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Firms raise funds for lung association
April 11, 2012
IL StaffIndianapolis firms participated in the American Lung Association's Fight for Air Climb to raise money.
MoreFirm to pass out children's bicycle helmets at annual event
April 11, 2012
IL StaffRepresentatives from Parr Richey Obremskey Frandsen & Patterson will present the second annual “PedalPalooza”
event on April 28 to raise awareness about the importance of bicycle safety for children.
MoreCFOs, CAFOs in the spotlight
February 29, 2012
IL StaffAn update on Indiana laws and legislation involving confined feeding operations and confined animal feeding operations.
MoreWeddings promote heart health
February 29, 2012
IL StaffFor the sixth consecutive year, the Marion County clerk’s office was transformed into a wedding chapel on Valentine’s
Day, and Clerk Beth White performed civil marriage ceremonies to raise money for the American Heart Association’s “Go
Red for Women” campaign.
MoreLawyers sweat it out in ethics CLE
February 15, 2012
Jenny MontgomerySneakers, shorts and T-shirts aren’t what most attorneys typically wear to continuing legal education sessions. But
on Jan. 30, lawyers put on their workout gear and hit the gym for a one-hour CLE on ethics.
MoreHartig steps down as legal aid director
February 15, 2012
IL StaffAfter 25 years of service, Sue Hartig stepped down from her role as executive director for the Legal Aid Society of Evansville
Feb. 3.
MoreNew suit filed protesting immigration law
January 4, 2012
Jenny MontgomeryThe Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund has filed a lawsuit on behalf of La Union Benefica Mexicana, a nonprofit
organization in East Chicago, protesting two previously unchallenged portions of Indiana’s new immigration law.
MoreYoung lawyers 'giving back'
January 4, 2012
The Indiana State Bar Association's Young Lawyers Section sponsored families this past Christmas.
MoreStuart & Branigin sponsors National High School Mock Trial event
December 21, 2011
Kelly LucasLafayette law firm Stuart & Branigin has signed on as the first Silver Sponsor of the 2013 National High School Mock Trial
Championship, being held in Indianapolis in May 2013.
MoreThe state bar honors an environmental leader
December 21, 2011
IL StaffThe ISBA's environmental section recently honored Sen. Beverly Gard, R-Greenfield, for her work on environmental issues.
MoreIllinois attorney to lead Indiana Tech law school
November 23, 2011
Jennifer NelsonThe former dean of Southern Illinois University School of Law has been chosen as dean for Indiana Tech’s new law school,
school officials announced Nov. 11.
MoreTownship board OKs court move
September 28, 2011
IBJ StaffThe Center Township Board on Sept. 21 approved a plan to move the township’s small claims court from the downtown Indianapolis
City-County Building to the Julia M. Carson Government Center despite a judge’s objection.
More7th Circuit judge to speak at Black History event
January 24, 2011
IL Staff7th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Ann Claire Williams will be the featured speaker at an event celebrating Black History
Month hosted by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
MoreDinsmore sworn in as U.S. magistrate
December 22, 2010
IL StaffU.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Dinsmore took his oath and was sworn in on Dec. 17.
MoreITLA young lawyer honored
December 8, 2010
Tara Worthley receives the Max Goodwin Young Lawyer Award.
MoreAG holds first criminal justice summit on death penalty costs
November 24, 2010
Michael HoskinsIn what was the first of its kind in Indiana, the state Attorney General’s Office held a criminal justice summit at
the University of Notre Dame this month to examine the critical issues the legal system faces from capital cases where the
death penalty is utilized.
MoreNew federal judge sworn in, robed
November 10, 2010
IL StaffU.S. Judge Jon DeGuilio took his oath and was officially sworn in Oct. 29 as the newest member of the U.S. District Court,
Northern District of Indiana, where he’ll preside in the South Bend division.
MoreJudge Pratt makes history
October 13, 2010
IL StaffJudge Tanya Walton Pratt becomes the first African-American federal jurist in Indiana.
MoreLaw firm relocates, plans expansion
September 15, 2010
Scott OlsonIndianapolis-based Drewry Simmons Vornehm announced Sept. 10 it will move from Keystone Crossing in northern Marion County
to a new Carmel headquarters as part of a growth plan.
MoreLawyer-legislator's attacker on trial
September 15, 2010
Michael HoskinsThe man accused of attacking a lawyer-legislator last year because of a 23-year-old legal dispute is on trial in Hamilton
Superior Court, facing multiple felony charges and potentially 100 years or more in prison.
MoreCourt suspends attorney for 30 days
August 9, 2010
Michael HoskinsThe Indiana Supreme Court has imposed a 30-day suspension against an Indianapolis attorney who was one of nearly three dozen
people to recently apply for an opening on the state’s highest court.
MoreInput sought on proposed changes
May 26, 2010
IL StaffThe Indiana Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure is seeking comment through June 20 on several proposed
rule changes.
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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.