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Firms raise funds for lung association
April 11, 2012
IL StaffIndianapolis firms participated in the American Lung Association's Fight for Air Climb to raise money.
MoreLaw firms step up for charitable cause Saturday
March 9, 2012
Jenny MontgomerySeveral Indianapolis lawyers will participate in the “Fight for Air Climb” Saturday to benefit the American Lung
Association.
MoreBar foundation receives pledge for civics education
August 29, 2011
IL StaffA third law firm has signed on as a visionary sponsor for the Indiana Bar Foundation’s We the People civics education
program. Evansville firm Bamberger Foreman Oswald & Hahn has pledged $10,000 in support of the program, the foundation
announced Friday, joining Barnes & Thornburg and Taft Stettinius & Hollister as top-level sponsors.
MoreInspiration through loss
May 25, 2011
Jenny MontgomeryCharity founders discuss the origins of their organizations - Kate Cares, Outrun the Sun, and the Joseph Maley Foundation.
MoreAG's food drive raises more than 140,000 pounds of food
May 5, 2011
IL StaffIndiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller’s March Against Hunger challenge among law firms has raised the equivalent of
nearly 144,000 pounds of food for needy Hoosiers.
MoreBicycling barristers
April 27, 2011
Jenny MontgomeryLawyers say fitness and networking are among the perks of traveling to the office on two wheels.
MoreBarnes & Thornburg opens Los Angeles office
February 25, 2011
Jennifer NelsonIndianapolis-based Barnes & Thornburg has expanded again, this time to the West Coast. A Los Angeles, Calif., office opened
today with six attorneys from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.
MoreFinancing new energy creators
February 16, 2011
Michael HoskinsWhen attorney John Kirkwood sees a garbage dump, his mind not only starts wandering toward the renewable energy that could
be produced at that site but also an expanding field of law that’s drawing more lawyers into the environmental fold.
MoreSame firm, but different cases before Supreme Court on same day
February 2, 2011
Michael HoskinsFor appellate attorneys Paul Jefferson and Mark Crandley at Barnes & Thornburg, this double-argument day Jan. 20 was a
new experience that many say isn’t very common in the legal community.
MoreDinsmore sworn in as magistrate
December 17, 2010
IL StaffMark J. Dinsmore took the oath today to become the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana’s newest magistrate
judge. Magistrate Judge Dinsmore was sworn in by Chief Judge Richard L. Young at the Birch Bayh Federal Building and United
States Courthouse in Indianapolis.
MoreBiking barristers
October 13, 2010
Rebecca BerfangerMaybe it’s no surprise that after a long week in the office meeting with clients, attending court hearings, and handling
filings that a journey on the open road with nothing but a motorcycle and maybe a few friends is the perfect way to spend
the weekend.
MoreLawyers support motorcycle ride for charity
September 16, 2010
IL StaffIndianapolis attorneys and a law firm are among the sponsors and participants in a scenic motorcycle ride Saturday to benefit
the children of Christel House, based in Indianapolis with locations around the world.
MoreTrust created for children of attorney killed by her husband, arrangements set
September 1, 2010
Michael HoskinsA trust has been created for the children of an attorney who was killed by her husband last week.
MoreIndianapolis Bar Association forms PAC
September 1, 2010
Michael HoskinsThe Indianapolis Bar Association may be the first statewide or nationally to create a plan aimed at combating judicial campaign-contribution
concerns on the heels of a landmark court ruling last year.
MoreIndianapolis IP attorney killed by husband after filing for divorce
September 1, 2010
Michael HoskinsPracticing law was never an obligation for Indianapolis attorney Mary Jane Frisby but a chance for her to say, “Wow,
look what we get to do.”
MoreIndianapolis attorney chosen as magistrate judge
September 1, 2010
Michael HoskinsA 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.
MoreAttorney killed by husband
August 27, 2010
IL StaffThe man who committed suicide atop a parking garage in downtown Indianapolis Thursday afternoon behind Barnes & Thornburg
earlier had killed his attorney wife in their Brownsburg home, police said.
MoreState court offices, law firm on lockdown after shots fired in Indianapolis
August 26, 2010
IL and IBJ StaffA lone gunman caused downtown Indianapolis – including Indiana State Court Administration offices and law firm Barnes
& Thornburg – to be on lockdown today.
MoreIndiana Supreme Court review analyzes trends, voting patterns
July 7, 2010
Michael HoskinsEvery summer, an attorney-authored review analyzes and highlights the Indiana Supreme Court’s activity during the past
year. But only rarely does that report come at a time when the state’s highest court is seeing change.
MoreRobo-calls at issue in Indiana courts
June 23, 2010
Michael HoskinsA line of litigation has been playing out in state and federal courts involving what is and isn't allowed under the Automatic
Dialing Machines Statute.
MoreClinic raises $40,000 at annual event
May 11, 2010
IL StaffThe Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic in Indianapolis raised more than $40,000 at its annual “Justice for all”
event.
MoreThe Midwest, Indianapolis legal markets prime for opportunities
March 31, 2010
Elizabeth BrockettSommer Barnard. Locke Reynolds. Dann Pecar Newman & Kleiman. Those are just a few Indiana law firm names that are now only
part of history.
MoreIndianapolis firm opens Delaware office
September 3, 2009
IL StaffBarnes & Thornburg has opened an office in Delaware to help clients with finance, insolvency, restructuring, and business
bankruptcy issues, the Indianapolis-based firm announced today.
MoreBarnes & Thornburg to expand to Minneapolis
June 22, 2009
IL StaffBarnes & Thornburg announced today an expansion into Minnesota thanks to an acquisition of The Parsinen Law Firm.
MoreIndiana firms receive national recognition
June 3, 2009
IL StaffSeveral law firms with Indiana ties have been recognized recently.
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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.