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Ice Miller LLP has announced that Michael Millikan, ’98, has been elected chief managing partner of the firm and Rebecca Seamands, ’92, has been elected deputy managing partner.

Millikan leads the firm’s Business Group and has focused his practice on private equity, venture capital and mergers and acquisitions. He has significant experience in public-private partnerships and represented the state of Indiana in the lease of the Indiana Toll Road, the Indiana Finance Authority in negotiating a long-term supply contract for substitute natural gas, the city of Indianapolis in the lease of the city's parking meters, and the Ohio Department of Transportation in the construction of the Cleveland Innerbelt Bridge.

He worked as a clerk for Ice Miller in 1997 and 1998 before joining Ice Miller full time in August 1998.

Seamands is a partner in the firm’s Construction/Infrastructure practice and has served on the firm’s Board of Directors. She has successfully represented clients in disputes involving multi-million-dollar claims, including two separate NFL stadium owners, the Indianapolis Airport Authority regarding its Midfield Terminal project, the Indiana Finance Authority regarding a toll road lease and construction managers on both public and private projects.

She joined Ice Miller in 1994. Prior to joining Ice Miller, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert H. Staton of the Indiana Court of Appeals. She graduated magna cum laude in 1992 from IU McKinney and while in law school, she served as the executive editor of notes and topics for the Indiana Law Review.