May 31, 2013
Dave StaffordA judge Thursday set a hearing to determine whether former personal injury attorney William Conour will remain free pending
his federal wire fraud trial.
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May 29, 2013
Dave StaffordA federal judge has left the door open for a former Division I college football quarterback to pursue his claim that the NCAA
constitutes an illegal college sports monopoly, allowing him to amend a complaint that had been dismissed.
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May 28, 2013
Dave StaffordFormer personal injury attorney William Conour claims his ex-wife is in possession of most of the items the government says
are missing from his Carmel home, but he acknowledged auctioning sculptures for $10,000 in an apparent violation of bond conditions
in his federal wire fraud case.
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May 28, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe Supreme Court of the United States on Monday denied certiorari to two cases stemming from an Indiana law disqualifying
a health care provider in participating in a government program because it provides abortion care.
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May 9, 2013
IL StaffMediation ordered by the Indiana Supreme Court failed to settle a dispute among Lake County judges over a juvenile court vacancy,
according to a report filed Wednesday by the former justice who tried to resolve the matter.
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April 18, 2013
IL StaffBloomington attorney David Schalk, who arranged a drug buy in 2007 in an attempt to impeach a witness’s credibility
at trial, has been suspended for at least nine months by the Indiana Supreme Court.
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April 12, 2013
IL StaffSouthern District Bankruptcy Chief Judge James K. Coachys has signed an order that terminates a previous order requiring alternative
dispute resolution related to Chapter 13 trustee motions to dismiss in the Indianapolis Division.
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April 10, 2013
IL StaffSenior Judge Lisa M. Traylor-Wolff, who faced a disciplinary action on charges she had a sexual relationship with a client,
is no longer allowed to serve as a judge, the Indiana Supreme Court ordered Tuesday.
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March 25, 2013
Dave StaffordSenior Judge Thomas W. Webber Sr. was appointed a judge pro tem late Friday as the Indiana Supreme Court intervened further
in a controversy over who will be the next judge of the Lake Superior Court Juvenile Division.
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March 21, 2013
Dave StaffordThe Indiana Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon issued an emergency order preventing a Lake County judge from taking over
the vacancy created when a fellow judge was tapped to lead the Department of Child Services.
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March 20, 2013
IL StaffThe Indiana Supreme Court issued an order Monday vacating its grant of transfer to a case filed by a man rendered a quadriplegic
after he fell out of a company truck’s utility bucket while working for Richmond Power.
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March 11, 2013
Dave StaffordAn insurance company won’t have to pay the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis’ legal fees and costs associated
with defending claims of sexual abuse.
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March 8, 2013
Dave StaffordA boy believed to be the youngest person convicted as an adult in Indiana will get a fresh start in juvenile court after the
Indiana Supreme Court let stand a reversal of his conviction.
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March 8, 2013
IL StaffThe Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana will no longer issue notices of impending closure without discharge
in Chapter 13 cases.
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March 8, 2013
Dave StaffordThe Indiana Supreme Court will let stand the reversal of a trial court’s adult conviction and 25-year executed sentence
for Paul Henry Gingerich, who was 12 at the time he and an older boy shot and killed a Kosciusko County man.
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February 27, 2013
IL StaffJustice Robert Rucker wrote an 11-page dissent from his colleagues after three justices decided to vacate transfer to an appeal
stemming from charges involving the alleged sexual assault of four victims.
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January 28, 2013
Dave StaffordYou now may use a laptop, iPad, and other tablets or computing devices inside oral arguments at the Indiana Supreme Court,
so long as you get permission first, sit in the back row and keep it quiet.
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January 2, 2013
Dave StaffordThe Indiana Supreme Court has reversed an order it issued Monday that prevented an appellant from bringing in a utility truck
bucket to arguments scheduled Thursday.
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January 2, 2013
IL Staff2012 was another busy year for the legal community. We welcomed new justices and a new chief justice, witnessed the beginnings
of the state’s fifth law school, and saw local stories garner national and international attention. Here’s a look
back at the top news stories from last year.
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December 18, 2012
Dave StaffordThe Indianapolis Star has asked the Indiana Supreme Court to hear its appeal of an order that it identify an anonymous
commenter who posted messages on its website that became part of a defamation suit.
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December 7, 2012
IL StaffMarion Superior Judge Grant Hawkins has ordered the trial for Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Officer David Bisard moved
from the Indianapolis media market because of publicity surrounding the fatal accident involving the officer in 2010.
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December 4, 2012
Dave StaffordA federal appeals court judge Tuesday granted a stay of execution for an Indiana man convicted of the torturous rape and murder
of a 15-year-old girl.
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November 21, 2012
Dave StaffordTwo companies will be hired to transcribe court records on an expedited schedule in a pilot program in selected courts, according
to a Supreme Court order.
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November 19, 2012
Dave StaffordThe Indiana Court of Appeals has blocked a court order requiring The Indianapolis Star to disclose the name of an
online commenter and will hear further arguments on the matter Tuesday morning.
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October 16, 2012
IL StaffThe Indiana Supreme Court has rescinded the Sept. 7 order that set out amendments to Indiana Administrative Rules 5, 7, 8,
9 and 10, and the justices have issued in its place a new order. The changes include the use of senior judges, records that
need to be microfilmed, and what court records are excluded from public access.
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Interesting that the new laws in criminal code all involve voter fraud
I'm getting divorced and we have prenuptial and judge said it stands even though he made me sign it 2 days before wedding then I be c ame ill and left with nothing butbills
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