Photo feature: Strawberry Festival fun
Hoosier attorneys step out of the office to help dish out strawberry shortcake on Monument Circle during the 54th annual Christ Church Cathedral Women’s Strawberry Festival on June 13.
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Story’s next chapter: Lawyer selling historic, rustic property
Attorney Rick Hofstetter has devoted the last 20 years of his life to the bucolic Brown County hamlet of Story, restoring and preserving the historic community after buying it at a sheriff's sale. Now he says it's time for the town to become someone else's Story.
Budding romance: Attorney grows, crossbreeds, names daylilies
Indianapolis attorney Bret Clement has been growing and crossbreeding colorful, fun flowers for nearly 20 years. He has established Clement Daylily Gardens, where he plants, mulches, waters, weeds and cares for the perennials he offers for sale.
Reinstated legal basketball league sees growth, gender diversity
One year after resurrecting a recreational lawyers’ basketball league, organizers are already setting the bar high for future success.
Attorney Charles Braun answers legal questions on air, calms listeners
Saturday mornings, attorney Charles Braun answers questions about the law. He doesn’t know what legal issue or practice area the questions will cover. He doesn’t know who will be asking. He doesn’t keep a book or laptop close by to do quick research. Rather, he answers on the spot and with the public listening.
Profiles from 2017 followed lawyers’ personal, professional endeavors
Lawyers are an eclectic bunch who never seem to run out of stories to tell. Here is a look back at some of the memorable stories of Indiana attorneys and what they were up to — on and off the clock — from these pages in 2017.
Indianapolis attorneys reviving lawyers’ basketball league
A group of Indianapolis-area attorneys are restarting a decades-old tradition of camaraderie and competition by reviving a local lawyers’ basketball league.
Attorneys encouraged to practice ‘active relaxation’ outside work
After a long day of briefs, arguments and client meetings, attorneys might be tempted to go home and relax on the couch. But according to mental health experts, spending evenings in front of the television might not be that relaxing for those who want to fully escape the pressures of work.
Lawyers of summer return to the baseball diamond
Attorneys say playing the sport relieves stress and helps with the practice of law.
Lawyer softball league seeking teams
Though they might be adversaries when standing on opposite sides of the courtroom, a group of Indianapolis lawyers is preparing to channel that adversarial nature into friendly competition on the softball diamond.
Attorneys turn to ‘barn therapy’ to clear minds
Five influential women in the Indianapolis legal community share a common bond as dedicated horse riding enthusiasts. They shared with Indiana Lawyer why they ride.
Sedia’s poetry provides appealing creative outlet
You may not know it, but Adam Sedia’s a poet.
Lawyer softball league looking for teams
Lawyers who are looking to get out of the office and meet some peers while at the same get a little exercise will have an option to do just that beginning May 19.
Bonds of Steele
Elkhart attorney Tim Shelly revives the Waveland boyhood home of his ancestor, master Hoosier artist T.C. Steele.
Attorneys en garde!
Lawyers who’ve taken a stab at fencing say there’s no other sport quite like it. More to the point, they say competing with the blade sharpens their legal acumen and attacks the stresses of the profession.
Senior partner performs at ballroom dance competitions
Peter Velde, a senior partner at Kightlinger & Gray LLP, enjoys the many benefits of ballroom dancing, and has participated in four dance competitions alongside his wife, Doreen.
Lawyer runs 155 miles through the Gobi Desert
In June, 53-year-old David McAvoy not only marked his 25th year working at Eli Lilly, he also participated in a 155-mile race through the largest desert region in Asia: the Gobi Desert.
Indianapolis attorney turns pastime into an album of children’s music
Dave Heger, an in-house counsel for AES Corp., is a musician in his off-hours, playing guitar and making up songs for his two children. He turned those snippets of melodies into songs and turned those songs into an album.
Little-known Indiana baseball roots rediscovered in lawyer’s exhibit
Baseball once was Indiana’s game, and attorney Scott Tarter has a major-league passion about preserving its rightful, if obscure, place in history.
Nothing boring about board games
Attorneys find the more traditional style of gaming is a good way to take a break from work and focus on friends.