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ISBA Business Law Section helps nonprofits
While many attorneys may want to do pro bono work, not all of them are comfortable taking on what could end up being a lengthy and possibly complicated family law case, which is the majority of cases the pro bono districts around the state tend to handle.
Commission narrows Tax Court applicants
The Indiana Tax Court logo symbolizes what will remain the same next year, even though the only person who’s ever presided on that appellate bench will change for the first time since that court was created more than a quarter century ago.
5 vie for spot on judicial commissions
Openings on the Indiana Supreme Court and state Tax Court in recent months have put more focus on the selection process and what goes into choosing appellate jurists, leading to increased interest from the legal community about who has a voice in deciding nomination and other judicial qualifications issues.
Juvenile reform continues after ’09 summit
No follow-through. That was a complaint voiced by attendees of last year’s summit to discuss juvenile justice matters in Indiana about many similar conferences they’d attended before: there was no follow-through.
Valparaiso building restored to house Lawyering Skills Center
The inside of Heritage Hall, named for a music professor and one of the oldest buildings on the campus of Valparaiso University, has been redesigned as the law school’s Lawyering Skills Center and will soon welcome the Valparaiso University School of Law Clinical Program back to its old location.
Medicaid applicants facing ‘tremendous hurdles’?
When filing a claim for Medicaid disability benefits, the process sounds straightforward: Complete an application that includes all disabilities that would make the case that you deserve the benefits. If your application is deemed sufficient by a Medicaid Medical Review Team, you get the benefits. If not, you receive a one- or two-page letter that includes information about how you can appeal.
Judicial selection process has no formula
Selecting a new Indiana Supreme Court member is a transparent process until it reaches the governor, and then the action moves behind closed doors and the legal community is left holding its collective breath until learning who will be the state’s next justice.
Exclusive: DeLaney speaks about attack, civility
If he hadn’t become a lawyer nearly four decades ago, Indianapolis attorney Ed DeLaney knows that choice could have prevented the attack that he believed was going to end his life.
Boone Circuit Judge Steven David to succeed retiring Justice Theodore R. Boehm
Judge Steven H. David said he would have been content staying in his job as Boone Circuit judge for the rest of his legal career. But he took a chance, overcoming an initial doubt that he should apply for an Indiana Supreme Court opening and ultimately rising to the top of 34 attorneys and judges to become the state’s 106th justice.
7 remain in running for Tax Court judge
In less than 30 minutes, the Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission cut in half the list of applicants to become the state’s second-ever Indiana Tax Court judge.
Breaking: Commission names 7 semi-finalists
The Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission has selected seven semi-finalists for consideration to become the next Indiana Tax Court judge.
Opinions Sept. 27, 2010 ILD
Indiana Supreme Court had posted no opinions at IL deadline.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Brian P. White v. State of Indiana (NFP)
53A01-0910-CR-515
Criminal. Affirms conviction of and sentence for murder.
Cameron D. Reed v. State of Indiana (NFP)
47A04-1002-CR-109
Criminal. Affirms sentence following guilty plea to Class D felony possession of a schedule II controlled substance.
Indiana Tax Court had posted no opinions at IL deadline.
The Indiana Supreme Court granted four transfers and denied three for the week that ended Sept. 27.
Opinions Sept. 27, 2010
Indiana Court of Appeals
Brian P. White v. State of Indiana (NFP)
53A01-0910-CR-515
Criminal. Affirms conviction of and sentence for murder.
Commission conducts first Tax Court judge interviews
The Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission is interviewing 14 people who’ve applied to be the state’s next Tax Court judge, narrowing down the list to semi-finalists who will return for second interviews in October.
Legal conclave discusses diversity, stress, ethics
Among the focuses for this year’s Indiana State Bar Association's fourth Legal Education Conclave conclave, which takes place every few years, were diversity, ethics, and stress among lawyers and law students.
Indiana co-authors amicus brief in Prop 8 case
Indiana is one of four states that have written an amicus brief asking the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a California judge’s ruling that would lift the ban on same-sex marriages.
Supreme Court takes case involving sentencing discrepancy
The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer to a case in which a defendant challenged his sentence following his guilty plea to Class B felony burglary and admitting to being a habitual offender.
Opinions Sept. 24, 2010 ILD
Indiana Supreme Court had posted no opinions at IL deadline.
Indiana Court of Appeals
B.M., Alleged to be CHINS; IDCS, and Child Advocates, Inc. v. Me.M. and P.M. (NFP)
49A04-1002-JC-96
Juvenile. Affirms determination there is insufficient evidence to prove B.M. is a child in need of services.
Term. of Parent-Child Rel. of C.V.; C.V. v. Tippecanoe County DCS (NFP)
79A02-1003-JT-794
Juvenile. Affirms termination of parental rights.
Mohamed M. Krad v. BP Products, et al. (NFP)
45A05-0912-CV-745
Civil. Affirms summary judgment in favor of BP Products and other defendants in an action for fraud and legal malpractice stemming from a real estate transaction.
Eric L. Hatcher v. State of Indiana (NFP)
30A04-1002-CR-59
Criminal. Affirms conviction of and sentence for Class D felony receiving stolen property.
Robert D. Merz v. State of Indiana (NFP)
24A05-1002-CR-173
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class B felony robbery.
Ronald R. Lewis v. State of Indiana (NFP)
53A01-0910-CR-480
Criminal. Affirms sentence following guilty plea to Class B felony voluntary manslaughter and the refusal of the trial court to allow Lewis to withdraw his guilty plea.
Sherman E. Fuller v. State of Indiana (NFP)
20A03-1001-CR-73
Criminal. Reverses revocation of probation.
Julian D. Grady v. State of Indiana (NFP)
02A05-0912-CR-749
Criminal. Affirms convictions of two counts of Class B felony robbery.
Adam O. Brown v. State of Indiana (NFP)
25A03-1004-CR-235
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class D felony nonsupport of a dependent child.
Richard Jandura v. Town of Schererville (NFP)
45A04-1005-PL-308
Civil plenary. Affirms entry of judgment against Jandura and in favor of the town in his complaint regarding the Town’s Board of Police Commissioners’ discipline imposed against him.
Coy Daniels v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A02-0912-CR-1277
Criminal. Affirms convictions of murder, Class B felony robbery, and Class C felony battery.
Indiana Tax Court had posted no opinions at IL deadline.
Opinions Sept. 24, 2010
Indiana Court of Appeals
Subpoena to Crisis Connection, Inc., State of Indiana v. Ronald Keith Fromme
19A05-0910-CR-602
Criminal. Grants rehearing for clarification and affirms original decision outlining the threshold a defendant must make before obtaining an in camera review of records that are privileged.