Current Employment Position(s)

• Founding Partner

Areas of Practice

• Adoption
• Business & Commercial Law
• Business Organizations
• Child Support
• Construction Law
• Contracts
• Custody & Visitation
• DUI/DWI
• Debtor/Creditor
• Divorce
• Elder Law
• Estate Planning
• Family Law
• Landlord/Tenant
• Lemon Law
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Natural Resources Law
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Real Estate Law
• Trusts
• Wills

Litigation Percentage

• 15% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Indiana, 1979
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 1979
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 1979
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1984
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1983

Education

• Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1979
  Doctor of Jurisprudence - with Honors
  Honors: Phi Delta Phi
  Honors: National Finalist, ABA's National Appellate Advocacy Competition
  Law Review: Indiana Law Review, Note and Development Editor
  
  
• Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1963
  Master of Arts, Government
  
  
• Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1961
  Bachelor of Arts, Political Science
  
  

Published Works

• Beal v. Doe Leads the Retreat from Roe v. Wade, Indiana Law Review, Publishable Recent Developments, 1978
• The Evaluation and Importance of the General Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, Master's Thesis, Purdue University, 1963
• City of Indianapolis v. Wright: The Indiana Supreme Court Looks at Massage Parlor Ordinances, Indiana Law Review, Publishable Recent Developments, 1978

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Choice of Entity, ICLEF Speaker, FYF Law Office, 1999

Honors and Awards

• Who's Who in Law, 1988
• Who's Who in American Colleges & Universities, 1979
• Award for Outstanding Community Service, Women's Caucus, Lafayette, 1975
• Outstanding Young Women of America, 1973
• Who's Who in American Colleges & Universities, 1961

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Indiana Bar Foundation, 1995 - Present
  Member, Board of Directors, Treasurer, Executive Committee
  
  
• Indiana Bar Foundation, 1999 - 2001
  Member, Board of Governors
  
  
• Indiana Bar Foundation, 1999 - 2001
  Chair, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section
  
  
• Indiana Bar Foundation, 1999 - 2001
  House of Delegates, Honors Committee
  
  
• Tippecanoe Bar Association
  Past Treasurer
  
  
• American Bar Association
  Sections on Real Estate and Probate, General Practice
  
  
• Lafayette Symphony Foundation, Inc.
  Member, Board of Directors/Secretary
  
  
• Covenant Presbyterian Church
  Elder, Young Life Metro Committee
  
  
• Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, Member
  
  
• Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Member
  
  
• Tippecanoe Historical Association, Life Member
  
  
• Purdue Alumni Association, Life Member
  
  
• John Purdue Club, MVP
  
  
• The Monday Club, Member
  
  
• Drama Club, Member
  
  
• Tippecanoe Arts Federation, Member
  
  
• Friends of Convocations, Member
  
  
• Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, Member
  
  
• Association of Women Business Owners, Member
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Truitt & Ray LLP, Partner
• Truitt & Herr Law Firm, Partner, 1991 - Present
• Truitt Law Firm, Sole Practitioner, 1988 - 1990
• Ball, Eggleston, Bumbleburg & McBride, Associate, 1983 - 1988
• Stuart & Branigin, Associate, 1979 - 1983
• West Lafayette, Indiana Public Schools, Secondary School Teacher, 1968 - 1969
• Lexington, Massachusetts Public Schools, Secondary School Teacher, 1965 - 1967
• Cudahy, Wisconsin Public Schools, Secondary School Teacher, 1963 - 1964
• World Affairs Council, Boston, Massachusetts, 1964
• United Nations, New York, New York, Guide, 1963

Birth Information

• 1939