Amy Noe Dudas inducted as president, new ISBA Board of Governors members

Indianapolis (Oct. 14, 2022) – Amy Noe Dudas of Dudas Law was inducted as president of the Indiana State Bar Association today during the association’s Annual Meeting.

Dudas received her law degree from the Indiana University McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis, and a bachelor of arts degree in English and French literature from Earlham College. She has been practicing law in Richmond ever since with a commitment to community advocacy.

Dudas has been actively involved with the Indiana State Bar Association since 2005. Her service includes as Board of Governors district representative; Counsel to the president; Treasurer; Annual Meeting Chair; Chair of the Legal Ethics Committee; Chair of the Budget and Finance Committee; Chair of the Leadership Development Academy; and Chair of the House of Delegates. She has also served on the Member and Member Benefits Committee and the Women in the Law Committee. She has volunteered with the ISBA’s Mentor Match program, which provides curriculum-based mentoring to young attorneys.

In addition, Dudas was a member of the Indiana Bar Foundation’s Board from 2012 to 2020, having served as Secretary and its President. She also served on the Indiana Pro Bono Commission and the District 9 Pro Bono Commission, having served as President.

In 2018, Dudas was appointed by Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Rush to serve on the 10-member Board of Law Examiners, which is responsible for the admission of attorneys to practice law in Indiana, reviewing applications and grading portions of the Indiana Bar Exam.

Dudas has served on many boards over the years; as Secretary and President of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra; as President of the Wayne County Foundation, as President of the Richmond Gymnastics Training Center, as Secretary and Vice Chair of the Earlham College Alumni Council, as Vice President for Birth-to-Five, and as a board member to Richmond-Wayne County Chamber of Commerce and the Whitewater Valley United Way.  

Dudas succeeds Clayton C. Miller of Indianapolis. Hon. Tom Felts, Fort Wayne, Ind. assumes the role as ISBA president-elect, and Michael Jasaitis, Crown Point, Ind. was elected vice president during today’s member assembly.

ISBA’s new leadership team, as inducted by members during the ISBA Annual Meeting is:

OFFICERS
President: Amy Noe Dudas, Richmond
President Elect: Hon. Tom Felts, Fort Wayne
Vice President: Michael Jasaitis, Crown Point
Secretary: Scott Wylie, Evansville
Treasurer: Tonya Bond, Indianapolis
Counsel to the President: Jim Williams, Muncie

BOARD OF GOVERNORS
1st District: Candace Williams, Gary
2nd District: Barbra Stooksbury, Chesterton
3rd District: Joe Fullenkamp, South Bend
4th District: Lindsay Lepley, Fort Wayne
5th District: Cliff Robinson, Rensselaer
6th District: Julia Kozicki, Carmel
7th District: Anne McFadden, Bloomington
8th District: Raymond Dudlo, Evansville
9th District: Derrick Wilson, New Albany
10th District: Melissa Cunnyngham, Frankfort

11th District:

• Colin Flora, Indianapolis
• Ann Sutton, Indianapolis
• Jimmie McMillian, Indianapolis
  

At Large District:

• Renee Ortega, Hammond
• Mike Witte, Nineveh
  

Past President: Clayton C. Miller, Indianapolis
House of Delegates Chair: Angka Hinshaw, Indianapolis
House of Delegates Chair Elect: Séamus Boyce, Indianapolis
Young Lawyers Section Chair: Brandon Tate, Indianapolis
Young Lawyers Section Observer: Adrienne Rines-Hammond, Marion