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Shelley Jackson, J.D. ’07, received the Volunteer of the Year Award from the Indiana Chamber of Commerce. Jackson is a partner at the Indianapolis law firm, Kreig DeVault, where she serves as chair of the labor and employment practice group and as chair of the firm’s AI task force.

The law firm has for several years partnered with the Wellness Council of Indiana to provide programming for businesses to support employees with problems relating to mental health and substance use. Services also include justice involvement, and pregnancy and lactation.

Throughout her career, Jackson has focused her practice on health law, employment law, professional license defense, and data privacy and security. She joined Krieg DeVault in 2020 after serving as assistant general counsel at Elanco, and in private practice first at Ice Miller and then at Plews Shadley Racher & Braun.

Jackson serves on the board of directors for The Milk Bank, as a corporate advisory board member for Reveal Risk, and as a member of the Indiana Bar Foundation’s civil education committee. She and other IU McKinney alumni formed Indy Lawyers for Black Lives, which staged a Juneteenth commemoration in summer 2020. The event highlighted the important roles attorneys play in fighting systemic racism and racial injustice.