Through the work of our many volunteers and the donations of our supporters, the Indianapolis Bar Foundation empowers those furthering justice in our community. Celebrate the impact of the Indianapolis Bar Foundation and its many supporters at this special breakfast gathering! Honorees include the recipient of the 2025 Community Empowerment Grant and the 2025 Classes of the Distinguished and Life Fellows.

2025 Class of Distinguished Fellows

• Alicia Adcock, Boje Benner Becker Markovich & Hixson LLP

• Andrew Bartelt, Emswiller Williams Noland & Clarke LLC

• Thomas Bemenderfer, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

• Catherine Borkowski, Arrow Fiduciary Services

• Neal Brackett, Barnes & Thornburg LLP

• Karen Bravo, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

• Russell Brown, Clark Quinn Moses Scott & Grahn LLP

• Matthew Brown, State Personnel Department

• Amy Carson, Massillamany Jeter & Carson LLP

• Annie Chey-Sluss, Cummins, Inc.

• Reginald Cloyd, Barnes & Thornburg LLP

• Julie Dixon, Dixon & Moseley PC

• Ranissa Dycus, American Senior Communities

• Andrew Fogle, Marion County Prosecutor’s Office

• Laura Gorman, Schwarz Partners

• Pamela Grant-Taylor, Marion County Public Defender Agency

• George Gray, Gray Robinson Ryan & Fox

• David Henn, Henn Mediation

• Charles Hubley, Hurst Limontes LLC

• Eric Hylton, Riley Bennett Egloff LLP

• Laura Iosue, Iosue Law LLC

• Katelyn Juerling, Norris Choplin Schroeder LLP

• Jillian Keating, Keating Legal LLC

• The Hon. Melanie Kendrick, Marion Superior Court

• Harvey Lancaster, Lancaster Gill PC

• Molly Lee, Lewis Wagner & Trimble LLP

• Meghan Lehner, Cleveland Lehner Cassidy

• Sara McClammer, Scout Advocacy LLP

• Charles Oswald, Dentons Bingham Greenebaum

• Lindsay Popejoy, The Cline Law Firm LLC

• The Hon. Doris Pryor, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

• Casandra Ringlespaugh, Emswiller Williams Noland & Clarke LLC

• Oscar Rivas, Huelskamp & Rivas PC

• Joel Schumm, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

• Sonya Seeder, Guidon Design

• Chris Stevenson, Ball Eggleston PC

• Yasmin Stump, Yasmin L. Stump Law Group PC

• Tyler Zipes, Hovde Dassow & Deets LLC

2025 Class of Distinguished Life Fellow

• Lisa Adler, Adler Estate Law LLC

• Carl Becker, Becker Bouwkamp Walker PC

• D. Rusty Denton, Dentons Bingham Greenebaum

• Andrew Detherage, Barnes & Thornburg LLP

• Eric Engebretson, Broyles & Ricafort PC

• Rebecca Geyer, Rebecca W. Geyer & Associates PC
  James Hinshaw, Dentons Bingham Greenebaum

• Gregory Laker, Cohen and Malad LLP

• Robert Shive, Emswiller Williams Noland & Clarke LLC

• The Hon. Geoffrey Slaughter, Indiana Supreme Court

• The Hon. Frank Sullivan, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

• John Van Winkle, Van Winkle Baten Dispute Resolution