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Eleven Members of the IU McKinney Law Family Among Inaugural Diversity in Law Honorees
08/24/2023
Professor Lahny Silva and 10 graduates of the IU McKinney School of Law are among the honorees announced for Indiana Lawyer’s inaugural class of Diversity in Law.
Professor Silva is the director of the Re-Entry Clinic at IU McKinney. She received the IUPUI Chancellor’s Faculty Award for Excellence in Civic Engagement and was named a Chancellor’s Professor at the Chancellor’s Academic Honors Convo in April. The honors are in recognition of Professor Silva’s scholarship and work in the re-entry community in the metropolitan Indianapolis area.
Other members of the IU McKinney family who are being recognized for their work in the area of diversity and inclusion are:
- Norris Cunningham, J.D. ’96, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC
- Retired Indiana Supreme Court Justice Steven David, J.D. ’82, Church Church Hittle & Antrim
- Charise Frazier, J.D. ’01, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman P.C.
- Lacy Johnson, J.D. ’81, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
- Jimmie McMillian, J.D. ’02, Indianapolis Motor Speedway
- Alan Mills, J.D. ’82, Barnes & Thornburg
- David Nguyen, J.D. ’06, Nguyen Law LLC, and associate professor of Urban Education Leadership & Policy at the IU School of Education at IUPUI
- Doneisha Posey, J.D. ’14, Black Onyx Management
- Tonya Vachirasomboon, J.D. ’08, Dentons Bingham Greenebaum
- G. Michael Witte, J.D. ’82, senior judge
All the honorees will be celebrated during an awards breakfast on October 5 in Indianapolis.
