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A Dearborn County commissioner alleges the county’s former attorney has wrongly accused two officials of violating federal law and has asked the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission to launch an investigation of its soon-to-be leader who starts in that office June 21.
All four Indiana law schools had commencement ceremonies in May recognizing more than 800 graduates around the state.
The Tippecanoe County Bar Association, which has about 100 active dues-paying members, has elected the several Lafayette attorneys
to be officers.
An attorney who works for a telecommunications cooperative in Hancock County has seen many changes since he was admitted to the Indiana Bar in June 1988.
The Indiana Pro Bono Commission is seeking nominees for the Excellence in Pro Bono Publico Randall T. Shepard Award.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals sidestepped ruling directly on the exhaustion requirement of a federal law dealing with an
alien’s challenge to the validity of a deportation order. The appellate court could affirm the denial of the man’s
motion to dismiss because he failed to meet any of the law’s exhaustion requirements.
Within a week, the state's third federal female judge could be ready to handle her constitutionally created duties in
the Southern District of Indiana.
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
United States of America v. Mario Arita-Campos
09-2368
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, Hammond Division, Chief Judge Philip P. Simon.
Criminal. Denies motion to dismiss Arita-Campos’ 2005 indictment of re-entry after deportation in violation of 8 U.S.C. Section 1326(a).
Indiana Legal Services Migrant Farm Workers Center, led by Melody Goldberg, helps migrant workers understand their legal rights.
A July 2009 law put more strength behind local prosecutors and state regulators who can now more diligently pursue
illegal animal activity of puppy mills who don’t pay taxes.
After more than a decade on the Indiana Supreme Court, Justice Theodore Boehm is ready to enter the next stage of his life
and career.
At least two attorneys are questioning how some legal publications have included articles, columns, or other types of coverage on pending cases, and they worry that these articles may influence the judges on the cases.
There’s an old joke in the legal profession that attorneys never retire.So the Indiana State Bar Association and Indiana
Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program have partnered to present three conferences
in late August about retirement preparation.
Anyone who wants to be the next Indiana Supreme Court justice has until the end of June to apply for upcoming vacancy on the state’s highest court.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Nathan Brittain v. State of Indiana (NFP)
71A04-0912-CR-688
Criminal. Affirms Brittain’s convictions of two counts of Class C felony child molesting, and two counts of Class B
felony attempted child molesting; and affirms aggregate sentence of 10 years executed.
The Indiana Court Improvement Program has announced it will be giving away up to $290,000 in grants to programs that help
families and children involved in cases of neglect or abuse.
A third of the Indiana Court of Appeals judges face voter retention this year, including two initially appointed within the past three years to fill vacancies on the state’s second highest court. With a month and a half before the filing deadline, one of the applicants says that all five appellate judges submitted their retention […]
In a rare move that may be used in only one other jurisdiction nationally, Judge David F. Hamilton on the 7th Circuit Court
of Appeals in Chicago plans to relocate his chambers from the Indianapolis courthouse where he’s from to the Indiana
University Maurer School of Law – Bloomington.
For doing pro bono work and for promoting pro bono work among others in the legal community, an Indianapolis attorney has
learned she will receive a national award at the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco in August.