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1967

Robert F. Wagner has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2010.

1970

Martha Lamkin has been named to Ivy Tech's regional board of directors for its Central Indiana Region.

1971

Tom French joins Heffernan Seubert & French, LLP a boutique law firm in Menlo Park.

1972

Mark Shaw’s book, Beneath the Mask of Holiness: Thomas Merton and the Forbidden Love Affair that Set Him Free, will be published in November by Palgrave-MacMillan. For more information about the book and Mark visit http://www.markshawbooks.net.

1974

John Neighbours, a partner at Baker & Daniels, LLP, will receive the 2009 Charles L. Whistler Award, a prestigious honor given by the Indianapolis Mayor's Office in collaboration with The Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee.
The annual award recognizes one or two individuals who, outside the regular duties of their chosen profession, have brought together the public and private sectors for civic improvement in Indianapolis.

1975

Randall K. Craig, has been selected for inclusion in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of Trusts and Estates. He was named an Indiana "Super Lawyer" in 2007 - 2009, and was reelected on September 22, 2009, as President of the Board of Directors for the Southwestern Indiana Regional Council on Aging, Inc. ("SWIRCA").

Jeffrey M. Linder, a senior executive at Clarion Health Partners, Inc., has been named to the position of associate vice president for state government relations at Indiana University. Linder will form a state relations team with John Grew. The team will serve as the university's primary representatives to all state departments and agencies as well as the Indiana General Assembly.

1980

Michael P. Bishop, a partner at the law firm of Cohen Garelick & Glazier, has been selected by The Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (ICLEF) to serve as seminar faculty chair for “Advanced Civil Mediation – The Masters Series.” The ICLEF will offer the seminar November 12-13, 2009 at the French Lick Resort in French Lick, Indiana.

Charles E. Spevacek has been named a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA), a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of lawyers in the U.S. Mr. Spevacek is a senior lawyer at Meagher & Geer in the firm’s insurance practice area, and serves on the firm’s management committee.

1981

Martha (Marti) Starkey to be appointed a Life Member of the Uniform Law Commission at the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws which will take place July 9-16, 2009 in Santa Fe.

John C. Trimble, of Lewis Wagner, has recently been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2010; has been recognized by Indiana Lawyer as a "Distinguished Barrister" by the Indiana Lawyer for their "Leadership in Law" issue; has been elected to membership in the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC); and has been elected to the Indianapolis Legal Aid Society’s Board of Directors.

1982

Jarrell B. Hammond, of Lewis Wagner, has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2010.

Sharon Funcheon Murphy has been appointed as Vice-Chair of the Workers’ Compensation and Employers’ Liability Law General Committee and as Chair-Elect of the History Special Standing Committee within the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association. At Lewis Wagner, she manages the firm’s worker’s compensation practice group and represents employers throughout the state in disputed claims.

1984

Kolan Davis is the Legislative Director for Senator Grassley of Iowa and the Republican Staff Director for the Senate Finance Committee.

1988

Janna Shisler is the recipient of the James Pauley Lifetime Service Award.

1990

Susan A. Cline has been re-elected to The People’s Burn Foundation Board of Directors. At Lewis Wagner, Susan concentrates her practice in healthcare and medical malpractice.

1992

Dennis E. Bland , ’92, president of the Center for Leadership Development, received Marian's University’s Franciscan Values Award for community leadership at the University’s annual Opportunities for Excellence Scholarship Celebration and Dinner on October 8.

Ida Coleman Lamberti has been awarded the Randall T. Shepard Award for excellence in Pro Bono Publico. Mrs. Coleman Lamberti has been a dedicated volunteer at the Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic (NCLC) in Indianapolis for years. She is currently working with the Burmese refugee population, assisting 314 refugees with immigration cases for NCLC, donating more than 750 hours in 2008 alone.. Mrs. Lamberti’s volunteer time makes a tremendous impact on NCLC’s refugee caseload. Her excellent work and commitment make it possible for NCLC to serve vastly more low income families in need.

1993

Christine H. Hickey, Rubin & Levin PC, was installed recently as the president of the National Conference of Bar Foundations at its annual meeting in Chicago. Hickey is a past-president of the Indianapolis Bar Foundation and is president-elect of the Indianapolis Bar Association.

