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IBA: Law Firm Mergers Hold Steady Nationally at Pre-Recession Pace
May 9, 2012
From IBAThere were 14 law firm mergers and acquisitions announced in the United States in the first quarter of 2012, according to
Altlman Weil. This continues the rebound of law firm combinations that began in the fall of 2010 and held through all of 2011.
MoreIndyBar Law Day 2012
May 9, 2012
From IBAPhotos from the career fair organized by the IndyBar for Law Day 2012.
MoreChinn: A Civics Lesson for All of Us
May 9, 2012
Scott ChinnScott Chinn writes about the importance of civic education and the need to fund programs.
MoreIBA: Opportunity to Help
May 9, 2012
From IBAWith generous support from the Indianapolis Bar Foundation, the Health and Human Rights Clinic (“HHRC”) at the
Robert H. McKinney School of Law invites local attorneys to team with clinical faculty in providing pro bono representation
to low-income clients in the Indianapolis community.
MoreIBA: New U.S. Supreme Court Case May Change Procedures in Indiana Courts
April 25, 2012
From IBAThe recent United States Supreme Court case of Missouri v. Frye, 132 S. Ct. 1399, 2012 U.S. LEXIS 2321 (2012) may
create advisements for defendants who wish to take cases to trial and may make courts an unwilling witness to plea negotiations.
MoreIBA: Opportunity to Support the Rule of Law
April 25, 2012
From IBAOne of the most important responsibilities legal professionals have is to use their specialized skills to aid the community
through volunteer efforts.
MoreChinn: Law Day 2012
April 25, 2012
Scott ChinnEvery year, we celebrate Law Day – the day first proclaimed in 1958 by President Dwight Eisenhower to be set aside to
celebrate the rule of law. Following a Congressional resolution passed in 1961, May 1 has been officially designated to celebrate
Law Day.
MoreIBA: Indianapolis Lawyers Release Results of Judicial Candidate Peer Evaluation
April 25, 2012
From IBAIn order to assist voters in electing qualified and effective judges in the November 8 election, the Indianapolis Bar Association’s
Judicial Excellence Political Action Committee has released the results of its 2012 judicial candidate peer evaluation.
MoreIBA: Impact Fund Making Impact
April 11, 2012
From IBAIn 2011, the Indianapolis Bar Foundation awarded its first Impact Fund grant, in the amount of $35,000, to the Health and
Human Rights Clinic (HHRC) at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.
MoreIBA: Deadline Extended for Access Cards
April 11, 2012
From IBAThe Marion County Court Administrator’s Office has announced that the deadline for the mandatory renewal of attorney
access cards to the City-County Building has been extended to April 13, 2012.
MoreNeed a New Photo? Visit the IndyBar
April 11, 2012
In conjunction with the production of the IndyBar’s print Legal Directory, Bass Photo Company will be in the IndyBar
Office to take professional headshots on several dates in April.
MoreChinn: Why The Indiana Supreme Court Matters
April 11, 2012
Scott ChinnThe profession and the citizenry have been blessed with a great Supreme Court in Indiana over the past several decades. There
are several reasons for that, and several reasons why it matters.
MoreAround IndyBar: Take a Law Student to Lunch 2012
March 28, 2012
From IBAPhotos from Take a Law Student to Lunch 2012.
MoreIBA: Make Time to Pause for Professionalism
March 28, 2012
From IBACivility and professionalism — and often the lack of it — have become increasingly discussed subjects in judicial
opinions and between lawyers.
MoreIBA: Bench Bar Registration Scholarships Available
March 28, 2012
From IBAThe IndyBar’s Bench Bar Conference is heading back to French Lick this year from June 14-16, and thirty scholarships
are available to make participating possible for any attorney wanting to attend.
MoreChinn: (A Small) Part of the Solution
March 28, 2012
Scott ChinnThe American Bar Association’s theme for Law Day to be observed on May 1 is “No Courts, No Justice, No Freedom”.
MoreIBA: Unanimity On Anonymity: COA Tests Anonymous Speech
March 14, 2012
From IBAMedia lawyers and litigators who frequently handle defamation cases have new guidance from the Indiana Court of Appeals on
whether and when a litigant can compel a nonparty media organization or Internet website to disclose the source of allegedly
defamatory statements posted anonymously online.
MoreIBA: Kilies and McGoff Law Students of the Year
March 14, 2012
From IBAThe annual Take a Law Student to Lunch event is a chance for the practicing bar to mix and mingle with some of the finest
future lawyers in the land. To further highlight the high quality of future lawyers in our community the IndyBar’s Law
Student Division will be honoring Janelle Kilies and Sean P. McGoff as Law Students of the Year.
MoreChinn: Law and Politics
March 14, 2012
Scott ChinnAs it always is in the winter and early spring, the workings of the Indiana General Assembly is big news. So it has been this
year.
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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.