Indiana Trial Courts
Indianapolis attorney charged with defrauding clients out of $2.5M
April 27, 2012
Jennifer NelsonAn Indianapolis attorney has been charged with misappropriating more than $2 million from his clients.
MoreJustices deny case involving trial judges issuing orders against other courts
April 24, 2012
IL StaffThe Indiana Supreme Court will not take the lawsuit filed by six people against Marion Superior Judge William Young for his
actions in traffic court. The plaintiffs wanted the special judge appointed to their case to order Young to comply with certain
procedures, which included mandating Young allow the general public to attend court sessions.
MoreIndyBar releases results of judicial candidate peer evaluation
April 23, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indianapolis Bar Association’s Judicial Excellence Political Action Committee released the results of its 2012 judicial
candidate evaluation. The Democratic and Republican Party ballots will feature twelve candidates vying for 10 spots on Marion
Superior Court. The candidates received varied approval rates, from just 18 percent to nearly 97 percent.
MoreVolunteer attorneys sought for teen court
April 3, 2012
IL StaffEvansville’s Youth Resources is seeking volunteer attorneys to assist in its Teen Court. The court is an early intervention/diversion
program in the Vanderburgh County Juvenile Justice System for first-time youth offenders ages 10 through 17.
MoreConfidentiality issues raised
March 28, 2012
Michael HoskinsSt. Joseph County case creates concern about protecting callers’ identities on child abuse claims.
MoreSmall Claims task force meetings begin Wednesday
February 20, 2012
IL StaffThe newly created task force formed by the Indiana Supreme Court to look into the practices and procedures used in Marion
County Small Claims courts will hold its first of three hearings Wednesday.
MoreTask force will examine Marion County's small claims courts
February 14, 2012
Michael HoskinsA new task force will review the practices and procedures of the nine small claims courts within the state’s largest
county, following critical reports last year suggesting litigants may not receive the same access to justice in each court
or as parties have in other Indiana jurisdictions.
MoreHigh court to hear legislative fines appeal
February 8, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Supreme Court has taken the appeal of a Marion County judge’s decision that ordered Democratic members of
the Indiana House be refunded the money withheld from their paychecks due to a walkout in 2011.
MoreJustices take secretary of state case
February 8, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Supreme Court decided Tuesday to hear the appeals of a Marion County judge’s decision that found Indiana
Secretary of State Charlie White ineligible to hold office.
MoreJudge orders refund of legislative fines
February 7, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Democratic members of the Indiana House who faced fines for failing to attend sessions in protest of right-to-work legislation
will be reimbursed any amount withheld in 2011, according to a ruling from Marion Superior Judge David Dreyer. The judge also
ordered that any fines imposed this session may not be collected.
MoreGovernor appoints interim secretary of state
February 6, 2012
IL StaffAfter Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White was found guilty of six felony charges Feb. 4, Gov. Mitch Daniels appointed
Jerry Bonnet as interim secretary of state. A convicted felon cannot hold statewide office in Indiana.
MoreWebcasting allowed in 3 Lake County courtrooms
January 27, 2012
Michael HoskinsThe Indiana Supreme Court has announced a new 18-month pilot project allowing trial court proceedings to be webcast in three
Lake County courtrooms.
MoreJudge rules on summary judgment motions in IBM case
January 26, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe State of Indiana may be on the hook to pay IBM $40 million in subcontractor assignment fees per the contract it had with
IBM to update the state’s welfare system, a contract the state cancelled in October 2009 because it wasn’t happy
with results.
MoreJudge temporarily blocks fines for House boycott
January 20, 2012
Michael HoskinsMarion Superior Judge David Dreyer has blocked the collection of a $1,000-a-day fine imposed on boycotting lawmakers in the
Indiana House of Representatives, granting a temporary restraining order until he can hold a hearing on the merits of the
issue next week.
MoreJustices: patient fund not entitled to set-off
January 20, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Supreme Court has affirmed a $1 million excess damages award from the Indiana Patient’s Compensation Fund
to the estate of a man who died following a truck accident, determining the fund is not entitled to a reduction of the award
to account for the 20 percent chance the man would have died even without the doctor’s negligence.
MoreIndiana court decisions Jan. 1 to 11, 2012
January 18, 2012
IL StaffRead summaries of the For Publications from the Indiana appellate courts and the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
MoreIndiana Supreme Court will hear IBM case
January 9, 2012
Michael HoskinsThe Indiana Supreme Court will decide whether Gov. Mitch Daniels must appear for a deposition and testify in an ongoing lawsuit
challenging the cancelled IBM contract to modernize the state’s welfare system.
MoreJudge allows Charlie White to remain in office pending appeal
January 4, 2012
Michael HoskinsRecognizing the judiciary has the ability to minimize damage caused by the ongoing Indiana secretary of state court challenge,
a Marion Circuit judge has put a hold on his ruling that the state’s top election official be immediately removed from
office and a successor appointed.
MoreSuper scheduling
January 4, 2012
Michael HoskinsLaw firms and courts in Indianapolis work to ensure smooth operations during Super Bowl week.
MoreA decade of court data is revealed
January 4, 2012
Michael HoskinsFigures in the latest Judicial Service Report show near record-level filings continue and that the state needs more judges.
MoreAG to appeal secretary of state ineligibility case
December 27, 2011
IL StaffIndiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller will appeal on behalf of the Indiana Recount Commission the decision by a judge that
found Secretary of State Charlie White ineligible to run for office.
MoreJudge rules Charlie White ineligible for candidacy
December 22, 2011
Francesca JaroszA Marion County judge has ruled that Secretary of State Charlie White was ineligible to be a candidate and the office should
go to Democrat Vop Osili, his challenger in the 2010 election.
MoreBrightpoint suing former exec in trade secret dispute
December 21, 2011
Scott OlsonBrightpoint Inc. is suing a former top executive for allegedly taking company trade secrets to a new job with a direct competitor.
MoreMarsh wins $19.5M judgment against Roche
December 20, 2011
Scott OlsonA Hamilton Superior judge has awarded Marsh Supermarkets Inc. a total of $19.5 million in damages in a soured sublease deal
with Swiss pharmaceutical- and medical-equipment-maker Roche.
MoreJudge: Governor can be deposed
December 16, 2011
Michael HoskinsIndiana Gov. Mitch Daniels shouldn’t be excused from appearing for a deposition in a lawsuit challenging the cancelled
multi-million dollar contract with IBM to modernize the state’s welfare system, according to Marion Superior Judge David
Dreyer.
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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.