1995

Dina M. Cox has been invited to become a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America’s Trial Lawyer Honorary Society (LCA). Dina M. Cox has also been appointed as co-chair of the American Bar Association’s Membership Subcommittee of the Professional Liability Litigation Committee, Section of Litigation. Dina focuses her practice at Lewis Wagner on the defense of complex litigation including medical malpractice, drug and medical device, products liability, and insurance coverage and bad faith lawsuits.

1997

Richard Blaiklock has been invited to become a Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America’s Trial Lawyer Honorary Society.

2000

Jeffrey A. Adams, a partner at the law firm of Cohen Garelick & Glazier has been selected to serve on the Advisory Board for The Barrington of Carmel.

Ty Conner has joined the staff of Stanford Hospital and Clinics as Assistant Director Treasury Services.

2001

Kena S. Hollingsworth, a founding partner of Hollingsworth & Zivitz, PC, was recognized for the third consecutive year as one of Indianapolis’ most outstanding young professionals. Sponsored by Junior Achievement, Indy’s Best & Brightest honors 100 of Central Indiana’s outstanding young professionals (ages 40 and under) who are making their mark in and around Indianapolis.

Joshua T. Robertson a partner at Cohen Garelick & Glazier has been appointed to serve as chairman of the Riley Area Development Corporation (RADC) asset management committee. His appointment follows a long history of volunteerism for RADC, including his recent leadership role as RADC board vice president.

2002

Paul Jefferson , an associate at Barnes & Thornburg, LLP, has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2010.

2004

Hannah Kaufman Joseph will be presenting "Digital Marketing -The Legal "Dos" and "Don’ts" of Using Social Media Effectively" on Thursday, October 15, 2009, . The Indiana Humanities Council will be opening up their doors to host this Inaugural event for the Social Media Breakfast Indianapolis.

2005

Robert M. Baker, IV, an associate in Lewis Wagner’s litigation group, has graduated from the Indianapolis Bar Association’s Bar Leader Series Class VI.

2007

Michael D. Bivens has joined Indiana University as a Manager of Operations and Research in the Real Estate Department.

2008

Meredith Devlin joins Bingham McHale as an associate in the firm's labor & employement and real estate departments.

Theresa R. Parish , of Lewis Wagner, has been appointed to the Air Pollution Control Board by Gregory A. Ballard, Mayor, City of Indianapolis.

Jane Kelso, '53
Jane Kelso passed away on January 12, 2007. She was the first female sports editor of her high school's newspaper in Indianapolis, and then was President of the Independent Women's Association at the University of Illinois, where she earned her bachelor's degree in 1949. At a time when women were virtually unrepresented in the legal profession, she earned her J.D. from the law school (1953), graduating at the top of her class. A life devoted to education, Jane taught 2nd and 7th grades, as well as Science, at Orchard Country Day School in Indianapolis, from 1964 to 1978. During this time, she collaborated with Dr. B.F. Skinner of Harvard University to prepare teacher materials as part of his handwriting skills program for young children. After moving to Sacramento, Jane served as Dean of Students and Director of Admissions at Pacific McGeorge from 1982 until 2001. In that role, she was an academic counselor to thousands of Pacific McGeorge students. Mrs. Kelso took a leadership role in many national legal organizations. She was associate director for a research study of part-time legal education for the Association of American Law Schools and director of a federal grant project to develop computer instructional materials related to legal problems of the elderly. From 1981 to 1983, she served as a consultant to the California Committee of Bar Examiners on performance testing. In the late 1990s, she was a member of the Students Services Committee of the ABA Section on Legal Education. She is survived by her husband, Charles Kelso, who was a professor at the Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis from 1951 to 1978.

Rachel McGeever, ‘84
Rachel McGeever passed away on Wednesday Jan 17, 2007 in Indianapolis. She was born Dec. 27, 1940 in Pittsburgh, PA and graduated from Mount Mercy Academy, a Pittsburgh girls' high school operated by the Sisters of Mercy. McGeever joined that religious order in 1958 and received her B.A. at Carlow College. She subsequently taught at Cathedral High School in Pittsburgh, and later at Conestoga High School near Philadelphia. Leaving religious life in 1969, she continued her graduate studies in Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania, where she and Patrick McGeever met, and were married in 1970. They moved to Indianapolis in 1971, where they raised three children. Rachel graduated from the law school in 1984, and subsequently held positions at the Indiana General Assembly's Legislative Services Agency, the Indiana Bar Foundation, the Indiana Ethics Commission and the Family and Social Services Agency. She served as General Counsel of FSSA for seven years, and was made a Sagamore of the Wabash by Governor Joe Kernan.

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