Indiana Life Benefactor Fellow John L. Carey
June 1, 2008, Fellows in the news, Bar Leader
Winners of the Law Day Outstanding Activity Awards, the Louis M. Brown Award for Legal Access, and the National Conference of Bar Presidents Fellows Award were recognized at a luncheon during the Midyear Meeting of NCBP, the National Association of Bar Executives, and the National Conference of Bar Foundations.
John (Jack) L. Carey, South Bend, Ind., received the 2008 National Conference of Bar Presidents Fellows Award. The Fellows Award recognizes the accomplishments of a past bar president who has demonstrated a continuing commitment to leadership, service, the work of the organized bar, and the purposes of the NCBP.
Throughout a professional life spanning more than 50 years, Carey has held several leadership roles at the Indiana State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He served as president of the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum in 1974-75 and was elected state bar president the following year. Carey was the Indiana state delegate to the ABA House of Delegates and a member of the ABA Nominating Committee from 1975 to 1985, was a district representative for the Board of Governors from 1985 to 1988, and eventually became a member of the board's Executive Committee. In this capacity, he was the liaison to the ABA Tax Section, the Military Law Committee, and the Lawyers in Armed Forces Committee.
A member of the ABA Finance Committee from 1985 to 1989, Carey chaired the committee in 1988. In 1990, he began a three-year term as ABA treasurer. During the mid- to late- 90's, he served as director of the American Bar Journal, the American Bar Endowment, and the National Conference of Lawyers and Certified Public Accountants. He was elected president of the American Bar Retirement Association for 1998-99 and was named chair of The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation for 1999-2000.
Carey is retired of counsel to the South Bend office of Barnes & Thornburg. He began his career in 1941 as a legislative assistant in the U.S. Senate, eventually working for the Internal Revenue Service and as a staff judge advocate at Andrews Air Force Base. In 1956, he joined the firm that merged to become Barnes & Thornburg, was elevated to partner in 1961, became of counsel in 1987, and retired the following year. He concentrated his practice in areas of business and taxation.
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