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= Shelice R. Tolbert = Shelice R. Tolbert is an American lawyer and a partner at Tolbert & Tolbert, an African American owned Northwest Indiana faith-based law firm established in 2015. She also served on the Indiana Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program Committee from 2011-2014 and the Indiana State Board of Law Examiners in 2014. She was also the defense lawyer for the son of Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam Minister, involving a car accident and damages worth over $800,000.

Education
Tolbert graduated Wittenberg University in 1997 with a degree in Business Management. Then in 2000 Tolbert obtained her Juris Doctorate from Valparaiso School of Law in 2000. Tolbert is also a graduate of the Leadership Northwest Indiana (LNI) program at Purdue University Northwest.

Legal Career
Tolbert started practicing law in Indiana the very same year she obtained her JD, concentrating primarily in insurance defense, with a focus in commercial litigation and coverage issues. Tolbert's areas of practice are corporate, labor & employment, litigation, personal planning, estate planning and wills. Tolbert has served as the President of the James C. Kimbrough Minority Bar Association, an organization that supports and advocates for Black legal professionals of Northwest Indiana. In 2011, Tolbert served on the transition team for Karen Freeman-Wilson, incoming Mayor of Gary, Indiana. From 2014-2015, she served as the President of the Porter County Chapter of the American Inns of Court. In 2015, she was the President Elect of the Lake County Bar Association. She has also served as the district representative on the Board of Governors of the Indiana State Bar Association. Tolbert is an adjunct professor of Trial Practice at Valparaiso University School of Law.

Awards & Recognitions
In 2012, she was recognized as a Mover and Shaker of Northwest Indiana by Building Indiana magazine. She was awarded the 2012 Valparaiso University Black Students Association's Alumni Award. She was also nominated as a Northwest Indiana Influential Women in Business in the Legal category in 2011, 2012, and 2014. In 2013 and 2014, she was chosen as a Rising Star by the Indiana Super Lawyers. In 2015, she received an Indiana Super Lawyer designation in the area of Insurance Defense Litigation.

Community Involvement
Tolbert is involved in the United Negro College Fund Northwest Indiana Advisory Council and she also serves as the chair of the council. She is also an active member of the Gary Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., a non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide assistance and support through established programs in local communities. She is also a part of the Board of Directors for the Lake Area United Way and the Gary Literacy Coalition. She has been involved with the scholarship committee of the Legacy Foundation since 2008.

Personal Life
She got married to Michael E. Tolbert in 2006 who is also a graduate of the Valparaiso University School of Law, lawyer and her co-partner at Tolbert & Tolbert. The couple first met in 1967 when they were children in Gary, Indiana. They together started Tolbert & Tolbert LLC. on 26 January 2015.