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Fisher Named Chair of State Bar Honors Committee

January 31, 2006 – Stuart & Branigin LLP partner Larry R. Fisher has been appointed chair of the Honors Committee of the Indiana State Bar Association (ISBA). The function of the Honors Committee is to confer recognition and honors on anyone who has rendered outstanding service to the legal profession, upon consent of the ISBA Board of Governors.

The Committee also reports at semiannual ISBA meetings the names of all members who have died, and takes appropriate action in response to the death of any member.

Fisher’s previous leadership roles include chairing the ISBA’s Health Care and Medicine section and serving on the board of the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum.

Stuart & Branigin LLP has been providing legal services in Indiana since 1878. Today, the law firm has more than 30 experienced lawyers in two offices providing legal representation in such diverse areas as civil litigation and appellate matters; banking and creditors’ rights; business counseling; business transactions; buying and selling businesses; design and construction; education; employment; environmental; estates and trusts; health care; insurance; intellectual property; international; real estate, development, and zoning; and taxation.