Congratulations to the inaugural members of Ice Miller's Diversity & Inclusion Council Staff Subcommittee, which brings staff members together across multiple offices to champion the Firm’s diversity and inclusion work and engage in policy, program and people development in support of the Firm’s diversity and inclusion strategy. 

Ice Miller is proud to congratulate partner Christina Fugate for being named a Legal Eagle by the Franchise Times for her work in transactional and litigation franchise law. The Legal Eagle list is built with nominations and recommendations from clients, peers and other legal professionals.

Congratulations to LaTonya Ellis, Practice Group Director for Ice Miller’s Real Estate and Municipal Finance Groups, for being named to the 2019 Real Estate Journal Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame!

LaTonya talked with us about what has contributed to her success in real estate and some challenges and opportunities facing the industry today.

Congratulations to Ice Miller attorney Germaine Winnick Willett, recipient of the Indianapolis Bar Association Women in Law Division’s 2020 Mentorship Award.

Germaine talked with us about how the program got started, her experience as a mentor and what mentoring means in the legal community.

Ice Miller paralegals collected 1,798 teddy bears for the 2019 Teddy Bear Challenge, sponsored by the Indianapolis Bar Association Paralegal Committee. For the fourth year in a row, the Firm received a Certificate of Recognition for most bears collected. The Certificate was presented at the Indianapolis Bar Association Paralegal Committee’s Holiday Luncheon on December 6.

On November 5, 2019, the Southern District of Ohio held that Papa John's violated the Fair Labor Standards Act's ("FLSA"), Anti-Kickback regulation when it failed to pay pizza delivery drivers either the actual costs of using their personal vehicles to deliver pizzas or reimbursing them at the IRS standard business mileage rate as prescribed in the Department of Labor Field Operations Handbook.

Attorneys Chris Miller and Lindsay Miller presented "Small Cell Wireless: How Did We Get Here and What Does It Mean for Ohio Communities?" at the 2019 Ohio Municipal League Annual Conference on October 25, 2019.

Matt Miller, a partner in Ice Miller’s Municipal Finance Practice, has been named to Columbus CEO’s Inaugural Future 50 Leaders Class.

Ice Miller LLP received the Pro Bono Award for Service by a Law Firm or Corporation at the 2019 LASC/CBA/CBF Pro Bono Reception.

Ice Miller has been named a 2019 Top Performer by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) for the Firm’s continued commitment to cultivating a more diverse and inclusive legal profession.