Bio for Patricia L. McKinnon | Indiana Family Law Specialist

EDUCATION University of Notre Dame Law School – J.D., 1994 Augustana College, B.A., 1983 – English/History majors CERTIFICATIONS Certified Family Law Specialist – Indiana – 2002 EMPLOYMENT Office of Patricia L. McKinnon, Esq., 1994 – present; family law attorney Public Defender Agency, Marion County – 1995 – 2000; part-time public defender – civil cases including termination of parental rights and CHINS (Child in Need of Services) cases

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS 2010 – Edmund S. Muskie Pro Bono Award – American Bar Association 2008 – President’s Award – Indiana Bar Foundation 2006 and 2002 – Pro Bono Publico Award – Indiana Bar Foundation 2000 – Board of Manager’s Award – Indianapolis Bar Association 1996 – President’s Award – Indianapolis Bar Association

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Indiana State Bar Association: Chair- Talk To A Lawyer Today program – since 2001; Current Chair and Past Vice-Chair – Pro Bono Committee; Past Chair – Articles and Bylaws Committee; Past Vice-Chair – Women in the Law Committee; Past Sub-Committee Chair – Ethics 2000 – Ethics Committee; Planning Committee Member – Small/Solo Conference; Indiana State Bar Association representative – Indiana Legal Services, Inc. Board; Member – Family & Juvenile Law Section. Founding Board Member – “Seeds of Hope”; halfway house for chemically dependent women, Indianapolis, Past Board Member – Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic, Indianapolis.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Indiana State Bar Association; Indiana Bar Foundation (Fellow); Indianapolis Bar Association, Indianapolis Bar Foundation (Fellow); American Bar Association.

VOLUNTEER WORK

Guardian ad Litem (advocate for children) on family law cases for both Kids’ Voice and Child Advocates, Inc. Pro Bono Attorney : Indianapolis Legal Aid, Inc., the Heartland Pro Bono Council, the Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic, and Indiana Legal Services, Inc. Volunteer tutor- low income tutoring program. Member – Church Bell Choir.

PERSONAL LIFE

Married - three children. Hobbies: karate (second degree black belt); collecting interesting stories about court cases.