Christine Hayes Hickey
Career Highlights
Christine is a member of the Indianapolis Bar Association (President-2010; Board of Directors (2008-2011, 2006-2008, 2002-2004, 1999-2001), past Continuing Legal Education steering committee and Commission member; IBA Judicial Evaluation Political Action Committee Chair (2003-2006); Justice Center Task Force, Outreach Chair; Indianapolis Bar Foundation (President 2006-2008; Distinguished Fellow; former Development Committee Chair); National Conference of Bar Foundations (President, 2009-2010; Board of Directors, 2007-2011); Indiana State and American Bar Associations; Commercial Law League of America (Board of Governors (2007-2010); past Chair, National Education Committee; past Chair, Professional Responsibility National Committee; past Chair, Creditors' Rights Section; CRS Newsletter and Education Committees; former CRS Executive Council Member, Secretary, and Treasurer; former Young Member Section Executive Council Member; past Chair, Midwest Region Executive Council); Former Member, Board of Directors for the American Board of Certification, from which she is certified in the area of creditors' rights law.
Practice Areas
- Creditors’ Rights
- Commercial Litigation
- Commercial Collections
Professional Associations and Affiliations
- Indianapolis Bar Association
- Indianapolis Bar Foundation
- Indiana State and American Bar Associations
- Commercial Law League of America
- American Board of Certification
- National Conference of Bar Foundations
Professional Achievements
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2010 President of Indianapolis Bar Association
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2009-2010 President of National Conference of Bar Foundations
- A 2009 recipient of IBA President’s Award for Service to the Bar
- 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Named a Super Lawyer, which recognizes the top 5% of attorneys in the State of Indiana
- Named in the Top 25 Female Lawyers in the State of Indiana by Super Lawyers 2007, 2010
- 2006-2008 President of Indianapolis Bar Foundation
- A 2005 recipient of IBA President’s Award for Service to the Profession
- Named one of the top ten finalists in 2005 by Indy’s Best and Brightest in the Law category
- 2003 recipient of the IBA Board of Managers’ Award
- Indianapolis Bar Foundation Distinguished Fellow
- Creditors’ Rights Certification by American Board of Certification, 2001
- Best Article Award, Res Gestae, 1996
Education and Bar Admission
- U.S. District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana
- Indiana University School of Law, magna cum laude, 1993
- Purdue University, 1988
Presentations/Publications/CLE
- Developing a Successful Collection Practice, ICLEF, 2009
- I Have a Judgment, Now What? Indianapolis Bar Association, 2009
- Transforming Debt to Judgment, National Business Institute, 2007
- Collections, “Fair Debt Collection Practices Act”, ICLEF, 2006
- Collection Tips: Telling the Old and New from the Tried and True, Indianapolis Bar Association, 2006
- Indiana State Law Update on Collections, 2005
- Turning Judgments Into Green, Compliance With the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, ICLEF, 2003
- Collections: Show Me the Money (Part II), ICLEF, 2001, seminar Chair
- Introduction to Collection Law in Indiana, Lorman Education Services, 2000, 2001
- The Best Defense is No Defense: Article 2A and the Finance Lease, CLLA, Creditors' Rights Section Free Press, 1999
- Spousal Avoidance Powers: Regulation B As a Defense, CLLA, Creditors' Rights Section Free Press, 1998
- Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Commercial and Bankruptcy Law Seminar, 1997
- "Collecting From the Creative Debtor: Actions for Fraudulent Conveyances and Successor Liability Within a Proceedings Supplemental," ICLEF, 1997 (Collections: Show Me the Money, Seminar Chair)
- "Complying With the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act," Res Gestae, 1996, Best Article Award 1995-96
- "Planning Your First Collections Through Post-Judgment," ICLEF, 1996
- "Collecting Your Judgments," ICLEF, 1995
- "Lien & Bond Claims Against Federal State and Local Projects," ICLEF, 1994
Christine H. Hickey with Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.