

Partner Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP Greg Gotwald has seen more than his share of high-profile, high-stakes cases during his career as a specialist in insurance coverage law. Gotwald became interested in the field after he graduated from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology with an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering and went to work for […]

Partner Barrett McNagny LLP Tom Ludwiski started his career as an accountant, but he always felt destined to become an attorney. “I knew I wanted to practice business law before starting law school, and my public accounting experience confirmed that,” he said. After three and a half years at BKD (now Forvis), he joined the […]

Director of Business Development Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Kelly Sharpe is a key member of Taft’s marketing and business development team, playing a pivotal role in the firm’s expansion by supporting individual attorneys, various practice groups and offices. Her efforts helped grow Taft’s Indianapolis office head count from roughly 85 attorneys in 2002 — […]

Partner Ice Miller LLP Ryan Poor says that labor and employment law, the primary focus of his practice, is “a mile wide and 2 miles deep.” On any given day he might be asked to field calls from clients with employment questions, assist with an Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection, draft an employment agreement, […]

Judge, Madison County Circuit Court 1 State of Indiana Judge Angela Warner Sims began her legal career in the trenches, practicing at an Anderson law firm with a concentration in family and criminal law before serving for 13 years as a major felony public defender in Madison County. She was appointed to the bench in […]

Owner and Attorney at Law Highsaw Jointer Law LaToya Jointer recently fulfilled a long-held ambition by starting her own law firm. “In February of 2026 I took a major leap of faith to pursue that dream,” Jointer said. “I have an amazing team, and we work collaboratively to serve family law clients throughout Indiana.” Though […]

Senior Associate Krieg DeVault LLP Mergers and acquisitions specialist Travis Lovett has always had a strong interest in business and entrepreneurship. “My mother and grandmother both owned and operated businesses for much of their lives,” Lovett said. “Growing up around them gave me an early understanding of the challenges involved in building, growing and sustaining […]

Partner Barrett McNagny LLP Kevin Fitzharris’ decision to pursue a legal career was both early and emphatic. “In junior high school I liked dressing up and talking in front of people,” Fitzharris said. “With no attorneys in the family, I went for it.” Fitzharris “immediately said yes” when he was offered a job at the […]

Associate Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP James R. Strickland put in five years as a high school humanities teacher before deciding to take up a career in law. “The law was always on my radar,” Strickland said. “As a teacher, I was constantly telling my students to chase their dreams, so I figured it […]

Senior Associate Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Kristine Gordon was recruited by Taft during her second year of law school and joined the firm as a summer associate in 2017. “I came back as a new graduate in September of 2018 and never looked back,” Gordon said. Her primary focus areas are municipal law and […]