A partner at Indianapolis law firm Barnes & Thornburg has been chosen as the newest federal magistrate judge for the
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
The court announced Aug. 27 that the merit selection panel had chosen Mark J. Dinsmore to succeed Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson,
who was elevated to an Article III judgeship in June. Dinsmore was one of 52 people to apply for the post and one of the five
individuals recommended by the panel to the District judges, who made the final decision. The selection panel was chaired
by retired federal magistrate V. Sue Shields.
Dinsmore
U.S. District Chief Judge Richard Young said in a statement, “The Merit Selection Panel forwarded to the court an array
of very outstanding candidates, and it was a difficult decision for the court to select only one of them.”
A Valparaiso native, Dinsmore is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Toledo College of Law who graduated first
in his class. He was admitted to the Indiana bar in October 1994 and has been at Barnes & Thornburg since 1996. He chairs
the firm’s Litigation Department’s technology committee, and his practice involves complex commercial disputes
and construction litigation matters, as well as media law issues. Dinsmore has focused on using technology to manage those
complex litigation matters
Prior to joining the firm, Dinsmore clerked for then-U.S. District Judge John D. Tinder in the Southern District of Indiana.
Dinsmore was a captain in the U.S. Army before attending law school.
Aside from his law firm work, Dinsmore also serves as treasurer of the Indiana Legal Services board of directors and is a
member of the Heartland Pro Bono Council board of directors.
The court said that Dinsmore’s appointment depends on required FBI and Internal Revenue Service background checks,
and so an expected start date isn’t yet known. That could take several months, and that will also impact when the court
schedules an investiture ceremony. The position pays an annual salary of $160,080 and runs for an eight-year term, after which
that person is eligible for reappointment.•
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No irony here, John. Conour’s clients are wise to him. Evidently you’ve missed discovery that disclosed Conour was aware he was caught with his hand in the cookie jar, actually many cookie jars, but continued to spend any monies he secured on himself and his lifestyle. Your theory is idealistic and assumes Conour has the soul of a good attorney and therefore he would take care of his clients. Conour has no soul. He greedily took awarded settlements from his disabled clients and spent it on his own edacious desires. You are naïve to think if he kept working he would put his fees into a restitution fund. He is who he is and has proven he will use any means to cheat and manipulate those who trust him and the judicial system that is supposed to protect them. Sorry John, you don’t send the fox back into the hen house after he’s caught devouring the hens. Conour can’t be trusted. He has no more honor than that fox.
The court of appeals not only tries to rewrite or interpret the law to suit their fancy, now they choose play stupid as well. Every consideration must be given to pro se litigants, who are not held to the same standards as attorneys, as stated by,SCOTUS. I assume they didn't have a lawyer, since one wasn't mentioned and I strongly suggest thatb the rest of the, origional petitioners get back in there and fight for their rights.
the irony of situations like this is that the clients whom conour cheated are the ones who should be pulling hardest for him to remain free and keep his law license, so they have some hopes of him paying back. really bury the guy deep and then there will be little hope of restitution