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An Allen County deputy prosecutor has published her first novel for young adults that, while entirely fiction, includes some
references to issues she has dealt with in her work handling child abuse cases.
While I would normally subscribe to the saying DON’T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ,
I will merely say, believe this – go to Bando.
Surrogacy law in Indiana is at a crossroads because of scientific and technological advances that give people more options
to start a family.
The Indiana Supreme Court orders an Indianapolis-based company to stop engaging in any conduct that might be considered unauthorized
practice of law.
Judicial education inside Indiana used to be much more like law school, where a knowledgeable “professor” would stand at the
front of a room and lecture to “students” in the audience about a particular topic. That was how it was three decades
ago, before Cathy Springer signed on as the Indiana Judicial Center’s education director.
We’ve all been there. Driving the same route day-in and day-out, a hundred times before, with little to differentiate one
trip from another. Then there’s that one moment when something unforeseen occurs requiring you to instantly maneuver your
vehicle and test how good your reflexes and anti-lock brakes really are – making this all-too-routine trip very different
from the rest.
Foreclosure rates have remained at record highs for Indiana the past few years, and a court program to help homeowners hasn’t
been as successful as hoped. That’s now changing.
Why must a defendant wait until the deposition of a plaintiff’s treating physician to discover the doctor’s opinions on injury causation, the plaintiff’s prognosis, or the permanency of the plaintiff’s injury?
When he was being considered for a seat on the federal appellate bench, Judge John D. Tinder recalled getting a phone call
about an ongoing case just before he was set to appear before senators in Washington, D.C.
Trial Reports: Reports on recent Indiana cases from the lawyers and judges involved. Dog bite to child.
Dawn Johnsen deserved the nomination, and definitely was the right woman for the job, but unfortunately partisan vitriol appears to
be worth more in Washington, D.C., than doing the right thing.
The Evansville Bar Association recognized a judge and others in the legal profession during two annual events that take place
near Law Day.
One of the problems with upgrading to a new computer every few years is that you often must upgrade to a new version of Windows.
This time around, it’s Windows 7.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has decided that independent state organization Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services
has the right to sue a state government agency about the practices and programs regarding mentally ill inmates.
After spending countless hours in an office, some attorneys seem to crave vacations that will take them out of their comfort
zones. So maybe it’s no surprise that nine out of 38 people on a trip to Egypt in late March were Indianapolis attorneys.
In the March 17-30, 2010, issue of Indiana Lawyer, my colleague David A. Temple authored an informative article on cellular
phone use while driving. In closing his article, he posed the question, “[w]ho will care for, raise and play with your family
when you are disabled or dead?”
Possibly the first practicing attorney to take on a task of this nature, veteran lawyer Don
Knebel has set out as the 2010 campaign chair to expand the United Way donor base and raise as much as $40 million this year
in central Indiana.
When Indianapolis attorney Larry Stroble read two recent rulings from the Indiana Tax Court, he saw one consistent message
that speaks broadly to an overall inadequacy of the legal system.
Like it or not, we live in a time where, for some people at least, it’s become acceptable to speak about “reloading” when
doing battle against political opponents and to mark their political districts with gun sites, and where members of a Midwestern
church believe it’s their duty to travel the nation and spew hate-laced messages in places where people are mourning tragedy.
As a response to the Carnegie Foundation’s report, “Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law” released in
early 2007, an Indiana law school has been offering a mandatory class to 1Ls about the professional and ethical rigors of
the legal profession.