Josh S. Tatum
Josh Tatum has served as counsel to nonprofit and for-profit organizations for nearly fifteen years. He practices law with SLS Group and provides other consulting services through Amphikai, which he founded in 2026.
Josh counsels for-profit and not-for-profit entities, advising them on corporate governance, employment, contracts, insurance coverage, intellectual property, tax exemptions, land use, legal compliance, and risk management. His clients include corporations, limited-liability companies, religious organizations, charities, trade associations, and membership organizations.
Josh actively participates as a member of state and local legal communities. He currently serves as the Indiana State Bar Association House of Delegates’ Chair-Elect. He has chaired the appellate sections of both the Indiana State Bar Association and the Indianapolis Bar Association and served in other ISBA leadership positions. He also actively contributes to other church, charitable, and civic organizations.
Josh has served as parliamentarian for many membership meetings for church and professional organizations, some with hundreds of voting members.
Honors & Recognitions
- 2022 Indiana State Bar Association Presidential Citation
- 2025 Sagamore of the Wabash
- 2014-2020, Selected for inclusion in Indiana Rising Stars—Appellate
- 2018 Indiana State Bar Association Presidential Citation
- 2013, Graduate of the Indiana State Bar Association’s 2013 Leadership Development Academy
- 2013, Recipient of Indiana Lawyer’s Up and Coming Lawyer Award
- 2012, Harrison Legal Writing Award, 3rd Place co-recipient as contributor to Randall T. Shepard’s “Jesse W. Weik: The Young Indiana Lawyer Who Made Herndon’s Lincoln Possible,” Res Gestae, Vol. 55, No. 2 (September 2011)
Education
- J.D., 2008, Vanderbilt University Law School
- M. Div., 2008 Vanderbilt Divinity School
- A.B., 2003, (Political Science and History), summa cum laude, Wabash College
Professional Affiliations
- Barrister, McKinney-Shepard Indianapolis Inn of Court (2009–Present)
- Member, American Bar Association, Litigation Section (Appellate Practice Committee), Judicial Division Appellate Judges Conference, Business Law Section (LLCs, Partnerships, and Unincorporated Entities Committee, Nonprofit Organizations Committee)
- Indiana State Bar Association, Member, Amicus Committee (2023-present) Treasurer (2017-18), Member, Budget Committee (2014–18, Chair 2016–17), Appellate Practice Section (Chair, 2020-21), Secretary, 2017-18, Section Council member 2014–present, Treasurer 2016–17), Leadership Development Academy Committee (2013–19), Parliamentarian to the House of Delegates (2018-19)
- Member, Indianapolis Bar Association, Appellate Practice Section (Chair 2022) Executive Committee 2013–Present, Indiana Appellate Institute (Chair 2017–present), Amicus Committee (Chair 2019)
- Member, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Attorneys Association (2011–Present)