Myra Selby serves as Partner-in-Charge of Diversity and Inclusion. Myra is focused on ensuring the Firm is positioned to meet our clients’ diversity and inclusion expectations. In this role, she works closely with the Chief Managing Partner, the Diversity and Inclusion Committee and the Director of Diversity and Inclusion to promote strategic alignment.

Myra has the distinction of being both the first woman and the first African American to serve as an associate justice on the Indiana Supreme Court. She currently serves as chair of the Indiana Supreme Court’s Commission on Race and Gender Fairness.  
 

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We know diverse perspectives and life experiences combine for powerful results, and we are committed to maintaining an inclusive work environment where our team members can bring their whole selves to work each day.

Our Diversity & Inclusion Council is led by Greg Gorospe, partner and co-chair, and Heather James, partner and co-chair. In 2019, the Firm combined its Diversity & Inclusion Committee and its Women’s Initiative Committee to promote intersectionality and to strengthen our ability to view issues through multiple lenses.  The new Diversity & Inclusion Council also strengthens our inclusion leadership at the local level and empowers each office to advance the Firm’s diversity and inclusion strategy.

Our Council collaborates with Firm leadership to achieve our strategy for recruiting, developing, retaining and advancing underrepresented talent. The Council also partners with external organizations to promote greater equality in our communities and legal profession.

 

The Council is focused on growing the Firm’s inclusive leadership skills and cultural awareness by providing Firm-wide learning opportunities for all team members. Most recently, we provided Firm-wide unconscious bias training and incorporated inclusive leadership skills training into our retreats and academies. The Firm also provides monthly cultural awareness learning opportunities and offers a Firm-wide diversity and inclusion “lunch-and-learn” program. In 2018, we featured representatives from Lambda Legal, who discussed the challenging legal landscape that LGBTQ+ people navigate and shared insights on full workplace inclusion. Further, we featured the Chief Talent Officer at the United Way of Central Indiana for a talk on generational diversity in the workplace.

Learn more about our work by reviewing Ice Miller's 2018 Diversity & Inclusion Annual Report.      

 

Firm Contacts

Name	Position	Phone	Email
Greg Gorospe (Co-Chair)	Partner	614-462-1042	greg.gorospe@icemiller.com
Heather James (Co-Chair)	Partner	317-236-2199	heather.james@icemiller.com
Reena Bajowala	Partner	312-726-6220	reena.bajowala@icemiller.com
Paul Bittner	Partner	614-462-2228	paul.bittner@icemiller.com
Kristine Bouaichi	Managing Partner	317-236-5994	kristine.bouaichi@icemiller.com
Margaret Butler	Partner	212-824-4947	margaret.butler@icemiller.com
Isaac J. Colunga	Partner	312-726-7157	isaac.colunga@icemiller.com
Aaron Ettelman	Partner	215-377-5033	aaron.ettelman@icemiller.com
Christl Glier	Partner	317-236-2314	christl.glier@icemiller.com
Joanne Goldhand	Partner	614-462-1107	joanne.goldhand@icemiller.com
Michael S. Jordan	Managing Partner	614-462-2283	michael.jordan@icemiller.com
Kristen Matha	Director of Diversity & Inclusion	317-236-2475	kristen.matha@icemiller.com
Elizabeth McKillip	Partner	630-955-6597	elizabeth.mckillip@icemiller.com
Myra Selby	Partner	317-236-5903	myra.selby@icemiller.com
Freedom Smith	Partner	317-236-5893	freedom.smith@icemiller.com
Kip Tew	Partner	317-236-2255	kip.tew@icemiller.com

Ice Miller continues to build upon the Firm’s long history of investing in our women leaders by committing resources to professional development, career building and networking opportunities for women attorneys.

In 2018, the Firm hosted multiple receptions across several offices to strengthen internal networks and broaden client relationships. Additionally, we sponsor a Business Development Mentoring Program, which pairs women associates and counsel with women partners. This program provides mentees with the opportunity to learn about cultivating a professional profile, networking effectively and developing strategies for attracting new clients.

2018 also featured our Women’s Leadership Conference, which brought the Firm’s women together to focus on relationship building and professional development. Sessions included Dealing with Conflict and Difficult Situations, The Art of Asking for What You Want, Expanding Your Network and Improving Your Practice with Project Management.

The Firm also achieved Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF) 2018 Gold Standard Certification, which demonstrates that women represent a meaningful percentage of our equity partners, of our highest leadership positions, of our governance and compensation committees and of our most highly compensated partners.


Learn more about women's leadership at Ice Miller.
 

Ice Miller is focused on the development, retention and advancement of our attorneys of color and LGBTQ+ attorneys. We continue to commit resources to enhance internal networking opportunities and client-facing business development experiences for our attorneys of color and LGBTQ+ attorneys.

In 2018, our attorneys attended the Defense Research Institute’s Diversity for Success Seminar and Corporate Expo, the Charting Your Own Course Career Conference as well as the LGBT Bar Association’s Lavender Law Conference & Career Fair. 2018 also featured our Diverse Attorney Retreat, which brought together our attorneys of color and LGBTQ+ attorneys for relationship building and professional development.The program included a workshop on how to respond to unconscious bias and a discussion on industry leadership.

The Firm is an active partner with the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) and was named a “Top Performer” for 2018. The LCLD program provides tremendous development opportunity for our attorneys and in 2019 we are continuing our participation in the Fellows, Pathfinder and 1L Scholars Programs. Most recently, the Firm hosted a Fellows Leadership Lunch, a Mentoring Program Luncheon, a Fellows and Pathfinder Networking Reception and a Fellows Alumni Experiential Learning Series Program.

We believe it takes a multi-faceted approach to train and develop new attorneys to reach their full potential and become successful practitioners. Our Career Coaching Program provides broad-based development for all of our associates and counsel in such areas as business development, strategic networking, leadership, credentialing, public speaking, community involvement and work-life integration. All associates and counsel are matched with a partner who serves as their career coach and who will expand their networks, assist them with navigating the profession and support their continued growth.