Bixby, Mark W

MaryEllen is a partner in the Estates and Wealth Transfer Planning Group, representing clients in the areas of estate and trust planning and administration, probate and trust litigation and individual and fiduciary taxation. She has an AV Peer Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

MaryEllen is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and a Board Certified Indiana Trust and Estate Lawyer by the Trust and Estate Specialty Board. She is a member of the Board of Trustees for Indiana University. She served two terms on the Indiana Probate Code Study Commission under the appointment of Governors Frank O'Bannon and Joseph Kernan. MaryEllen is a Master Fellow of the Indiana Bar Foundation and a Distinguished Fellow of the Indianapolis Bar Foundation.  She is Co-chair of the Midwest Estate, Tax and Business Planning Institute.

MaryEllen received her juris doctorate from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 1982. She earned her bachelor of science degree from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business in 1979. Ms. Bishop is admitted to practice before the Indiana Supreme Court, United States District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana, United States Tax Court and the United States Supreme Court. She is a member of the Indianapolis Bar Association, Indiana State Bar Association and the Estate Planning Council of Indianapolis.