Hon. Ashley N. Hand, Judge of the Allen Circuit Court, will share on the the Allen Circuit Veteran's Court.
Prior to her appointment as the Allen Circuit Court Judge, Judge Hand served as the senior magistrate in the Allen Circuit Court since 2020 where she primarily handled family law cases. Judge Hand is the Vice Chair of the Allen County Community Corrections Advisory Board, Vice Chair of the Local Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Allen Circuit Court Problem Solving Court, Inc., Allen County Bar Foundation, and the Allen County Courthouse Preservation Trust.
Judge Hand graduated from Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne in 2005 with a degree in Political Science and a minor in history. She graduated from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis in 2008. Following her graduation from law school, Hand practiced as an associate attorney at Beckman Lawson, LLP in Fort Wayne, Indiana, practicing in the areas of civil litigation, employment litigation, and family law matters. In January 2016, Hand became a partner at Beckman Lawson, LLP and focused her practice on family law matters.
Hand was sworn in as Judge of the Allen Circuit Court on July 26, 2023.
Alongside Judge Hand, Jarred White of FW22 will speak on the organization's efforts and involvement with the Allen Circuit Veteran's Court.
Jarred White was born and raised here in Fort Wayne, IN and attended Concordia Lutheran High School, before leaving to serve his country in the United States Marine Corps. Jarred has been to dozens of other countries while in the Marines, while being deployed for operation Tomodachi, and being deployed in Kandahar, where he fought in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. After Jarred’s time in the Marines, he came home and co-founded with his best friend, Fort Wayne 22, Inc. (FW22). Jarred’s motto is simple: “it’s ok to not be ok” and “as a community, when we work together, great things happen. One Team, One Fight.”
FW22 is organized to facilitate community involvement in the support and assistance of Veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) while simultaneously educating on suicide prevention and mental illness. The organization was established in June 2014 by two area Marines, Jarred White and Tyler Egbert, in response to the Veteran suicide epidemic. Both men felt compelled to take action and promote change within their local communities by creating an annual event representing the 22 plus Veterans that take their own lives everyday due to unresolved mental health ailments.
David is an associate at Burt Blee licensed in Indiana and Ohio. As an attorney who focuses on Elder Law and Estate Planning, David has assisted many families plan for long term care needs, Medicaid eligibility, and succession planning for Farming and Business clients. His practice also includes natural extensions of those areas of law including Wills and Trusts, Estate Administration, Guardianship, POA/Healthcare Representative Documents, Real Estate, LLC, and etc.
David is an active member of the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), and the Elder Law Sections of both the Ohio and Indiana Bar Associations. He is a VA certified attorney, and a regularly presents for NBI, a national continuing legal education provider, on matters related to his area of practice.
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