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Members of the IndyBar Criminal Justice Section took time to recognize the contributions and achievements of several of their colleagues at the section’s holiday party, held Thursday, Dec. 18 at J. Edgar Law Offices.
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: an Indiana attorney accused of stealing potentially millions from his clients is criminally charged and resigns from the bar. No, it’s not William Conour (more on him in a minute); 2014’s version is Valparaiso attorney Clark W. Holesinger. Holesinger was charged in February in Porter County with […]
Parrish Indiana’s law schools saw new leadership this year when Austen Parrish joined Indiana University Maurer School of Law in January and Andrea Lyon joined Valparaiso University Law School in July. Parrish came to Bloomington from Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, where he served as the school’s interim dean for 16 months. John Applegate, […]
Each year, the IndyBar Women and the Law Division presents the Antoinette Dakin Leach Award to recognize the accomplishments of a female attorney in central Indiana. The award is named in honor of Antoinette Dakin Leach, one of the first women admitted to the Indiana Bar.
A rendering of the criminal justice center by winning bidder WMB Heartland Justice Partners. (IL file photo) In December 2013, Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard and city and court officials announced a plan to build a $500 million criminal justice complex in Marion County to house the courts, jails and other offices in one location. Currently, […]
A landmark event occurred July 1 when Indiana began implementing its new criminal code, the first major overhaul of the massive statute in more than 35 years. Prosecutors, public defenders and judges around the state attended special seminars, updated computer programs and read through the new criminal code in preparation for the switch. Many said […]
Loretta Rush, the state’s second female justice, was selected Aug. 6 to replace Justice Brent Dickson as chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court. She is the first woman to serve in the position. Her ascent to the top of the state courts came less than two years after she joined the high court. Her […]
On June 25, Chief Judge Richard Young in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana found the state’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, sending a rush of couples to clerk’s offices around the state to apply for marriage licenses and get married. But the euphoria gays and lesbians felt quickly subsided. Some […]
Bob Hammerle says a tearful goodbye to the “Hobbit” series.
Read who’s recently joined an Indiana firm, been promoted or appointed to a board.
Attorney David Hurley writes about his work for the state on the Gregory Resnover execution. Resnover was put to death by electrocution in 1994.
Jon Quick offers tips for firms to consider when creating an effective marketing plan.
Attorneys from an Indianapolis law firm suggest lifting qualified immunity, the shield that protects police officers’ actions.
Despite a series of court rulings upholding Indiana’s right-to-work law, unions are not stopping their efforts to have the law overturned. Some opponents are considering petitioning for a review by the Supreme Court of the United States as well as filing another lawsuit in Indiana state court.
While the lone victim of the Indiana State Fair stage collapse who declined to settle with the state aims to prove caps on its liability are unconstitutional, judges who heard the appeal focused on why she was denied her day in court.
Read whose discipline was recently postponed by the Indiana Supreme Court.
An Indiana federal court that for a dozen years was presided over by the same four judges has undergone a near-total overhaul in the past two years.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Frank R. Lempera, III v. State of Indiana (NFP)
56A05-1404-CR-167
Criminal. Affirms convictions for dealing in a schedule I, II or III controlled substance, as a Class B felony; and dealing in a schedule IV controlled substance, as a Class C felony. Remands with instructions to correct the abstract of judgment to properly reflect that the sentence imposed as a result of Lempera’s habitual substance offender adjudication is an enhancement to his sentence in Count I and not a separate conviction. Also remands with instructions that Lempera’s sentence in this case be served consecutively with his sentence in 56D01-1108-FA-6.
Joseph Rolle v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A05-1406-CR-252
Criminal. Affirms convictions for Class B misdemeanor disorderly conduct and Class C misdemeanor refusal to identify.
Michael D. Hickingbottom v. State of Indiana (NFP)
45A05-1407-CR-328
Criminal. Affirms rejection of Hickingbottom’s petition to file a belated motion to correct error. Concludes Hickingbottom’s belated motion to correct error is “simply an attempt to circumvent the procedure in place for the filing of successive petitions for post-conviction relief.”
A plan by the inaugural class of the Indiana State Bar Association’s Leadership Development Academy to honor retired Indiana Chief Justice Randall Shepard has unraveled, and class members are preparing to consider several options for moving forward, including scrapping the project altogether.
