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Barry*Emily Barry has joined Nickloy & Higdon of Noblesville as an associate and will focus her practice on civil litigation, employment law and family law.
Hopper*George W. Hopper has joined Cohen & Malad LLP as of counsel.
Simpkins*Christopher D. Simpkins has joined Hill Fulwider P.C. as an associate where he practices in civil litigation with a focus on insurance defense, insurance coverage and professional liability defense.
Chickedantz*C. Erik Chickedantz has joined Burt Blee Dixon Sutton & Bloom LLP in Fort Wayne. His areas of concentration will be ADR processes including mediation and arbitration, and civil litigation.
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Essex*Christina L. Essex and *Christina L. Vega Fitch have joined Kopka Pinkus Dolin as associates. Essex practices in the Indianapolis offices and focuses on insurance defense; Vega Fitch practices out of the Crown Point office and focuses on workers’ compensation, civil litigation and insurance defense.
HilerBose McKinney & Evans LLP associate *Ryan P. Hiler has joined the firms’ intellectual property group.
Promotions Alice Morical is now an equity partner with Hoover Hull LLP.
Hurwitz*Lainie Hurwitz has been named a partner at Ruppert & Schaefer P.C.
Appointments and Elections
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EgloffRiley Bennett & Egloff LLP has named the following partners to their 2014 management committee: *John L. Egloff (re-elected), *Anthony R. Jost, *Laura S. Reed and *Donald S. Smith.
Bennett*Bryce H. Bennett Jr. of Riley Bennett & Egloff LLP has been appointed by Mayor Greg Ballard to the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee.
ZoellerIndiana Attorney General *Greg Zoeller has been appointed to the board of directors of the American Legacy Foundation, a national public health organization dedicated to ending tobacco use in the United States.
StipplerIndiana Utility Consumer Counselor *David Stippler has been appointed secretary of the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates.
Awards and Honors
BarkerU.S. Judge *Sarah Evans Barker has been awarded the 2014 NUVO Cultural Vision Awards’ Lifetime Achievement Award.
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana recognized at a June 3 breakfast event the volunteer attorneys who handled 13 pro bono cases within the past year. Those attorneys are: Wendy Brewer, Kayla Britton, Courtney Chilcote, K.C. Cohen, Dustin DeNeal, Darrell Dolan, Jeremy Dunn, Jeff Graham, Elizabeth Lally, Nicolette Mendenhall, Erin Nave and Fatima Skimin.•
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