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Although the federal judiciary began fiscal year 2014 on shaky financial ground, it soon saw its funding restored to pre-sequestration levels and ended the year handling a caseload almost equal to the previous fiscal year.
Portage attorney Greg Sarkisian remembers a time when trying to convince a jury how a crash happened involved moving magnetic cars around on a board.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Robert Miller v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
48A02-1407-CR-478
Criminal. Affirms 16-year executed sentence for conviction of two counts of Class C felony child molesting.
Larry Young v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
27A02-1402-CR-109
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class C felony battery resulting in serious bodily injury.
C.C. v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
02A03-1408-JV-279
Juvenile. Affirms adjudication of delinquency for what would be Class A misdemeanor battery if committed by an adult.
Indiana Court of Appeals
J.B. v. State of Indiana
53A01-1408-CR-367
Criminal. Reverses denial of a petition for expungement of a conviction of Class A misdemeanor battery. The trial court erred when it denied J.B.’s petition to have records relating to his conviction expunged, citing the dismissal of the conviction after J.B. completed a one-year probation sentence. Holds that an earned dismissal of a conviction does not disqualify someone from expungement of the conviction.
A trial court erred when it denied a mother’s consensual termination of parental rights petition against the father due to concerns of a potential risk of conflict of interest involving the mother’s legal counsel.
A man’s 1999 misdemeanor battery conviction that was dismissed when he completed his one-year probation sentence must be expunged, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday, reversing a trial court that denied his petition.
Only one Indiana law school received good news with Tuesday’s release of the annual law school rankings.
State regulators have revoked an air permit for a proposed $2.8 billion coal-gasification plant in southwestern Indiana at the request of the plant's developer.
The state Supreme Court won't consider an eastern Indiana man's appeal of his double-murder conviction in his parents' killings.
Vigo County is benefiting from a project that will digitize probate records dating back to 1818, the year the county was founded.
A jury was correct in finding that a Roman Catholic diocese discriminated against a former teacher by firing her for undergoing fertilization treatment, a federal judge has ruled.
For the past six months, members of the IndyBar Leader Series Class XII have been learning what it means to be a leader, both in their legal careers and in their respective communities and organizations.
In my spare time, I have the pleasure of chairing the Law Practice Management committee of a national bar association. My duties have taken me all over the place to attend seminars, symposia and managing partner forums to learn about the challenges facing our profession. One theme has been constant at every meeting, namely, that rank and file lawyers are not paying attention.
Sometime in 2002, when I was still a public defender, I discovered that I was the only one in the courtroom without one.
There’s a lot to learn when starting your law career. Even if you’ve only spent one day on the job, you’ve probably already figured out that there are never enough hours in the day – lawyers are busy people whether it is year one or year 31!
The monumental 2009 Indiana Supreme Court decision in Stanley v. Walker fundamentally changed the way medical expenses are addressed in personal injury litigation. In the years since Stanley, confusion and disagreement have emerged at the intersection of discounted payments and government-paid health benefits.
First-year law student Evan Norris kicked off the live-auction portion of the 38th annual Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law’s Women’s Caucus auction on Feb. 26 with a dance.