December 8, 2010
Editorial Indiana LawyerHere's to hoping reason and sanity will prevail, but we're not holding our breath.
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November 4, 2010
Michael HoskinsA Terre Haute attorney has been dealt another blow in his national effort to challenge judicial merit-selection systems in
favor of popular elections.
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November 3, 2010
IL StaffThe 11 judges up for retention this year – including five on the Indiana Court of Appeals – will remain on the
bench.
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October 13, 2010
IL StaffIf the results of the Indiana State Bar Association’s 2010 Judicial Retention Poll are any indicator of next month’s
election, then the five Indiana Court of Appeals judges up for a vote will be easily retained.
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October 13, 2010
Michael HoskinsOne third of the Indiana Court of Appeals judges face a retention vote this year. Read the judges’ answers to questions
posed by Indiana Lawyer.
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October 13, 2010
Indiana Lawyer posed 11 questions to the five Indiana Court of Appeals judges who are facing retention this year – Judges
L. Mark Bailey, Melissa S. May, Margret G. Robb, Cale J. Bradford, and Elaine B. Brown.
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September 16, 2010
Michael HoskinsA third of the Indiana Court of Appeals judges face retention this year, but before voters mark their ballots the state’s
attorneys have a chance to say what they think about the five appellate judges who want to remain on the bench.
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October 22, 2009
IL StaffThe St. Joseph County Bar Association has released the results of its 2009 survey evaluating Superior Court judges. This is
the second time the bar association has completed and published this survey.
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September 17, 2009
Jennifer Nelsonhe Indiana Judicial Conference unveiled its "roadmap for the future" today for the Indiana courts, which included
consolidating courts and creating a uniform system to select trial judges.
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July 6, 2009
Michael HoskinsA Terre Haute attorney has filed a federal suit challenging the merit-selection system in Alaska, arguing the state bar association
has unconstitutional control over the judicial nominating commission and takes away the people's right to choose their
judges.
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May 14, 2009
Michael HoskinsThe state's top executive has rejected the idea of scrapping merit selection in St. Joseph County, but it remains unclear
whether lawmakers will attempt to override that veto during a special session.
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May 6, 2009
Michael HoskinsGov. Mitch Daniels received today legislation that, if signed, would toss out merit selection and retention of St. Joseph
Superior judges and also create a new three-judge panel for the Indiana Court of Appeals.
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April 29, 2009
Michael HoskinsGov. Mitch Daniels will likely receive legislation today aimed primarily at scrapping judicial merit selection in St. Joseph
County and creating a new Indiana Court of Appeals panel starting 2011.
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April 23, 2009
Michael HoskinsA legislative conference committee is debating what changes might be possible for a bill aimed at scrapping merit selection
for St. Joseph Superior judges.
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April 22, 2009
Michael HoskinsDuring a visit to South Bend today, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor pushed a message that merit
selection is the best way to ensure an independent judiciary, though her words come at a time when state lawmakers are close
to scrapping that very system in the county she visited.
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April 15, 2009
Michael HoskinsThe full Senate voted today in support of legislation scrapping the St. Joseph Superior judge merit-selection system for judicial
elections, and also creating a new panel for the Indiana Court of Appeals.
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April 8, 2009
Michael HoskinsThe full Indiana Senate will consider in the next week whether St. Joseph Superior judges should be elected or merit-selected
and retained by voters. A Senate committee wants the full legislative body to consider that issue, but with a twist: An amendment
has been attached to the controversial House Bill 1491.
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April 1, 2009
Michael HoskinsAn Indiana Senate committee debated this morning a bill that would make it so St. Joseph Superior judges are elected rather
than chosen by merit selection and later retained by voters.
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March 31, 2009
IL StaffThe Indiana Senate Judiciary Committee will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday in Room 130 at the Statehouse to discuss several
bills on first reading, including House Bill 1491, which would require nonpartisan elections of St. Joseph Superior judges.
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February 13, 2009
Michael HoskinsIn a historically notable vote, the Indiana House of Representatives passed a bill that would elect St. Joseph Superior judges
rather than stick with a merit-selection and retention system in place for 35 years.
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February 5, 2009
IL StaffThe bill requiring the non-partisan election of Superior Court judges in St. Joseph County has made it out of committee.
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October 24, 2008
IL StaffThe Evansville Bar Association has released the results of the survey of its members regarding the retention of three Vanderburgh
Superior judges running for re-election in November.
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October 16, 2008
IL StaffSt. Joseph County Bar Association members have evaluated the five St. Joseph Superior judges up for retention this year -
Judges Roland W. Chamblee Jr., David C. Chapleau, Jerome Frese, Jenny Pitts Manier, John M. Marnocha, Jane Woodward Miller,
and Michael P. Scopelitis. All of the judges received a combined average score of either average/acceptable or above average.
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October 15, 2008
IL StaffThe five Indiana judges up for retention this November have received overwhelming support from Indiana State Bar Association
members. The ISBA poll shows no judge or justice received less than 83 percent of "yes" votes for retention.
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I highly recommend Deanna and her team of professionals that serve the legal community. Great information and many thanks for sharing.
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.