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 […]
The Indiana Lawyer, a biweekly statewide legal publication published by IBJ Media, will hold its annual Leadership in Law awards event Tuesday morning, where 37 attorneys and legal professionals will be honored.
Have you ever met someone who inspires, challenges you, motivates you and maybe makes you feel just a little bit lazy? Have you ever met 37 such someones all at once?
There are less than two days left to submit your nominations for Indiana Lawyer’s 2021 Leadership in Law Awards. All nominations must be submitted by Friday.
There is less than a week left to submit nominations for Indiana Lawyer’s 2021 Leadership in Law awards. All nominations must be submitted by Friday.
There’s still time to submit nominations for Indiana Lawyer’s 2021 Leadership in Law Awards. The nominations deadline has been extended to July 16.
Nominations for Indiana Lawyer’s Leadership in Law Awards are now open as the annual recognition program prepares for its biggest honors yet. In addition to the traditional 15 Distinguished Barrister and 15 Up and Coming Lawyer Awards, Leadership in Law is adding two new categories of honorees for 2021.
Someday not too long from now, we at Indiana Lawyer will say hello to you in person, and I have to say, I can’t wait for that day. Until then, we have some exciting news to share about our annual Leadership in Law awards.
While the world has changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic since we selected our honorees earlier this year, we are pleased that one feature of our signature award program has remained the same: We couldn’t have asked for a more impressive Leadership in Law class for 2020.