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Happy Constitution Day!
September 17, 2008
Comments(0)Today is Constitution Day in the U.S. Don’t feel bad if you didn’t know that because it’s a fairly new “holiday.” Congress
passed an act in 2004 – the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 – that included requiring schools receiving federal funds...
MoreLawyers love to donate
September 15, 2008
Comments(0)Lawyers like to give money to campaigns. According to the Center for Responsive Politics , lawyers and the legal industry
in Indiana are the second-leading industry in donations to political campaigns. In 2008, the legal community has donated nearly
$1 million. Retirees...
MoreLegal changes post-Sept. 11
September 11, 2008
Comments(0)With today being the anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, I couldn’t help but think about how our country has changed in seven years.
I can’t speak for anyone but myself, but I realize now that we aren’t as isolated from the...
MoreInterim meetings antiquated
September 10, 2008
Comments(0)Now is the time of the year when the General Assembly’s interim study committees meet to discuss various issues that could
become bills in the 2009 session. What strikes me about these meetings is how old-fashioned and time-consuming they are. If...
MoreJudicial Conference this week
September 8, 2008
Comments(0)From IL reporter Michael Hoskins: It’s that time of year. The Judicial Conference of Indiana is holding its annual meeting
this week in downtown Indianapolis, and the agenda shows some interesting tidbits that will be covered at the three-day CLE-eligible
conference....
MoreAttorneys in trouble for ads
September 5, 2008
Comments(2)Two Indianapolis attorneys received public reprimands for the use of “Legal Advertisement” and other phrases on brochures
they give to prospective clients. After reading the opinion handed down by the Indiana Supreme Court yesterday, I’m confused
about how the process of...
MoreLawyers vs. non-lawyers
September 4, 2008
Comments(0)The race for the next president of the United States is Democrats vs. Republicans, but it’s also lawyers vs. non-lawyers.
Both Democratic Sens. Barack Obama and Joe Biden have law degrees, whereas on the Republican side Sen. John McCain and Gov....
MoreBusy day at 7th Circuit
September 3, 2008
Comments(0)Seventeen opinions. That’s how many the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals released yesterday. When I first checked the court’s
Web site to prepare our opinions list, there was the normal number of opinions – about four or five. Then, as Indiana...
MoreNo jury duty for nursing moms
September 2, 2008
Comment(1)According to a recent article from the National Law Journal, more and more states have passed laws exempting nursing mothers
from jury service. Indiana isn’t one of those states, although we have a new law in effect regarding nursing...
MoreBudget-busting judges
August 29, 2008
Comments(0)From IL reporter Michael Hoskins, who attended the Aug. 28 Commission on Courts meeting: Financial woes between courts and
county officials can be found statewide, even nationally, in these tough economic times. Chances are it’s going to get worse.
That’s why...
MoreFirm ‘greens’ new space
August 28, 2008
Comments(0)Going “green” has been a hot topic for the past couple of years and plenty of Indiana firms are getting in on the act. Firms
are seeing more of a focus on environmental and green legal issues, and Ice Miller even...
MoreFight may influence jury
August 26, 2008
Comments(0)Here’s something that doesn’t happen every day – a manslaughter trial is postponed due to fighting between the accused and
the victim’s families. In what sounds like something that would only happen in a television legal drama, the families got
into...
MoreBye bye to VP Bayh
August 25, 2008
Comments(0)Indiana has missed its chance to send another Hoosier to the White House. With Saturday’s announcement that the Democratic
Party’s presumptive candidate for president Sen. Barack Obama chose Delaware Sen. Joe Biden as his vice presidential candidate,
the supporters of Sen....
MoreBuying booze at 18?
August 20, 2008
Comments(0)College presidents around the country have come together to unite against binge drinking on campuses. They aren’t working
together to develop and implement programs to educate high school and college students about the dangers of binge drinking.
They aren’t going to...
MoreIndianapolis, Illinois?
August 19, 2008
Comments(0)According to one 7th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion today, Indianapolis is now a part of our neighboring state to the west.
I opened Angela
Tyson v. Gannett Co. Inc ., aware this would be an Indiana case....
MoreLoans and the public sector
August 18, 2008
Comments(2)President Bush signed the Higher Education Opportunity Act , H.R. 4137, into law last week, which provides loan forgiveness
for students entering public services jobs, including public defenders, prosecutors, and legal aid attorneys. In exchange
for committing to work for at...
MoreA blog about blogging
August 18, 2008
Comments(0)I attended BlogIndiana this weekend - a conference about blogging as the name would suggest - to learn how to make sure Indiana
Lawyer is putting out the best blog we can. While many of the sessions were geared toward personal...
MoreAccident breaks firm’s windows
August 14, 2008
Comments(0)An accident in downtown Indianapolis this afternoon involving three men installing a sign on the M&I Building damaged
two windows at law firm Bose McKinney and Evans. One window each on the 27th and 23rd floors were damaged when a cable on...
