Indira K. Sharma

Special Counsel

Saul Ewing LLPs

Indira K. Sharma, special counsel at Saul Ewing LLP, is looking for ways to make the legal profession more diverse.

As a woman of Indian heritage and a first-generation American whose parents immigrated from Guyana, Sharma leads her firm’s diversity and inclusion committee and is a driving force behind Saul Ewing’s diversity and inclusion initiatives.

“I went to law school with no guidance or mentoring because no one in my family was a lawyer and I did not know any lawyers in my community,” Sharma said. “To graduate law school, pass the bar and be successful in my practice at a large law firm while making strides in the legal profession for the advancement of diverse attorneys, including women attorneys, has certainly been my most significant professional accomplishment.”

She is also the mother of three young children and says she strives to balance work and home with service to her community.

“Everything I do is just about giving back,” she said.

That includes eight years on the board of directors of Community Law in Action. She is active in the Maryland State Bar Association and the Bar Association of Baltimore City, where she sits on the executive council for the Young Lawyers Section. She is on the board of directors of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law alumni board and also is active in her temple.

“My key to success is to remain grounded in my core values of spirituality, family, authenticity, honesty, fairness and community service,” Sharma said.