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John Trimble, '81, firm counsel and senior partner at the Indianapolis law firm Lewis Wagner, will be presented with the Louis B. Potter Lifetime Profession Service Award from DRI, an organization of civil defense attorneys and in-house counsel. He will receive the honor at the organization’s annual meeting in Boston on October 15.

The award is presented annually to an individual who exemplified the highest professionalism and service to the legal profession. Trimble served on the Board of Directors of DRI from 2003-2006 and has continuously been an active participant on several committees. In 1999, Trimble received the Fred H. Sievert Award for Outstanding Defense Bar Leader. More recently, Trimble has chaired DRI’s Law Practice Management Committee where he has been a spokesman to the defense bar on best practices. He received the organization’s Richard H. Krochock Award in 2019. The award honors someone who has provided exemplary leadership to the DRI Young Lawyers Committee through sponsorship or participation in its programs and activities, provided guidance, support and service as a mentor to committee members, and who has promoted qualities that enhance the public image of civil defense trial lawyers.

Trimble is a member of IU McKinney’s Board of Visitors.