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Jimmie McMillian, '02, Senior Corporate Counsel for Hulman & Company, has been named to the 2018 list of Most Influential Black Lawyers by Savoy Magazine. In this role, he has responsibilities for INDYCAR, IMS Productions, Clabber Girl, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Before joining Hulman & Company in 2016, McMillian was a partner in the Indianapolis office of Barnes & Thornburg, serving in the litigation department. Immediately following law school, McMillian worked for two years as a law clerk for then-Indiana Supreme Court Justice Frank Sullivan, Jr. Sullivan is now Professor of Practice at IU McKinney.

McMillian received the Maynard K. Hine Medal for service to the IUPUI campus in 2013. Among other honors, he has received the National Bar Association’s Presidential Award in 2007, his law firm’s Pro Bono Attorney of the Year award, and the Honorable Carr L. Darden Leadership Award. He was president of the law school’s alumni association in 2011-2012, and served as president of the Neal-Marshall Indiana University Alumni Association in 2013. While in law school, he served as a barrister of the Moot Court Team and was a member of the Trial Advocacy Team.

McMillian isn't the only IU McKinney alum to be named to this prestigious list; Lacy Johnson, '81, was so honored in 2015.