Heather James, a partner in Ice Miller’s Municipal Finance Group, participated in the Diversity in Law Fall Hackathon hosted by Diversity Lab, UC Hastings and Northwestern Law, Nov. 1-2. Heather competed on Team Spectra, which won “Crowd Favorite.” Each of the winning teams will each receive an investment from Diversity Lab to implement their pitches.

Ice Miller partner Myra Selby was an honored guest on a panel discussion, titled “Civil Rights and the First Wave of African-American State Supreme Court Justices,” at the March on Washington Film Festival on July 18. Myra Selby is the first woman and first African-American to serve as an associate justice on the Indiana Supreme Court. She now serves as partner-in-charge of Diversity & Inclusion in addition to her law practice at Ice Miller.

The Ice Miller Women’s Initiative Committee hosted a table for attorneys and clients at the Indiana Conference for Women on November 8 in Indianapolis. Attendees had the opportunity to network with a diverse group of women in a variety of professional backgrounds.

Ice Miller signed the Columbus Commitment: Achieving Pay Equity pledge at the Columbus Women’s Commission Latina Women’s Equal Pay Day event on Nov. 1. Mike Reese, Ice Miller Whiteboard’s Director of Public Advocacy and Business Development, spoke at the event, while Richard Barnhart, a managing partner for Ice Miller, signed the pledge on behalf of the Firm.