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February 29, 2012
IL StaffRead about events happening in Evansville and Indianapolis.
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February 15, 2012
IL StaffCatch up with news from bar associations around Indiana.
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November 23, 2011
IL StaffRead about state and local bar association news in this issue's Bar Crawl.
MoreBar Crawl - 11/9/11
November 9, 2011
IL StaffThe Marion County Bar Association is now on Facebook; IndyBar will honor award winners at its Nov. 29 luncheon.
MoreBar Crawl - 10/26/11
October 26, 2011
IL StaffVolunteers are needed to make financial education presentations at high schools.
MoreBar Crawl - 10/12/11
October 12, 2011
IL StaffA roundup of what's happening at bar associations around the state.
MoreIndyBar names new officers
September 28, 2011
IL StaffThe Indianapolis Bar Association’s nominating committee has announced the selection of Jeffrey Abrams of Benesch Friedlander
Copland & Aronoff as the 2014 president of the association.
MoreBar Crawl - 9/14/11
September 14, 2011
IL StaffEvansville Bar Association is having a CLE about "A Life in the Law." The Indiana State Bar Association is accepting applications
for its first Leadership Development Academy.
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August 31, 2011
IL StaffRead the latest news from bar associations throughout Indiana.
MoreBar Crawl - 5/25/11
May 25, 2011
IL StaffBar Leader Series lawyers sought; Legendary Lawyer nominations sought
MoreBar Crawl - 4/27/11
April 27, 2011
IL StaffLake County Bar hosts Law Day; Indy Bar annual appellate meeting; ISBA offers solo conference.
MoreBar Crawl - 4/13/11
April 13, 2011
Read about an event to help Legal Aid District 11 and more happenings around Indiana bar associations.
MoreGirl Scouts learn law, bar offers scholarships
March 30, 2011
Rebecca Berfanger, IL StaffGirl Scouts from Indiana recently learned about the law and legal careers. Also, the Johnson County Bar Association is offering
scholarships to local students.
MoreBar Crawl - March 16, 2011
March 16, 2011
Rebecca Berfanger, IL StaffThe Evansville Bar Association will celebrate Law Day 2011 in late April. On April 28, mock trials and a student lunch will
take place; Applications for an October 2011 to October 2013 term on the Indiana State Bar Association board of governors
are due April 1.
MoreBar Crawl - 3/2/11
March 2, 2011
IL StaffISBA and AG team up for food drive; CLE focuses on stress and social media
Women's Ben Bar Retreat in March; Legal Aid hosts fundraiser
February 16, 2011
IL StaffIn Bar Crawl, get more information on the ISBA's Women's Bench Bar Retreat upcoming in March and a fundraiser to benefit the
Legal Aid Corporation of Tippecanoe County.
More3 dozen TTALT sites around the state
February 2, 2011
Rebecca BerfangerWhile some attorneys got a day off of work Jan. 17 when courts, government offices, banks, and many businesses were closed
to honor the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., more than 200 lawyers volunteered to spend two hours answering legal questions
from the public as part of the Indiana State Bar Association’s 10th annual Talk to a Lawyer Today event.
MoreLake County lawyers hold memorial service
January 19, 2011
Rebecca BerfangerThe Lake County Bar Association recognized and remembered 19 attorneys who died in 2010 at its annual memorial service Jan.
4 at the Lake Circuit Court in Crown Point.
MoreTalk to a Lawyer needs volunteers, EBA moves
January 5, 2011
Rebecca BerfangerThe Talk to a Lawyer even on Jan. 17 still needs volunteers; the Evansville Bar Association recently moved and is promoting
a tribute for an attorney who died in November 2010.
MoreBar associations team up for 'Santa' program
December 22, 2010
Rebecca BerfangerThe Indiana State Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section partnered with the James C. Kimbrough Bar Association to sponsor
their first program together, “Santa’s Been Sued.”
MoreBar associations host free CLE
December 8, 2010
Rebecca BerfangerBar associations and pro bono districts are working together in December and January to promote replays of a CLE for attorneys
who want to participate in the annual statewide Talk to a Lawyer Today event taking place Jan. 17, 2011.
MoreKnox County Bar memorializes lawyer
November 24, 2010
Rebecca BerfangerThe Knox County Bar Association adopted a resolution to memorialize former Indiana State Bar Association president E. Rabb
Emison in mid-November.
