Judge: Case not made for airport justice center site
The judge who has authority over Marion County court facilities is casting doubt on the city’s preferred site for a Criminal Justice Complex at Indianapolis International Airport.
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Indiana law schools slip from top 25 in annual rankings
The annual ranking that law schools love to hate was released March 11, and it may stir more emotions than usual in Indiana since none of the state’s law school placed in the top 25.
The IndyBar: Providing HEALing for the Local Legal Community
As the local bar association, the IndyBar takes an active interest in the wellbeing of local legal professionals and their families. One bar program, called “Helping Enrich Attorneys Lives” (HEAL), aims to provide support and/or assistance during times of personal and professional crisis.
IndyBar: Indianapolis Bar Foundation to Award $35,000 Grant
The Indianapolis Bar Foundation (IBF) is now accepting applications through April 1 for its Impact Fund Grant of at least $35,000 to be awarded in late May 2014. Application instructions and additional information can be found at indybar.org/ibf.
Abrams: 5 Things I Wish I Had Known My First Year Of Practicing Law
After having the luxury of practicing law for over 30 years and looking back on the first few years of practice, there are several things that I have learned that I sure wish I had known as a young lawyer.
IndyBar: ‘The Best Style “Handbook”’ For Lawyers and Judges (Part I)
Like other Americans, lawyers and judges most remember British novelist and essayist George Orwell (1903-1950) for his two signature books, Animal Farm and 1984. Somewhat less known is his abiding passion about the craft of writing. It was a lifelong passion, fueled (as Christopher Hitchins recently described) by Orwell’s “near visceral feeling for the English language.”
Indiana Tech Law School mentors bring law to life
A unique program at the Fort Wayne school matches students with attorneys and judges for real-world learning.
Boulukos: Guiding clients through an executive intervention
When an executive’s substance abuse triggers a personal and professional free fall, colleagues may be slow to recognize that the bottom is coming – and fast. At some point, and hopefully before permanent damage has been done, the fact that the leader has become a liability is impossible to ignore.
Fort Wayne case may force SCOTUS to define who qualifies as a minister
Since the Supreme Court of the United States weighed in on “ministerial exception” in January 2012, cases have been percolating across the country spurred by religious institutions claiming the exception as protection against employee discrimination lawsuits.
Hammerle On … ‘3 Days to Kill’ and ‘Non-Stop’
Bob Hammerle reviews two action movies where the heroes are aging, alcoholic men with lost hopes and dreams. Is there any question why both are male trial lawyers’ dream films?
When non-competes don’t fly
Aviation mechanic Joe Guinn lost a job when his former employer sought to enforce a non-compete clause, but he won an appellate ruling that the company may have engaged in tortious interference with his subsequent employer.
Indiana legal community mourns deaths of 2 attorneys
The Indiana legal community recently mourned the deaths of two well-known attorneys, Stephen Johnson and the Rev. Thomas Murphy.
Copyright infringement spurs knife fight in Warrick County
A copyright infringement dispute between two out-of-state companies has spurred criminal charges in Warrick County, a place where neither business has facilities, employees or quite possibly ever visited before these charges were brought.
Hockey offers lawyers camaraderie and stress relief
Jeff Fecht, a partner at Riley Bennett & Egloff LLP, says being an attorney is a stressful job, but when he gets on the ice, all that stress melts away.
Judge Tinder’s retirement plans leaked
7th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge John Tinder plans to retire from the 7th Circuit bench when he turns 65 next February – news that became public in early March after a clerk applicant shared a letter from Tinder with the legal blog Above the Law, which posted the letter.
Attorney documents Irish ancestor’s Civil War sacrifice
Frost Brown Todd LLC attorney Kevin Murray grew up hearing his grandmother tell of his great-great-grandfather’s valor. But only recently did Murray come to fully appreciate his ancestor’s sacrifice.
