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        Judge Ayers, '82, Nominated for Excellence in the Judiciary Award

        08/07/2023

        Marion County Judge Cynthia Ayers, J.D. ’82, has been nominated for the National Bar Association’s Women Lawyers Division’s Excellence in the Judiciary Award.

        Judge Ayers has been a member on the bench in Marion County since 1991. She currently serves in the Civil Division. She has served the county as a deputy prosecutor and as a master commissioner and has been an attorney in private practice. She was honored by Indiana Lawyer with a Diversity in Practice award, received the Excellence in Legal Education Dr. John Morton-Finney Award from the Indianapolis Bar Association, and received a presidential citation from the Indiana State Bar Association. She taught as an adjunct professor at IU McKinney from 2008-2011.



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