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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Ind. Law - "Consumer Advocate Abby Kuzma Chosen by Attorney General to Lead Consumer Protection Efforts Statewide"
A release from Attorney General Zoeller's office today reads in part:
INDIANAPOLIS — Today one of central Indiana’s leading consumer advocates was named to an important position within the Office of the Indiana Attorney General, protecting consumers’ rights.Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller announced he has appointed Abigail Kuzma to lead his office’s Consumer Protection Division or CPD. Kuzma is the longtime executive director of the nonprofit Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic in Indianapolis, and she is leaving that organization in order to join the Office of the Indiana Attorney General as director of consumer protection.
“Abby is a proven consumer advocate,” Zoeller said. “She joins the office with an arsenal of experience and a solid reputation of protecting some of our state’s most vulnerable citizens. Abby will be working with a wide variety of organizations and individuals to enhance our consumer education and advocacy efforts in every corner of the state.” * * *
Kuzma’s experience also includes five years working in Washington, D.C., first as a legislative assistant to Senator Richard Lugar, R-Ind., followed by positions with the U.S. Senate Committee of the Judiciary, including minority chief counsel and staff director for the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.
In 1994 she returned to Indiana and co-founded the Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic, a faith-based, non-profit corporation that provides legal representation and preventive law education to low-income families in central Indiana. NCLC directly serves more than 8,000 clients per year and was recognized with the 2004 Indiana Achievement Award for Impact in the Community for its immigrant-outreach program. NCLC also has been honored with the 2006 Indianapolis Bar Foundation Law-Related Education Award; the 2008 Latino Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence Advocate Award; and the 2008 Indiana Lawyer Nonprofit Diversity in Practice Award.
Kuzma’s prior experience also includes a position as a U.S. District Court magistrate’s law clerk for the Southern District of Indiana and legislative counsel for the Indiana Legislative Services Agency. Kuzma earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin and is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Law.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 26, 2009 01:09 PM
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