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Getting to know your 2019-2020 Leaders: Angka E. Hinshaw

Posted By RG Staff, Thursday, December 5, 2019

Angka E. Hinshaw, Indianapolis, Eleventh District, is the immigration supervisor with the Marion County Public Defender Agency. Previously, she was outreach director at Muncie Boys & Girls Club and a writing tutor at Ball State University. Angka is a graduate of Ball State University and Western Michigan University Cooley Law School. She was born in Detroit, Mich.

 

Legal memberships include Indianapolis, Marion County and Indiana State (Leadership Development Academy Class III graduate) bar associations and American Immigration Lawyers Association. Angka is a volunteer with the Judges & Lawyers Assistance Program; Happy Hollow Children’s Camp (chair, Development Committee) and Indiana Bar Foundation (competition judge, “We the People” program).

 

Professional enjoyment: using the law as my sword to navigate the world while helping the most vulnerable and those that experienced unfairness and injustice

 

Your inspiration: I was inspired by an unfortunate experience of unfairness. When I was in high school, I was a track athlete. I received college recruitment letters from many universities. However, when I was a senior, my high school coach withheld my recruitment letters because I refused to run while injured. I remember calling local attorneys, asking for help, but no one took me seriously or thought it was a big deal. Granted, I was a teenager. Nevertheless, at 17, the experience left me hurt, and I vowed to become an attorney and help others in difficult situations.

 

Why bar association involvement: Involvement in your bar association is a valuable opportunity to meet and support other attorneys; involvement also provides members immediate access to knowledge via professional contacts, webinars and CLEs. I’ve met many good friends outside of my practice area through my bar association membership.

 

If not a lawyer: I would be a school psychologist in a public elementary school.

 

Fav hobbies: Many people may not know that I enjoy sewing and quilting. In the past, I’ve quilted baby blankets for my sons, crafted a leather coin pouch and silk necktie for my husband, made a reversible tote bag and more. I love using my mechanical sewing machine and my hands to make goods for my loved ones to cherish. I also enjoy learning Spanish, running, making birthday cakes and antiquing.

 

Fav book: the Bible.

 

Fav vacation spot: That’s a hard decision – Vienna, Austria and Zurich, Switzerland.

 

Fav food or restaurant: homemade spicy chili (from my kitchen)!

 

Top of my bucket list: castle tour of the British Isles.

 

 

Tags:  19-20 Leaders  Nov 2019 issue 

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