130-lawyer Chicago firm opens northwest Indiana office
A 25-year-old Chicago-based law firm has announced the opening of its first office in the Hoosier State to serve its industrial and manufacturing clients in northwestern Indiana.
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Barnes partner Sweeney nominated for Southern District judgeship
President Donald Trump has nominated Barnes & Thornburg partner James Sweeney II for a judgeship on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
Courts open to cameras during National Adoption Day events
Courts in 24 counties across Indiana will be allowing families and the media to photograph and videotape adoption proceedings this month as part of the National Adoption Day celebration.
Supreme Court adopts new rules for e-filing wills, proof of debt
As the push for mandatory electronic filing continues in Indiana, the Indiana Supreme Court has established new rules on how to handle original wills when an estate case is opened electronically.
Hogsett proposes $300,000 for witness protection program
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett has identified $300,000 in city funds that he says can be spent to create a witness protection program for people who assist local police with criminal investigations.
Ind. Supreme Court to decide if evidence errors mean drug convictions should be tossed
The Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether errors in the admission of certain evidence during a man’s drug trial warrant reversal of the man’s multiple drug convictions.
Disciplinary Actions – 11/01/17
Find out who has been suspended from the practice of law in Indiana.
Nearly 300 take oaths as new lawyers
Here is the list of lawyers who passed the Indiana Bar Exam in July, many of whom took their oaths as lawyers at the Admission Ceremony Oct. 16.
Indiana Court Decisions
Read opinions from Indiana’s appellate courts for the most recent reporting period.
Holcomb appoints 3 judges, creates new vacancy
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb created a new vacancy in Tippecanoe Superior Courts last week when he announced three judicial appointments.
ABA withdrawing approval for Indiana Tech Law School
Roughly four months after Indiana Tech closed its law school, the American Bar Association is poised to withdraw provisional accreditation of the legal education program.
High court traveling to Evansville Monday
The Indiana Supreme Court will travel south Monday to hear oral arguments in Vanderburgh County in a case involving a student’s alleged bomb threat at an Indianapolis school.
Purdue to host COA argument in courtesy car crash case this week
Purdue University will host a traveling oral argument of the Indiana Court of Appeals this week in a case involving who will pay for damages to a car rented from a car dealership while the driver’s vehicle was being repaired.
Human trafficking focus of Indianapolis presentation
The Community Justice Academy of the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office will host an event tonight in Indianapolis updating the community on the local fight against human trafficking.
IU McKinney joins ABA in $250,000 education diversity pilot
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law has been tapped by the American Bar Association to test a one-of-a-kind online program designed to get underrepresented students interested in pursuing a career in the legal profession.
Medical-legal partnership launched in northwest Indiana
Indiana Legal Services is partnering with a Valparaiso-based health care provider to launch a first-of-its-kind medical-legal partnership program in northwest Indiana.
CLE ethics program registration deadline nears
Lawyers have an opportunity to earn two hours of continuing legal education ethics credit this month at an Indiana Lawyer program presented in partnership with Barnes & Thornburgh LLP.
Indiana federal court historical film now available online
A historical documentary on the federal courts in Indiana is now available to view in full online.
Democratic National Committee chair to speak at IU McKinney
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez will present “The Lawyer’s Duty: Social Justice, Racial Justice, Economic Justice,” in the sixth annual Birch Bayh Lecture at Indiana Robert H. McKinney School of Law. The speech will be Tuesday, October 24 in the Wynne Courtroom at Inlow Hall.
More than two-thirds of Indiana counties now e-filing
Indiana courts are closing in on a goal of mandatory e-filing statewide by the end of 2018. Decatur Circuit and Superior Courts switched on e-filing in most cases Wednesday, becoming the sixty-third of Indiana’s 91 circuits to launch electronic filing.