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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.
MoreAttorney recovering after shooting
March 28, 2012
Jennifer NelsonA Fort Wayne attorney shot Tuesday morning at his home is recovering from his injuries, which are not life threatening.
MoreCompeting for a cause
March 14, 2012
Jenny MontgomeryAttorneys vie for top honors in food drive, stair climb.
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.
MoreSuper scheduling
January 4, 2012
Michael HoskinsLaw firms and courts in Indianapolis work to ensure smooth operations during Super Bowl week.
MoreBingham McHale merging with Louisville-based law firm
December 21, 2011
Michael HoskinsIndianapolis-based Bingham McHale is merging with the regional law firm Greenebaum Doll & McDonald effective Jan. 2, the
two firms announced Wednesday morning.
MoreIndy law renamed in honor of $24 million donor
December 1, 2011
Jennifer NelsonEffective today, the Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis will be called Indiana University Robert H. McKinney
School of Law.
MoreBaker & Daniels, Faegre & Benson confirm merger
October 12, 2011
Jenny MontgomeryTom Froehle, chief executive partner for Baker & Daniels, and Andrew Humphrey, chair of Faegre & Benson’s management
committee, held a joint news conference Oct. 12 to formally announce that the two firms will merge, effective Jan. 1, 2012.
The new firm – Faegre Baker Daniels – will have 770 attorneys and 45 consultants in the United States and abroad,
Humphrey said.
MoreBaker & Daniels, Faegre & Benson confirm merger
October 12, 2011
Jenny MontgomeryTom Froehle, chief executive partner for Baker & Daniels, and Andrew Humphrey, chair of Faegre & Benson’s management
committee, held a joint news conference Oct. 12 to formally announce that the two firms will merge, effective Jan. 1, 2012.
MoreMergers increase following dry spell
October 12, 2011
Jenny MontgomeryMore firms unite in 2011, seeking to broaden reach.
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.
MoreIce Miller to merge with Ohio firm
August 19, 2011
Jennifer NelsonIndianapolis-based Ice Miller announced Friday that it is combining with a law firm out of Columbus, Ohio. The merger with
Schottenstein Zox & Dunn Co. will be effective at the first of the year and the newly created firm will retain the Ice
Miller moniker.
MoreLegislators to look at sex offenses, reporting laws in wake of Anthony trial
August 17, 2011
IL StaffThe Criminal Code Evaluation Commission is meeting Thursday morning to discuss sex crimes and sex offenders, and other issues,
according to its revised meeting agenda. Later that day, the Criminal Law and Sentencing Policy Study Committee is going to
take a look at Indiana’s laws regarding reporting a dead body or missing child.
MoreBaker & Daniels in talks to merge with Minneapolis firm
August 12, 2011
Scott OlsonBaker & Daniels LLP, one of Indianapolis' largest and oldest law firms, is in merger discussions with a Minneapolis
law firm and expects to complete a deal in October.
MoreSouth Bend attorney to investigate allegations of misconduct in Northern District
August 11, 2011
IL StaffSouth Bend attorney Joseph D. Bradley has been appointed by Chief Judge Philip P. Simon to serve as special counsel to investigate
allegations of attorney misconduct that are pending before the Attorney Grievance Committee for the Northern District of Indiana.
MorePartner pay rises despite economic recession
August 3, 2011
Scott OlsonPartners at Indianapolis’ largest law firms are enjoying healthy pay increases despite the tough economic times.
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.
MoreQuayles create scholarship for Indy law school
April 26, 2011
IL StaffFormer Vice President Dan Quayle and his wife, Marilyn, have created a scholarship for students at Indiana University School
of Law-Indianapolis through an endowed gift of $200,000. The Quayles both earned their law degrees from the school in 1974.
MoreAttorneys discuss pros and cons of practicing in 2 states
April 13, 2011
Rebecca Berfanger, Jenny MontgomeryAttorneys in Indiana know that they must meet certain ongoing requirements to maintain their law licenses: CLE hours, and
staying abreast of procedural changes. Why, then, would anyone want to be licensed in two states?
MoreAttorney General’s food drive competition begins March 14
March 3, 2011
IL StaffThe third annual March Against Hunger food drive challenge among law firms and lawyers around the state kicks off March 14.
The Indiana Attorney General’s Office is teaming up again with the Indiana State Bar Association and Feeding Indiana’s
Hungry to encourage the legal community help needy Hoosiers.
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.
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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.