St. Joseph County Bar Association
Attorney survey on Marion County judiciary begins
January 9, 2012
Michael HoskinsEighteen Marion County judges will be on the ballot in the May 2012 primary. The Indianapolis Bar Association is asking attorneys
to voice their opinions about those jurists.
MoreBar Crawl - 10/12/11
October 12, 2011
IL StaffA roundup of what's happening at bar associations around the state.
MoreSJCBA releases results of judicial survey
September 30, 2011
IL StaffThe St. Joseph County Bar Association has released the findings of its annual survey of Superior judges. The bar association
conducts the survey each year even if no judges are up for retention, which is the case for 2011.
MoreBar Crawl - 3/2/11
March 2, 2011
IL StaffISBA and AG team up for food drive; CLE focuses on stress and social media
Talk to a Lawyer Today event seeks volunteers
January 6, 2011
Rebecca BerfangerThe annual Talk to a Lawyer Today event will take place on Jan. 17 at locations around the state. While the free CLE opportunities
took place in late 2010, volunteers who want to participate may do so if they didn’t attend the CLE.
MoreTalk to a Lawyer needs volunteers, EBA moves
January 5, 2011
Rebecca BerfangerThe Talk to a Lawyer even on Jan. 17 still needs volunteers; the Evansville Bar Association recently moved and is promoting
a tribute for an attorney who died in November 2010.
MoreBar associations host free CLE
December 8, 2010
Rebecca BerfangerBar associations and pro bono districts are working together in December and January to promote replays of a CLE for attorneys
who want to participate in the annual statewide Talk to a Lawyer Today event taking place Jan. 17, 2011.
MoreRed Masses mark start of legal term
September 29, 2010
The tradition of the Red Mass, which commemorates the beginning of the legal term each fall and blesses members of the legal
community, continues in Indiana. Typically the Red Mass takes place in a Catholic church but is open to people of all faiths.
MoreLegal community helps prosecutor
August 18, 2010
Rebecca BerfangerFollowing a car accident in early June, a St. Joseph County deputy prosecutor’s life was dramatically changed.
MoreSJCBA welcomes new members
July 21, 2010
Rebecca BerfangerThe St. Joseph County Bar Association hosted its annual “An Evening at the Cove” June 30 for new members of the
SJCBA at Coveleski Regional Stadium, home of the South Bend Silver Hawks baseball team.
MoreBar associations statewide mark Law Day
May 12, 2010
Rebecca BerfangerIn April and early May, bar associations around the state and the Indiana Supreme Court celebrated Law Day, which is officially
May 1, according to the American Bar Association.
MoreLegislature's final days bring up merit selection, out-of-state placement issues
March 17, 2010
Michael HoskinsHoosier lawyers and judges were kept on the edge of their seats as the Indiana General Assembly navigated its final days of
the session, reviving talk on two issues that have significant impact on the state's judiciary and legal system.
MoreLegislators revisit vetoed merit-selection measure
March 12, 2010
Michael HoskinsIn the final days of the Indiana General Assembly session, as lawmakers pushed to finish and put final touches on the end-of-term
business, a 2009 measure that divided the Hoosier legal community came back into play.
MoreLawmakers mull veto override on merit selection
March 11, 2010
Michael HoskinsVetoed legislation that would scrap St. Joseph County's merit selection for judicial elections and also add a new three-judge
panel to the Indiana Court of Appeals is back in play.
MoreMoving a law library, maintaining accessibility
January 6, 2010
Rebecca BerfangerWhat could have been a tragic end to a law library in central Indiana at the end of 2009 will be a new beginning in 2010.
MoreSt. Joseph Bar evaluates judges
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.
MoreFormer justice discusses merit selection
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.
MoreSenate gets St. Joe judges bill, with twist
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.
MoreNo vote yet on St. Joe judges bill
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.
MoreInvestiture for St. Joseph judge Friday
December 1, 2008
IL StaffRecently appointed St. Joseph Superior Judge Margot F. Reagan will officially take the bench Dec. 5 with a 4 p.m. robing ceremony
in the Superior Court courtroom in the St. Joseph County Courthouse.
MoreSt. Joseph Bar releases judicial evaluation
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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I've been a republican my whole life but to me this is despicable. Its a race to the bottom with the third world when it comes to trying to fetch manufacturing back by lowering wages. Only fools think that is going to really work. You can see that in the southern states they can't hold on to jobs any better than we can up here.
Much praise to Pat Bauer and the democrats and, most of all, to the the nine BOLD AND WISE republicans who voted and fought against this.
Yup, in Marion County we surely do have the best justice money can buy.
If Republican slating fees are $12,000 they've been lowered. They as of very recently was $25,000.
Indiana law does not require law enforcement agencies to remove "police blotter" records, nor does it require Court Clerks to remove their records. Limiting expungements in this way renders them useless, since many private firms check local and county records for employers. The result is the crime will be discovered, and the applicant rejected. Expungement means just that, and should be required of all criminal justice agencies.
Hope everything turned out okay. My father was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to 65 yrs in jail in Indiana and after serving 17 yrs, the other co-defendants finally came forward and confessed he was not there. The court exonerated him, but left the conviction on his record. And of course, Indiana can lock you up on a wrongful conviction, but want pay you a dime for you time. Laws need to change, period!! My dad has since passed, but I trying to make it better.