MoreTippecanoe president supports local events
November 10, 2010
Rebecca BerfangerThe president of the Tippecanoe County Bar Association, Randall L. Vonderheide encouraged members of that organization to
attend Indiana District 4 Pro Bono Corporation’s annual meeting Oct. 27 at the Holiday Inn City Centre in Lafayette
and a Nov. 4 lecture about Helen Jackson Gougar, a female lawyer from Lafayette who was the third woman to argue before the
Indiana Supreme Court.
MoreBar marks milestones; celebration set
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G. Michael Witte letter states he's suspended for three years. The case that got him suspended is identical to my estate case, including havin the Late Judge Deiter recuse himself because Newman had a conflict of interest with the judge. His Modus Operandi is nearly identical.
SIGNED BY G. MICHAEL WITTE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY INDIANA SUPREME COURT DISCIPLINARY COMMISSION DATED MAY 17, 2012.
Your 6th complaint against Lawrence T. Newman filed on 4/12/2012. On 1/31/12, the Indiana Supreme Court entered an order suspending Lawrence T. Newman’s law license for a period of three years. More important, even after three years, Lawrence Todd Newman will not get his license back unless and until he goes through a separate proceeding to prove that he is fit to practice law. This is not an easy process, and the burden is upon Lawrence T. Newman to prove by clear and convincing evidence that he is fit to return to practice.
Because of the length of Lawrence T. Newman’s license suspension and the fact he may never succeed in getting his law license reinstated, we are not opening an investigation file at this time.
Should Lawrence T. Newman seek reinstatement in the future, we will open your file and ask Lawrence T. Newman to address your grievance as part of his burden of proving fitness. We have attempted to notify Lawrence T. Newman that this will be required of him.
It may disappoint you to hear that we will be doing nothing on your grievance at this time. However, the most our office can ever accomplish is to take away a lawyer’s license to practice law. We have already done that, albeit as a result of misconduct in cases other than your own. It makes better sense for our office to focus its limited resources on cases where the lawyers are still actively practicing law.
Is there any justice in the Marion County Superior Court Civil Division? I am the unfortunate victim of a retaliatory lawsuit brought by Lawrence Todd Newman, the attorney from an estate case on which I worked as a unsupervised personal representative in 2006. The contract agreement for that case stated that the estate would be responsible for all attorney fees, but Newman refused to close the nearly insolvent estate when my duties were complete and his fees were paid. Instead, he tried to extort additional attorney fees from me by keeping the case open to address a wrongful death claim, despite the estate’s heir’s lack of interest in pursuing it and an expert doctor’s opinion that it would not be worth doing so. He also knowingly deceived me into believing that a “closing statement” was needed to close the estate, even though this requirement had actually been waived by the estate’s heir. The heir’s attorney filed a motion to have Newman removed from the case. After the court closed the probate case with prejudice (barred from further litigation) Newman illegally re-opened the case in another courtroom.
As a result of complaints filed against him for these and similar actions, Newman has been suspended from practicing law for 18 months by the Indiana Disciplinary Commission. In retaliation, he has filed suit against me demanding additional attorney fees for the 2006 estate case, despite the fact that I made no agreement stating that I would pay any fees from my own assets on behalf of the estate. This lawsuit violates the rules of ethics, due process of law, and equal protection of law. Newman has been allowed to file ridiculous pleadings at an alarming rate and has been supported by a biased court system. Judge Carroll refuses to recuse himself from the case despite the fact that, by his own admission, he intends to grant Newman sanctions regardless of the evidence. When my former counsel discovered that the previous judge on the case, Judge Sosin, was a long-time close friend of Newman’s family, Judge Carroll commented for the record during a hearing that Judge Sosin in so many words “he finds the door “was weak for recusing himself from the case as a result of this obvious conflict of interest.
This case is a public policy issue. Statutes put in place to protect unsupervised personal representatives in probate matters are being ignored. This case will affect thousands of individuals involved in probating and the personal representation of estates. Justice cannot possibly be served as long as a biased judge is allowed to defend a “vexatious litigant,” as Newman has been described by Judge Logan in Bradenton, Florida court. If there is any justice in the Marion County Superior Court Civil Division, this case against me will be dismissed with prejudice.
Every affront to decency and every style adopted by criminals is not per se a constituttional violation. Only fools believe or espouse that.
This was an unnecessary change in law, a needless fiddling with a tax that impacted very very few hoosiers, but one that erodes a tax base benefitting very many hoosiers. Just because some people wanted to chalk up a "tax cut" on their legislative brag-list, and didnt give a fig about replacing the revenue any other way. Really stupid. I am a republican my whole life and this just shames me like hell. I have to use a fake name over this because I know my fellow republicans are all brain washed over tax cutting too.