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Curt DeVoe has been instrumental in shaping Indiana’s environmental laws since the early days of his career. He’s helped craft legislation and rules concerning environmental liability of banks and other lenders, and he played a role in the creation of the Indiana Voluntary Remediation Program and the Indiana Brownfield Program. Curt views himself as a […]
Personal injury attorney Betsy Greene’s jury trial experience is significant – she has more than 100 jury trials under her belt. Betsy began her legal career in the Morgan County Prosecutor’s Office and then went into private practice before eventually forming her law firm in 2005. She teaches trial advocacy courses throughout the country and […]
Frank Deveau has developed a passion for assisting local government with the redevelopment of abandoned industrial properties. He finds teaching local governments about the tools available to reinvent Brownfields a rewarding endeavor, and the redevelopment of these sites has become an important element of his work. Closely related have been his efforts to obtain insurance […]
Indiana Court of Appeals
Corey Lorenzo Walton v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
45A03-1409-CR-320
Criminal. Affirms convictions of Class A felonies attempted murder and attempted robbery.
Raymond Welch v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
49A04-1409-CR-432
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class A misdemeanor battery.
Benjamin T. Haines v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
01A02-1410-CR-684
Criminal. Affirms revocation of probation.
Sheila Corcoran is a dedicated attorney and judicial officer who goes above and beyond to mentor young attorneys and encourage others to get involved in professional and community organizations. And she walks the talk: Sheila volunteers with numerous organizations including Vanderburgh County CASA Inc. and Legal Aid Society of Evansville Inc., and she is the […]
Tax. Affirms the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance did not err in denying the Clark County Board of Commissioners’ request to increase the county’s Cumulative Capital Development Fund tax rate for the 2012 budget year. The DLGF’s consideration of the board’s purpose for requesting an increase to the CCDF’s tax rate was proper, and neither I.C. 6-1.1-41 nor 36-9-14.5-2 authorize an increase to the CCDF tax rate for the purposes Clark County intended.
Because a trial court’s decision to deny ordering the defendants to pay for the time the plaintiffs’ expert witness spends preparing for his defense deposition is not a final judgment, the plaintiffs should have appealed under Ind. Appellate Rule 14(B). Since they did not, the Indiana Court of Appeals dismissed their appeal.
The Indiana Tax Court affirmed the decision by the Department of Local Government Finance to deny the Clark County Board of Commissioners’ request to increase the county’s Cumulative Capital Development Fund tax rate for the 2012 budget year. The county sought the additional funds for a rainy day fund and to cover unexpected emergency costs.
United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch assumes a portfolio that includes fighting terrorism, preventing cyberattacks and dealing with police and race — issues strikingly similar to what she's dealt with as top federal prosecutor for much of New York City and its eastern suburbs.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a federal lawsuit against Indianapolis-based Veros Partners Inc. and multiple related co-defendants. The SEC alleges the financial advisers defrauded 80 farm-loan investors of $15 million in 2013 and 2014, using those proceeds to repay earlier investors.
A southern Indiana man challenging his robbery and murder convictions and sentence to spend the rest of his life in prison lost his appeal before the Indiana Supreme Court Thursday. The justices rejected the man’s claim that his sentence should be reduced to a term of years.
Election officials in a central Indiana county are asking authorities investigate ballots cast in its upcoming Democratic Party primary election.
A bank being sued by customers over how it orders transactions – allegedly to maximize profits from overdraft fees – is entitled to summary judgment on most of the state claims alleged by customers in a class-action lawsuit, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
A handgun discarded by a teen after seeing a marked police car – and later picked up by the officer who saw the teen throw the gun into a yard – was properly admitted at his delinquency hearing, the Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed.
Juvenile. Affirms determination that J.B. committed what would be Class A misdemeanor dangerous possession of a firearm if committed by an adult. There were no federal or state constitutional violations by admitting evidence obtained during J.B.’s encounter with a police officer.
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law announced Thursday that it has instituted a new program that allows undergraduates at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis to skip taking the LSAT and apply directly to the law school.
The Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications has issued an advisory opinion to judges in response to numerous ethical complaints about judges granting ex parte petitions for temporary custody in non-emergency cases or when there was no attempt to provide notice to the adverse party.
Anthem Inc. is entitled to its costs of settling litigation in which the insurance giant was accused of improperly handling claims, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The reinsurance companies argued that coverage was barred based on the excess insurance policies.
The Evansville Bar Association will once again be celebrating the law and the legal profession as part of its annual Law Week commemoration.