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Colleen Powers- General Counsel

Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C.
Suite 2000, Box 82064
One American Square
Indianapolis, IN 46282

P: (317) 633-4884
F: (317) 633-4878

Firm Profile


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What is your position within your company?
I am an attorney with Hall, Render, Killian, Heath, & Lyman P.C.
Why did you become an attorney? I wanted to be part of a profession that constantly challenges me; never a boring day!
If you weren't an attorney, what do you think you would be? A physician. It was always a toss between the two when I was in high school; then I went to college and learned I enjoyed my legal-oriented classes far more than biology
What do you consider your most rewarding experience as an attorney? Doing pro bono work and being able to help others with their everyday legal problems
List two words that best describe you. Driven and outgoing
Where did you grow up? Just outside of Philadelphia
What are your three greatest lifetime accomplishments? Putting myself though college and law school, becoming an attorney, and purchasing my own home
What are the most fun, and the most fascinating trips you've ever taken? The most fun trip would have to be Vegas; the most fascinating was to China
What three items are always in your fridge? Skim milk, ketchup, and grapes
What quality do you most like in a person? Genuineness
What is your involvement in the legal profession? I am on the Executive Boards of the Indianapolis Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division and the Law Student Division
People would be surprised to know… That I went skydiving. It was such an exhilarating experience!

 

Firm Profile

Established in 1967, Hall Render is a major law firm providing the highest standard of professional service to a diverse client base nationwide. Its clients include large and small business entities from a wide variety of industries, non-profit organizations, private individuals, and major health care providers. As a full service law firm, Hall Render provides its clients with consultation in a multitude of areas, including Real Estate, Construction and Public Finance. The Real Estate practice has grown to represent the real estate interests of a significant number of for-profit and nonprofit corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, individuals and trusts. We work with clients in the planning of new projects and facility improvements and the development of construction contract documents, utilizing innovative dispute avoidance and dispute resolution techniques. We also routinely assist clients in project administration, helping to bring the project in on time and within budget to the client's satisfaction. Our collective experience and skills are continuously successful in identifying and addressing construction problems in a timely manner so that the damaging and costly effects of a dispute are avoided.

Hall Render lawyers are also experienced in the representation of political subdivisions and State agencies in connection with their issuance of bonds to finance capital projects. Our lawyers have served as bond counsel and/or issuer's counsel to State financing authorities, cities, towns, counties and other governmental entities. Our experience extends to the financing of municipally-owned utilities, governmental buildings, municipal hospitals, parks and recreational facilities and economic development initiatives. In addition our lawyers are experienced in the field of tax increment financing and have represented political subdivisions, investment banks and private companies in connection with TIF financings. Hall Render is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana with additional office locations in Louisville, Kentucky, Troy, Michigan, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

 

 

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