Rehearing
Bankruptcy doesn't eliminate judgment
April 13, 2011
Michael HoskinsThe Indiana attorney general’s office doesn’t think the former East Chicago mayor hit with a $108 million racketeering
judgment stemming from public corruption should be able to avoid paying back that amount by declaring bankruptcy.
MoreCompany hit with class action suits
April 13, 2011
Michael HoskinsTwo class action lawsuits have been filed against an Indianapolis firm that had offered estate planning services to people.
Now, the Indiana Supreme Court is considering what happens next against the company it found a year ago had engaged in the
unauthorized practice of law.
MoreScreening panel named in Public Defender search
April 13, 2011
Michael HoskinsThe Indiana Supreme Court has named a five-person panel to lead the search for a new state public defender.
MoreCOA accepts appeal on Camm prosecutor
March 30, 2011
Michael HoskinsThe Indiana Court of Appeals has accepted an interlocutory appeal addressing whether a southern Indiana prosecutor should
be able to stay on the third triple-murder trial of former Indiana State Police trooper David Camm
MoreFund awards victim of disbarred lawyer
March 30, 2011
Michael HoskinsThe Indiana State Bar Association’s Clients’ Financial Assistance Fund Committee has awarded a woman $14,973 for
losses she suffered due to the dishonest acts of disbarred South Bend attorney Rod Sniadecki.
MoreCourt declines Medicaid appeal
March 16, 2011
IL StaffA divided Indiana Supreme Court declined to accept a case asking whether Medicaid rejected applicants can include information
on appeal that wasn’t included in their initial applications.
MoreNo bankruptcy abuse by ex-mayor
March 16, 2011
Michael HoskinsReversing her earlier decision, U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee Nancy Gargula in the Northern District of Indiana determined March
7 that former East Chicago Mayor Robert Pastrick’s income is not too high to qualify for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and his
filing should not be considered to be an abuse of the process.
MoreAG wants trustee for casino revenue
March 16, 2011
Michael HoskinsTwo days of court mediation are scheduled in mid-April for the long-running litigation concerning East Chicago casino revenue
and economic development agreements, but the Indiana attorney general wants the city council to consider setting up a trusteeship
for the millions of dollars generated through those agreements.
MoreHigh court taking public defender applications
March 16, 2011
IL StaffThe Indiana Supreme Court is now accepting applications for state public defender. The current state public defender, Susan
Carpenter, is retiring in May.
MoreHabeas proceeding stays execution
March 16, 2011
Michael HoskinsA federal judge has postponed the April execution of a St. Joseph County man convicted of killing his wife, her ex-husband,
and her son.
MoreProcess outlined for BLE search
March 2, 2011
Michael HoskinsA month after applications were submitted for the state Board of Law Examiner’s executive director position, the Indiana
Supreme Court has announced its plan to review those applications and narrow the field.
MoreChange sought for 3rd murder trial
March 2, 2011
Michael HoskinsDefense attorneys for former Indiana State Police trooper David Camm have asked the state’s intermediate appellate court
to accept an interlocutory appeal and decide whether a special judge should have appointed a new prosecutor to preside over
the man’s third trial.
MoreEgypt program could resume mid-March
March 2, 2011
Rebecca BerfangerAn Egypt-based program of the Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis, in partnership with Cairo University
Faculty of Law in Egypt, could resume as early as mid-March, according to an e-mail from the program’s director to Indiana
Lawyer.
MoreWill SCOTUS weigh in on canons?
February 2, 2011
Michael HoskinsThe Supreme Court of the United States could soon decide if it will take on cases that question Indiana’s judicial canons
and whether those types of rules infringe on the free speech rights of seated jurists or those vying for the bench.
MoreIBF hires new civics education manager
January 19, 2011
Rebecca BerfangerSecond-year law student Andrew Homan started Jan. 3 as the Indiana Bar Foundation’s new civics education program manager.
MoreArguments set in Medicaid appeal
January 19, 2011
Rebecca BerfangerIn a case that involves whether Medicaid applicants who were rejected can include information that was not in their initial
applications when they appeal, the Indiana Supreme Court has set oral arguments for March 3 at 9 a.m.
MoreCounty restores original service
January 19, 2011
Rebecca BerfangerAfter the Indiana Department of Corrections switched in the summer of 2010 from one victims’ notification service to
another as a cost-saving measure, one northern Indiana county has restored its program with the previous service provider.
MoreSCOTUS hears Indiana case
January 19, 2011
Michael HoskinsIndiana Federal Community Defender Bill Marsh made his debut appearance before the nation’s highest court on Jan. 12,
arguing an Indiana case that questions whether vehicular flight from police is considered “violent” and warrants
a higher sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act.
MoreProsecutor can stay for new Camm trial
January 19, 2011
Michael HoskinsA special judge in Southern Indiana has ruled that the prosecutor who handled the first two triple murder trials of former
state trooper David Camm can stay on to handle the third.
MoreFederal estate tax law takes effect
January 5, 2011
Michael HoskinsNew tax changes went into effect Jan. 1 that include a 35 percent estate tax rate as well as a $5 million per person and $10
million per couple exemption.
MoreBankruptcy delays collection effort
January 5, 2011
Michael HoskinsFormer East Chicago Mayor Robert Pastrick has filed for bankruptcy, putting on hold the state’s attempt to seize his
property to help pay off the $108 million he owes from a civil racketeering default judgment against him.
MoreCompetition concludes at finals
December 22, 2010
Rebecca BerfangerFollowing the We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution mock congressional hearing state finals, which took place Dec.
12-13 for high school students and Dec. 14 for middle school students, organizers announced that a team from Munster High
School will represent Indiana at the national competition held in Washington, D.C., in April 2011.
MoreSettlement reached on foster care rates
December 8, 2010
Michael HoskinsThe Indiana Department of Child Services has agreed not to cut subsidies for foster and adoptive parents and other caregivers
as part of a class-action settlement in federal court.
MoreJudicial candidates lose elections
November 24, 2010
Michael HoskinsTwo judicial candidates who’d faced Indiana Election Commission challenges earlier this year about their names even
appearing on the ballot made it to the general election, but ended up losing the races and not getting to the bench in Lake
and Allen counties.
MoreLawyer sentenced on child porn case
November 10, 2010
Michael HoskinsAnderson attorney Samuel Hasler, who pled guilty to a pair of child pornography charges, has received a 151-month sentence,
meaning he’ll spend more than 12 years behind bars and then face a lifetime of supervised release.
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Jack, I was only responding to bill's comment of tying everybody in government together. I agree with you though, it takes one bad apple to ruin the bunch.. As in any profession. What's truly unfair is when somebody violates someone's trust and takes complete advantage of someone
John’s comment is unfair. The majority of attorneys can be trusted. Unfortunately, all it takes is one greedy, unscrupulous, immoral attorney to jade the public.
In regards to bill's comment about trusting the cover meant. We can trust them about as much as we can trust attorneys'.
This is disturbing to learn...
Yikes!