2023 Indiana Lawyer Distinguished Barristers/Up and Comers

Congratulations to our WLD members who were named to the Indiana Lawyer’s Distinguished Barristers and Up and Coming Lawyers lists.

Members of the IndyBar Women and the Law Division are highlighted in bold.

The 2023 class of Distinguished Barristers includes:
•    Cynthia Baker, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
•    Jeffrey Featherstun, Plews Shadley Racher & Braun
•    Rob Foos, Lewis Wagner
•    Joseph Heerens, Office of Governor Eric J. Holcomb
•    Leslie Craig Henderzahs, Church Church Hittle & Antrim
•    David Hensel, Hoover Hull Turner
•    Robert Hill, Marion County chief public defender
•    Shontrai Irving, Purdue University Northwest
•    Judge Dana Kenworthy, Court of Appeals of Indiana
•    David McGimpsey, Dentons Bingham Greenebaum
•    Charles Meyer, Woodard Emhardt Henry Reeves & Wagner
•    Marisol Sanchez, Endress + Hauser
•    Rebecca Seamands, Ice Miller
•    Mark Wright, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
•    Judge Richard Young, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

The Up and Coming Lawyer Awards recognize attorneys who have practiced for 10 years or less.
This year’s Up and Comers include:
•    Lacey Berkshire, Ice Miller
•    William Cartwright, Stoll Keenon Ogden
•    Matthew Ciulla, MacGill P.C.
•    Lynsey David, Lewis Wagner
•    Stephanie Gutwein, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
•    Andrew Hanna, Madison County chief deputy prosecutor
•    April Keaton, Office of the Indiana Attorney General
•    Elizabeth Klesmith, THK Law
•    Christopher Kozak, Plews Shadley Racher & Braun
•    Thomas Lyons, Barnes & Thornburg
•    Kyle Montrose, Dentons Bingham Greenebaum
•    Roya Porter, BCforward
•    Elizabeth Roberson, Krieg DeVault
•    Amina Thomas, Cohen & Malad
•    Emily VanTyle, Wilson Kehoe Wininghan