MoreAppellate court delays, blame
August 14, 2008
Comments(0)From IL reporter Michael Hoskins, who attended today's arguments: The Indiana Supreme Court is delving into interesting
issues that hit on speedy criminal trials and how appellate court delays have a role in that process. Of course, a comment
made during...
MoreBudget cuts, slower courts?
August 13, 2008
Comments(0)It’s budget season in Indiana, and counties across the state are preparing their 2009 budgets. The tough economic times are
leading counties to ask departments to find even more ways to cut spending. The courts, too, are being asked to find...
MoreBuying booze on Sunday
August 11, 2008
Comments(2)One organization in Indiana is looking to end one of our state’s last remaining “blue laws” – buying alcohol from a store
on Sundays. As an adult of legal drinking age, I am all for changing this state law. I know...
MoreA jet-set chief justice
August 7, 2008
Comments(0)From IL reporter Michael Hoskins: Every so often, you’ll see an Indiana Supreme Court order signed by an acting chief justice.
Some recent court orders have Justice Brent Dickson filling in for Chief Justice Randall Shepard. Nothing out of the ordinary,...
MoreNAACP to prep voters
August 7, 2008
Comments(0)The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund is sending attorneys to 10 states before the fall election to address voting barriers,
according to the National Law Journal. Surprise, surprise, Indiana is one of those 10 states. I’d wager the NAACP’s interest...
MoreACLU always controversial
August 5, 2008
Comments(0)In an obituary for Indianapolis attorney Alan Nolan, I learned that he was one of the founders of the Indiana Civil Liberties
Union, now the ACLU of Indiana. According to law firm Ice Miller’s Web site, Nolan and attorney Merle Miller,...
MoreWhat’s the difference?
August 4, 2008
Comments(0)This post comes from IL reporter Michael Hoskins: On one hand, the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana argues against
blanket, government-imposed rules restricting where sex offenders can live and places those registered individuals can visit.
But when a private homeowners...
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Indianapolis law firm Stewart & Irwin closing
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Indianapolis law firm Stewart & Irwin closing
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Court Calendar
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May 24, 2013 Indiana Patient's Compensation Fund v. Judy Holcomb, Personal Representative of the Estate of Mable Louise Cochran, deceased - 5/24/13
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May 28, 2013 The Estate of Richard A. Mayer and Spangler, Jennings & Dougherty, P.C., v. Lax, Inc., and David Lasco - 5/28/13
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June 12, 2013 Northern Assurance Company of America v. Thomson, Inc., et al. - 6/12/13
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June 18, 2013 State of Indiana v. Robert Owens - 6/18/13
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Judge Roger B. Cosbey is unethical and bias toward African American who seeks justice in Title VII claims. He disrespected and used his authority to attempt to intimidate me into taking an unfair settlement and when I refused he proceeded to get my case dismissed and to deny me my Constitutional and Civil Rights. He disobeying several rules of law; specifically, by ruling on summary judgment motions against the Fed. R. Civ. P., without authority of Judge William C. Lee, without consent of the attorneys, and with conspiracy to commit “fraud on the court,” as he conspired with my former attorney. He proved to me that he is bias, unethical, unfair and unfit to be reappointed. In my opinion, he should be disbarred in 2013, for committing fraud on the court, which would make him ineligible for reinstatement in 2014. See docket 3:07 cv 629 where he rules on dispositive motions, knowing magistrates are not vested with that power (especially without consent), grants the defendant an unconscionable number of extensions, accepts my former attorney request for extension for dispositive motion knowing he was working with the opposition, and unbelievably grants the defendant another extension after he requested an extension after he missed the deadline. I know another attorney filed charges against him for bias in race discrimination case(s). I know what he did in my case before he voluntarily recused himself, I just do not know how many other innocent people have been stripped of their rights because of him. I say shame on him and no more of the same.
they are pushing these cases against lawyers too far. thought-crime.
vagueness cannot challenged, so let's write all laws vaguely and throw the constitution out the window.Even if the court is operating under a particular law, if they don't it they will change it to their liking. What a joke!!!
Two convictions becomes one conviction with exactly the same sentence, only it is not clear wheter or not that sentence will be 18 months, 120 months or 138 months. Actually if the guns were in a home, whether or not they were his, he is protected under the 2nd amendment. Jurors need to learn the law and the constitution before judging others. The cour5ts need to do this as well.
With all due respect, Rick, I think you probably would be making a mistake by going to law school. The job market for attorneys is so saturated, you may well find yourself unemployed and with a lot of debt. You mention law would be a good supplement to your skills. True. But employers unfortunately don't value that. You will find that a law degree may well pigeonhole you into an attorney slot and limit career options. If you have a good job now I would hold onto that. As an attorney, you may well end up making less with the aforementioned debt.