Appellate Practice Group, Chair

Strategic Planning Committee, Member

Compensation Committee, Member

Womens Initiative, Chair

• Indiana University School of Law, J.D., 1978, cum laude
• Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN, B.A., 1975, cum laude
  

A member of Frost Brown Todd, Julia chairs the Firm's appellate practice group and is the former chair of the Locke Reynolds appellate practice group. She continues to practice in appellate, construction, fidelity and surety, and other commercial matters. She also represents lawyers before the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission. Julia served as chair of the management committee of the former Locke Reynolds law firm from 2000 to 2005, one of very few women to hold that title in Indianapolis. A well-respected national leader in the profession, she is a frequently requested speaker.

• American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, Fellow
• Recipient of the Antoinette Dakin Leach Award, 2010
• Selected for inclusion in Indiana Super Lawyers® and the Top 25 Female Super Lawyers, 2004-2012
• The Best Lawyers in America®, 2007-2012
• The Best Lawyers in America®, Indianapolis Construction Lawyer of the Year, 2012
• “Women to Watch,” Indianapolis Business Journal and Indiana Lawyer, 2000
• Chambers USA® America's Leading Business Lawyers
• The American Bar Foundation, Fellow
• Indianapolis Bar Foundation, Distinguished Fellow
• AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated, Bar Register of Women Lawyers, Martindale Hubbell Inaugural Edition®, 2011

• American Bar Association, Torts and Insurance Practice Section; Fidelity and Surety Committee, Vice-Chair, 1990-1995 and 1997-2002; Professional Issues Committee
• American Bar Association, Forum on the Construction Industry Committee, Council of Appellate Lawyers
• Indianapolis American Inns of Court, Founding Member, Master of the Bench
• Indianapolis and Indiana State Bar Associations
• Seventh Circuit Bar Association, Committee on Membership & Programs, Indiana Chair
• Indiana State Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission, Former Chair, 1999-2001, Executive Committee Member, 1991-2001
• Surety Claims Institute
• The Lawyers Club
• Fidelity Law Association
• IU School of Law - Indianapolis, Board of Directors, President 1992-1994

• Economic Loss Doctrine Alive and Well in Indiana

• Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis Alumni Association, Past President, 1992-1994
• St. Elizabeth’s Home, Board Member, 1990-1995
• Cathedral Arts Midsummer Festival

Speaker: "Defenses Available to Surety," January 27, 2012

Speaker: "Ethical Issues Pitfalls and Update for Family Lawyers," December 9, 2011

"Civil Issues Percolating in Courts of Appeal" Appellate Judges Education Institute, American Bar Association, 2010 Summit, Dallas, November 18, 2010

"Legal Ethics Issues in Federal Construction Contracting" Forum on the Construction Industry, American Bar Association, 2010 Midwinter Meeting, San Francisco, January 28, 2010

Ethics and Family Law , ICLEF, November 21, 2008

Ethics Presentation , IBA Business Section Ethics and Transactions, November 14, 2007

Appellate Presentation, IBA, March 4, 2007

“Indiana Ethics: The Top 5”  ICLEF, 2007

Appellate Skills Institute, November 2006

“Ethics in Transactions”  Indianapolis Bar Association, 2006

“Criminal and Civil Appellate Practice”  Lorman Education Services, 2006

Advanced Ethics , ICLEF, May 2006

“Outreach Back to Basics: Contract Surety Bond Claims”  Tort Trial and Insurance Practice, American Bar Association, 2004

“Human Resources"  Women in Law Conference, 2002

“How do you Define a Final Judgment in Federal Appeals? When is Enough Enough?”
Advanced Federal Practice, 2002

"Defenses Available to the Surety" The Law of Performance Bonds (2d Ed.), American Bar Association, 2009

“Commercial Surety Indemnity Agreement Issues” Commercial Surety, Chapter 10, Co-Author, American Bar Association, 2007

Payment Bond Manual, Indiana Chapter, 2006

“Defenses Available to the Surety” The Law of Suretyship (2d Ed.), American Bar Association, 2000

“Annotated Banker’s Blanket Bond” American Bar Association

“Financial Institutions Bond – Annotated” American Bar Association