Barnes & Thornburg LLP Valparaiso University School of Law, 2017 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? The legal profession is one of the few professions that provides an intense analysis of the important decisions of the past as guides for the important decisions to be made in the present. In addition, the […]
Office of the Indiana Attorney General Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 2018 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I decided to enter the legal profession at an early age. I recall reading that a child’s allowance could be considered the property of the parent and that a parent could […]
Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP University of Michigan Law School, 1992 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? Even in law school, I wasn’t sure. I explored possibly working in government, particularly the legislative or executive branches. I made a number of trips to Washington for interviews and to pass around my […]
Krieg DeVault LLP Valparaiso University School of Law, 2016 What’s the best advice you’ve ever received? The best advice I’ve ever received is that you must be present to win. This means that not only do you need to show up, but you also need to bring your whole self and dedication to everything you […]
Endress + Hauser Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 2002 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? My family always said I loved a good debate and arguing my point, so I should be a lawyer. But in all seriousness, I think the legal profession is a noble profession. I wanted a way […]
MacGill P.C. Notre Dame Law School, 2017 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I decided to become a lawyer to help others. Our clients face business “making or breaking” disputes. They need to hire a skilled advocate to handle their issues. I enjoy filling this role and using our team to solve […]
Lewis Wagner LLP University of Kentucky College of Law, 2015 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? My path to the legal profession was a matter of right place, right time. After graduating high school, I started college as an education major. I quickly decided that I had no desire to go back […]
Marion County Chief Public Defender Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 1982 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I decided to enter the legal profession because, at the time, I was uncertain about my future and what I wanted to do. I enjoyed public speaking, I enjoyed teaching and I […]
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP School of Paralegal Studies, 1997 Why did you decide to become a paralegal/legal support staffer? My journey started a little differently than most. I grew up in the Washington, D.C., metro area and my mother worked as a civil servant my whole life, so my direct route was the […]
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana George Mason University School of Law, 1980 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? After college I worked on a few political campaigns and subsequently moved to Washington, D.C. While working on Capitol Hill I quickly became aware that those with a law degree […]
Indiana Chief Justice, retired Court of Appeals of Indiana, senior judge Yale Law School, 1972 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? Though two of my ancestors had held office as a justice of the peace, we never had a lawyer in our family. My mother suggested to me that attending law school […]
Court of Appeals of Indiana Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 2001 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? Between college and law school, I worked in the criminal justice and social work fields for four years. I served as director of a sexual assault victim advocacy program, as community education […]
Dentons Bingham Greenebaum Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 2017 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? Coming from a family of doctors and scientists, I was pushed toward the practice of medicine from a very early age. Not understanding there was another viable choice, I reluctantly followed the path for […]
Lewis Wagner LLP University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, 1997 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I started college convinced that I wanted to be a computer science major, but my bouts with calculus and advanced math convinced me otherwise. I graduated with a degree in history, but museum curator wasn’t […]
Cohen & Malad LLP Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 2016 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I’ve always looked up to lawyers and viewed the legal profession as a noble one. Growing up in a single-parent household and as the daughter of an immigrant, I saw my mother, who […]
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 2013 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? From a very young age, experiences I had as a child made me acutely aware of how pervasive the legal system is in all of our lives and how much that […]
Athora Law Group LLC Ball State University, 1990 What makes a good paralegal/legal support staffer? Good legal support looks to the future and anticipates what an attorney needs — from file organization, maintaining task lists, watching deadlines, and maintaining good relationships with staff, the courts, other attorneys, and professionals like court reporters and real estate […]
What advice would you give your younger self? That’s a question I posed to this year’s class of Leadership in Law honorees as part of a recognition video that winners are asked to participate in.
Retired Indiana Chief Justice Randall Shepard has been named the 2023 recipient of Indiana Lawyer’s Lifetime Achievement Award, leading this year’s group of 36 Leadership in Law honorees.
Today is the deadline to submit nominations for Indiana Lawyer’s 2023 Leadership in Law Awards.