IBA Frontlines – 5/25/12
Read news from around the IndyBar, including Terrence Brookie’s appointment to the ABA’s Forum on the Construction Industry.
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Read news from around the IndyBar, including Terrence Brookie’s appointment to the ABA’s Forum on the Construction Industry.
With a handful of exceptions, rarely do new law graduates waltz into a general counsel job. Making careful decisions now, however, could create an opportunity to move from a law firm to a corporate law position.
I knew from the time I was 10 years old that I wanted to be a lawyer. I remember being on the school bus one day and a tumbler clicking in place in my head to that effect as I watched the soybean field roll by from the window.
As part of its ongoing efforts to promote professionalism, the Professionalism Committee of the Indianapolis Bar Association has borrowed from the format of a popular comedian to portray everyday scenarios that may illustrate situations in which lawyers may fall short of each of the committee’s five Standards of Professionalism.
There were no caps and gowns, but the 25 participants in Bar Leader Series IX class graduated May 18 full of encouragement to step into leadership roles within the legal community and outside of it.
Scott Starr and Mario Massillamany write about what to consider when decided whether to file a class- or mass-action case.
Read appellate opinions from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and Indiana appellate courts.
A large question looms in the wake of the April 27 announcement that Bill Conour has been charged in a federal criminal complaint with misappropriating more than $2.5 million in client funds from December 2000 to March 2012. If the 64-year-old is indeed guilty of the wire-fraud charge he faces, where did all the money go?
In its recent opinion in the case of Hunt Construction Group, Inc. v. Garrett, No. 49S02-1106-CT-365 (Ind. 2012), the Indiana Supreme Court provided some needed clarity concerning liability of construction managers for injuries suffered by employees of contractors on a construction site.
Read who’s been elected as officers of Tippecanoe County Bar Association and more!
We give Coal Pizza Company 3.25 gavels!
My seat at the recent Indiana Supreme Court Bar Admission Ceremony provided a perfect vantage point to witness the mix of emotions young lawyers feel when they have the opportunity to present themselves for the first time to members of the state’s highest-ranking courts.
The five justices on the Indiana Supreme Court asked feisty questions of both sides in the case in which two Indiana University Health patients have argued that hospital “chargemaster” rates are unreasonable.
Deanna Finney writes about using PowerPoint as a trial presentation tool.
A consumer protection official, a public defender, two judges and a law professor are semifinalists for a position on the Indiana Court of Appeals.
Colleagues say Indiana Court of Appeals Judge Melissa May’s selflessness and volunteer spirit made her ideally suited for the position.
Former Indiana Chief Justice Randall Shepard’s commitment to diversity will continue thanks to a permanent fund that aims to expand on his pioneering efforts to make the legal profession more reflective of society at large.
The ’emoticon defense’ raises brows, but it puts a focus on speech rights and school threats.
Two separate shootings involving Fort Wayne attorneys highlight the need for lawyers to use common sense when it comes to protecting themselves.
Indiana’s new chief justice will preside as the Supreme Court faces a ‘precarious’ future.