January 2, 2013
IL StaffThe Hon. David D. Kiely was sworn in Wednesday as the new Vanderburgh Circuit Court judge. A ceremony was scheduled at noon
in the Vanderburgh Circuit courtroom.
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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 19, 2012
IL StaffThose interested in joining the St. Joseph Superior bench have until Jan. 18 to apply to the court’s nominating commission.
The applicant chosen will replace Judge Roland Chamblee Jr., who is retiring in March.
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December 19, 2012
Dave StaffordThe ex-attorney is still without counsel in his wire fraud case and is proceeding pro se in his divorce and foreclosure cases.
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December 12, 2012
Cory SchoutenA bitter battle over the $2 billion estate of the late shopping mall tycoon Melvin Simon has ended with a confidential settlement.
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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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November 27, 2012
IL StaffGov. Mitch Daniels announced Monday that he has selected Faith Graham to sit as judge of Tippecanoe Superior Court III. She
succeeds Loretta Rush, who was appointed to the Indiana Supreme Court in September and joined the high court this month.
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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 20, 2012
IL StaffGov. Mitch Daniels has appointed Angela Warner Sims as judge of Madison Circuit Court. She succeeds Judge Rudolph Pyle III,
who was appointed in August to the Indiana Court of Appeals.
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November 19, 2012
IL StaffA northeastern Indiana town court judge was given a public admonishment Monday by the Commission on Judicial Qualifications
for her direct individual involvement with parties involved in a 2008 traffic infraction case.
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November 2, 2012
Dave StaffordThe way Marion Superior judges are elected is unconstitutional, a suit filed Thursday by Common Cause and the American Civil
Liberties Union of Indiana alleges.
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October 26, 2012
Marilyn OdendahlThe third murder trial of former Indiana State Trooper David Camm will be held in Boone County.
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October 26, 2012
Dave StaffordThe woman challenging Franklin Circuit Judge Steven Cox for his job faces seven disciplinary charges over statements attributed
to her about the judge’s release of a prisoner who a year later killed five people, according to a statement Friday
from the Indiana Judicial Qualifications Commission. The commission has asked for a public hearing on the charges.
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October 25, 2012
Jennifer NelsonA jury trial set for this week for a Monroe County attorney accused of stealing money from clients has been cancelled because
a plea agreement has been reached.
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October 19, 2012
IL StaffA challenge to Indiana’s right-to-work law will proceed after a Lake County judge this week rejected the state’s
request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by United Steelworkers.
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October 19, 2012
Dave StaffordAttorneys for a Columbus woman who has developed symptoms of fungal meningitis after being treated with steroid injections
are suing the drugmaker at the center of a widening outbreak blamed on tainted shots.
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October 16, 2012
Dave StaffordA new set of rules for Marion County’s nine township Small Claims courts will make the forums more transparent and put
important court information online for the first time, according to the judge overseeing reform efforts.
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October 10, 2012
Dave StaffordIn the Greek epic “The Odyssey,” Homer’s hero Odysseus takes 10 years to return home after the Trojan War.
Indiana’s Odyssey might take longer to reach its goal. Odyssey, the state-backed court case management system that aims
to connect and modernize more than 400 trial courts, is continuing its laborious progress, locality by locality.
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September 27, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe pilot project announced this summer by the Indiana Supreme Court that includes using video transcripts in three trial
courts as the official court record will run through Dec. 31, 2013.
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September 26, 2012
Dave StaffordColleagues say the Supreme Court appointee brings life balance, temperament and skill to the job.
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September 17, 2012
IL StaffThe Evansville Bar Association is hosting a judicial debate for the Vanderburgh Superior judicial candidates in contested
races on Wednesday.
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September 12, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe blood of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer accused of driving drunk and killing one motorcyclist
and injuring two others should be allowed at his trial for reckless homicide and other alcohol-related charges, the Indiana
Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday morning on interlocutory appeal.
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September 12, 2012
Dave StaffordCan you carry a gun to the ballot box? With a few narrow exceptions, the answer appears to be yes. A lawsuit filed last month
in St. Joseph Superior Court could clarify further whether a 2011 law that voids local firearm regulations would make efforts
to keep guns out of voting precincts illegal.
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September 12, 2012
Marilyn OdendahlNo one disputes that Country Squire Lakes Community in Jennings County has decayed from a pleasant welcoming place to live
into a mess of broken down mobile homes where there is fear of crime. They disagree if the change is radical enough to excuse
homeowners from paying dues and assessments to their homeowners association.
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August 29, 2012
Dave StaffordThe Indianapolis Bar Association takes aim at the Marion Superior judicial selection process.
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Judge Roger B. Cosbey is unethical and bias toward African American who seeks justice in Title VII claims. He disrespected and used his authority to attempt to intimidate me into taking an unfair settlement and when I refused he proceeded to get my case dismissed and to deny me my Constitutional and Civil Rights. He disobeying several rules of law; specifically, by ruling on summary judgment motions against the Fed. R. Civ. P., without authority of Judge William C. Lee, without consent of the attorneys, and with conspiracy to commit “fraud on the court,” as he conspired with my former attorney. He proved to me that he is bias, unethical, unfair and unfit to be reappointed. In my opinion, he should be disbarred in 2013, for committing fraud on the court, which would make him ineligible for reinstatement in 2014. See docket 3:07 cv 629 where he rules on dispositive motions, knowing magistrates are not vested with that power (especially without consent), grants the defendant an unconscionable number of extensions, accepts my former attorney request for extension for dispositive motion knowing he was working with the opposition, and unbelievably grants the defendant another extension after he requested an extension after he missed the deadline. I know another attorney filed charges against him for bias in race discrimination case(s). I know what he did in my case before he voluntarily recused himself, I just do not know how many other innocent people have been stripped of their rights because of him. I say shame on him and no more of the same.
they are pushing these cases against lawyers too far. thought-crime.
vagueness cannot challenged, so let's write all laws vaguely and throw the constitution out the window.Even if the court is operating under a particular law, if they don't it they will change it to their liking. What a joke!!!
Two convictions becomes one conviction with exactly the same sentence, only it is not clear wheter or not that sentence will be 18 months, 120 months or 138 months. Actually if the guns were in a home, whether or not they were his, he is protected under the 2nd amendment. Jurors need to learn the law and the constitution before judging others. The cour5ts need to do this as well.
With all due respect, Rick, I think you probably would be making a mistake by going to law school. The job market for attorneys is so saturated, you may well find yourself unemployed and with a lot of debt. You mention law would be a good supplement to your skills. True. But employers unfortunately don't value that. You will find that a law degree may well pigeonhole you into an attorney slot and limit career options. If you have a good job now I would hold onto that. As an attorney, you may well end up making less with the aforementioned debt.