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Tricia advises government entities, political officials, public safety officials, fire chiefs, police chiefs, businesses, boards and commissions on complex issues. She delivers a comprehensive and creative approach to solving day-to-day operations, long-term planning and visionary aspects for municipal leaders. As part of these representations, she leads long-term goal development for economic development, redevelopment, growth and community expansion.

She provides counsel in areas such as public safety including both police and fire matters, open door law, redevelopment and economic development, land use planning and annexation, consolidation, and labor and employment matters. Tricia’s work in public safety includes representation of fire departments, fire protection territories, fire protection districts, and police departments. She routinely conducts trainings for Public Safety officials throughout the State and works with the Indiana State Fire Marshal’s Office on labor and employment issues, political official matters and related departmental and community outreach communications and team building.

Tricia also works with corporate clients on economic development matters, contract negotiations, commercial transactions, general corporate compliance, and director and shareholder matters. She makes presentations to municipal leaders on community economic development, redevelopment, community growth, planning for the future from a legal perspective, financing matters, land use and zoning issues, public records requests, open door law issues, employee matters and team building/community outreach communications.

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Experience

Legal Work Highlights

Serves as outside general Counsel for the Indiana Fire Chiefs’ Association

Serves as outside general counsel for a not-for-profit corporation that provides job training, employment services, rehabilitation and outreach programs to individuals who are blind or visually impaired.

Represented a multinational business in negotiations of state and local economic development incentives to finance a $100 million plant expansion.

Advised a municipality in the negotiation of an economic development agreement with a large corporate citizen, which resulted in the successful annexation of several hundred acres of property and  increased assessed value for the municipality.

Participated in  strategic planning initiatives to facilitate annexations for corporate boundary expansions and economic development projects, involving highly attended public hearings.

Negotiated economic development incentives and structured an economic development bond to facilitate new commercial and residential development, job creation and the expansion of a major thoroughfare in a municipality, which resulted in hundreds of millions of increased assessed value and revenue growth.

Served as lead counsel in the planning and negotiations for multiple economic development, redevelopment, land use planning issues and annexations that included significant involvement in multiple contentious public hearing processes for government entities and detailed strategic discussions among staff, elected officials and appointed officials.

 

Education

Law School

Indiana University, Robert H. McKinney School of Law, J.D.

Undergraduate School

Purdue University, B.A., Psychology

Bar Memberships

Tricia is licensed to practice in the following state(s):

Indiana

Courts

Tricia is admitted to practice before the following court(s):

Northern District of Indiana

Southern District of Indiana

Recognition

Local & National Recognition

Bar Leader Series, Indianapolis Bar Association, Inaugural Class

OPTIONS Class, Women’s Fund of Central Indiana, 2003

Inclusion in Indiana Rising Stars®

Professional Affiliations

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

Indiana State Bar Association

Indianapolis Bar Association

Indiana Municipal Lawyers Association

Civic Activities

Civic & Charitable Organizations

Member of the Board of Directors of the Indiana State Board of Park and Recreation Association. (2017-2021)

Participant in the National Association of Women in Law Enforcement Executives Training Events

Bosma Industries for the Blind, Inc., d/b/a Bosma Enterprises

Firm Committees

Tricia serves or has served in the following leadership role(s) at Frost Brown Todd:

Client Experience Committee, Chair

Finance Committee, Member

Vice Chair of Government Services Practice Group (2020-2021)

Panel Leader for Associate Mentor Activities

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