Greggory W. Hockemeyer grew up in Tunker (southern Whitley County, Indiana) where he attended Washington Center and, then, Columbia City Joint High School. He obtained his bachelor’s degree with honors at Wabash College (Crawfordsville, IN) in 1985. Hockemeyer attended IU School of Law at Indianapolis following college. While attending law school, he worked for Indiana Attorney General Lin Pearson.

Upon completing law school in 1989, Hockemeyer took a position with the City of Indianapolis as an attorney with its Department of Metropolitan Development advising staff and enforcing land use ordinances.  In 1992, Hockemeyer moved back to Whitley County to enter private practice with Terry L. Smith & Associates. In 1995, he joined Attorney Jon Myers to found the law firm which later became Myers Tison Hockemeyer & McNagny, LLP,  where he currently practices law. Since 2001 Hockemeyer has served as managing partner of the firm, overseeing day-to-day operations, personnel and information technologies.

Hockemeyer was attorney for the Whitley County Office of Family and Children (a/k/a Department of Child Services) from 1992 through 2007 and often represents juveniles accused of delinquency. He represents the Towns of Larwill and South Whitley and holds memberships in the Whitley County Bar Association; Indiana Municipal Lawyers Association; Indiana Public Defender Council; Indiana State Bar Association and American Bar Association.   A certified civil mediator since 1992, Hockemeyer’s usual practice areas relate to the individual, family and community.  He regularly accepts cases involving: criminal and juvenile defense; adoption; divorce; estates; small business; and real estate.

Hockemeyer helps with various community organizations, including:  the Whitley County Child Protection Team; Whitley County Drug-Free Indiana; Smoke-Free Whitley County; Northeast Indiana CASA; Whitley County Board of Health; Whitley County Community Foundation; Sheriff’s Department Merit Board; United Way; and the local Community Corrections Advisory Board. He often serves as master of ceremonies for local events and helps assess grant and scholarship applications.

Soultana S. Myers, born Fort Wayne, Indiana, July 19, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Indiana; also admitted to practice before U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. Preparatory education, Purdue University (B.S., 1983); legal education, Indiana University-Indianapolis (J.D., 1986). Member: Whitley County, Allen County and Indiana State Bar Associations; National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (1993-).

Soultana has extensive experience in Social Security disability cases as well as experience in personal injury and family law.

Marcia A. McNagny is a lifelong resident of Whitley County, Indiana.  After attending Columbia City Joint High School, she received her bachelor’s degree from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.  She then obtained her degree from Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana and returned to Whitley County to open a private practice in Columbia City and to work with her mother, Patricia A. McNagny (JD Indiana University – Bloomington, 1951).

In 1997, McNagny joined Jonathan Myers, Greggory Hockemeyer and Soultana Myers to form what is now Myers Tison Hockemeyer & McNagny LLP.

McNagny has served as the City Attorney or Deputy City Attorney for the City of Columbia City since 1998.  She often assists non-profit organizations in their establishment and continued operations and has served on boards of organizations, including, Wood-Land-Lakes, RC&D, United Way of Whitley County, Tippecanoe Lake Country Club, Parkview-Whitley Hospital Foundation, Camp Whitley, Tippecanoe Lake Country Club Historical Foundation and Merry Lea Board of Trustees.  McNagny’s primary areas of focus are estate and succession planning, trust and estate administration, small business, real estate and municipal law.

McNagny is a member of the Whitley County Bar Association, Huntington County Bar Association, Indiana Municipal Lawyers Association, Indiana State Bar Association, American Bar Association and is a Master Fellow of the Indiana Bar Foundation.

Earl was born in Newport News, Virginia on October 25, 1965 and grew up in Valparaiso, Indiana. He attended college at Valparaiso University (B.A., 1987) and law school at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana (J.D., 1990).

Earl completed his studies and was admitted to the Indiana bar in 1990. In September of that year, he and his wife moved to Columbia City, Indiana where they have lived ever since. They have two children.

Before joining this firm, Earl worked with two other law firms in Columbia City and gained experience in a broad range of practice areas, including estate planning, taxation, commercial law and collections, municipal law, land use and zoning, and criminal and civil litigation. He served as a part-time deputy prosecutor in 1992 and 1993 in order to fill a temporary vacancy in the Whitley County Prosecutor’s Office. Earl remains indebted to the lawyers who mentored him in the early years of his career.

Earl joined Myers Tison Hockemeyer & McNagny, LLP in 1999. In 2005, the Whitley County Board of Commissioners appointed him as County Attorney and he served in that capacity (while retaining his private practice) for approximately three years. Earl continues to represent a variety of clients in a variety of matters, although his practice has increasingly focused on business law, real estate matters and estate planning.

When he is not at the office, Earl might be found reading, playing the guitar, following the Chicago White Sox or enjoying the outdoors with his family.

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Dawn M. Boyd is an associate in the law ifrm and focuses her practice in the areas of Family and Juvenile Law, Municipal Law, Real Estate and Propertyand Litigation. Boyd joined the firm in March of 2002 shortly after moving to Columbia City. Prior to that, Ms. Boyd practiced law in Virginia Beach. Virginia from 1999 to 2001 primarily in the areas of litigation, family lawand criminal defense. She practiced law in Fredericksburg, Virginia from 1998 to 1999. Since re­locating to Columbia City, Ms. Boyd has been active with her church and involved with community organizations including the former Whitley County Life Center (2002 – 2004) and Passages (2003 to present), for which she currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Boyd has also served as counsel for the Whitley County Board of Zoning Appeals and Planning Commission and the Columbia City Board of Zoning Appeals and Planning Commission since 2005.

Ms. Boyd grew up in Fredericksburg Virginia and earned her bachelor of science degree in Journalism and Public Relations from Radford University in Radford, Virginia in 1991. She worked as a Pretrial Case Manager for the Rappahannock Regional Jail in Fredericksburg, Virginia from 1991 to 1995, and graduated from the Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach, Virginia in 1998. Ms. Boyd is admitted to practice law in Indiana and Virginia.

She is a member of the Indiana and Virginia State Bar Associations and the Whitley County Bar Association. She lives in Columbia City with her husband and children.