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Jimmie L. McMillian is the Senior Corporate Counsel and Chief Diversity Officer for Penske Entertainment and its related entities, including the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With a robust background in trial and appellate law spanning state and federal jurisdictions, Jimmie specializes in resolving intricate commercial, product, regulatory, and investigative litigation matters. An award-winning la...

Jimmie L. McMillian is the Senior Corporate Counsel and Chief Diversity Officer for Penske Entertainment and its related entities, including the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With a robust background in trial and appellate law spanning state and federal jurisdictions, Jimmie specializes in resolving intricate commercial, product, regulatory, and investigative litigation matters. An award-winning la...

Stacie Porter Bilger is the Founder and President of Proof Digital, a business growth-marketing agency that blends modern marketing tools with traditional sales funnel processes. She spent the first 20 years of her career working with businesses to strategize development and connect them to investors. Before founding Proof Digital, Stacie worked for several Chambers of Commerce and startups like t...

Nicholas (Nick) Huang is a Partner at Frost Brown Todd, a full-service law firm refining the art of client service through technical, industry, and legal knowledge. With expertise spanning international and domestic business litigation, property management, and trust administration, Nick brings a wealth of experience to negotiations and litigation representation.  His business background, highligh...

Gregg Keele is a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA) and Managing Partner at Torchlight Resolutions, a team of financial specialists and mediators helping high-net-worth individuals navigate financial and legal situations. He is also a Private Wealth Advisor and a Managing Partner at Clearwater Private Wealth Advisors, owned by Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC. Gregg leverages over 25 yea...

Michael Langford is a mediator and arbitrator at The Mediation Group, LLC, a team of experienced former lawyers helping individuals and companies find resolutions for their legal disputes. A multifaceted professional, Michael previously litigated high-stakes civil lawsuits throughout his 27-year career as a trial lawyer, representing individuals, family-owned companies, and Fortune 500 corporation...

Chris Eskew is the Founding Attorney of Eskew Law, LLC, a boutique law firm specializing in criminal defense, family law, and personal injury cases. With over 15 years of experience advocating for the rights of the accused, Chris is dedicated to handling a broad range of felony and misdemeanor cases. Before founding his law firm, he honed his litigation skills as an attorney for the Marion County...

Emily Guenin-Hodson is a Trial Lawyer at Guenin Law Office, P.C., an award-winning firm operating out of Wabash, Indiana. A renowned personal injury lawyer, Emily focuses on cases involving insurance companies, injury claims, and wrongful death. Born and raised in Wabash, she returned to her hometown to join her lawyer dad in the family practice after graduating from the Maurer School of Law in 20...

James J. Bell is a Partner at Hoover Hull Turner LLP, an award-winning law firm providing high-quality counsel in complex, sensitive, high-stakes commercial litigation. As a criminal defense lawyer, James has represented judges and attorneys in ethics inquiries and represents businesses in conducting comprehensive internal investigations. He is a former state public defender and federal CJA paneli...

Julie Armstrong is the Executive Director of the Indianapolis Bar Association (IndyBar), a voluntary membership organization empowering legal professionals. Through its continuing legal education programs, the IndyBar serves nearly 5,000 attorneys, judges, paralegals, and law students. For over 30 years, Julie's strategic vision has been instrumental to the association's trend-setting initiatives,...

Charles Hubley is a trial lawyer at Hurst Limontes LLC, a personal injury law firm based in Indiana. Before bringing his comprehensive knowledge and experience to Hurst Limontes, Charles litigated major insurance lawsuits while gaining experience taking cases to trial with many of the best trial lawyers in South Florida. While there, he achieved favorable jury verdicts and judgments against insure...

Alex Limontes is an attorney and the Managing Partner at Hurst Limontes LLC, a personal injury law firm based in Indiana and one of the few firms whose practice focuses solely on personal injury claimants. At Hurst Limontes LLC, Alex and his team have represented thousands of clients and obtained hundreds of millions in settlements and verdicts. A strong advocate of community involvement, Alex has...

Kate Franke is the Founder and a Partner at Broadwing Legal, an Indiana firm providing legal services for personal injury victims. Passionate about helping injured Hoosiers get the justice they deserve, Kate focuses her practice on truck and car accidents, product liability, medical malpractice, and wrongful death cases. She studied at Valparaiso University School of Law and honed her litigation s...

Jamison Allen is an Injury Trial Attorney at Marc Lopez Law Firm, an Indiana legal firm dedicated to helping people facing criminal charges and personal injury litigation. A former insurance company attorney, Jamison leverages his experience to protect his clients in injury cases. He has litigated jury trials across the state and represented clients before the Indiana Court of Appeals and the Indi...

Katherine Karres is a Personal Injury Lawyer at Hurst Limontes, an Indiana law firm focused exclusively on helping victims of negligence. With over 13 years of experience in injury litigation, Katherine has tried 27 injury cases over her legal career and has helped thousands of clients resolve their cases. Before joining Hurst Limontes, she worked as a medical negligence claims litigator. As a gra...

Faith Elizabeth Alvarez is an Indiana trial lawyer and attorney at Alvarez Legal, LLC. With over a decade of experience, she assists clients in multiple practice areas, including federal litigation, serious injury, civil rights violations, and wrongful death cases. Before private practice, she served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in the Special Victims Unit of the Marion County Prosecutor's Off...

Marc Lopez is an Indiana trial lawyer and seasoned injury attorney. A self-described fighter of injustice, Marc is passionate about drunk driving (DUI) defense and personal injury cases. He founded his law firm in 2009 after a brief career in the prosecutor's office and has since grown the firm to include seven lawyers. Under his management, Marc Lopez Law Firm has helped clients injured on the jo...