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Opinions – May 25, 2010

Desmond Davidson v. State of Indiana
49S02-1001-CR-41
Criminal. Affirms trial court and agrees with Court of Appeals.
Finds that upon the review of sentence appropriateness under Appellate Rule 7, appellate courts may consider all aspects of
the penal consequences imposed by the trial judge in sentencing the defendant. Disapproves of the contrary views expressed
in Eaton, 825 N.E.2d at 1290–91; Pagan, 809 N.E.2d at 926; and Cox, 792 N.E.2d at 904.

IBA Frontlines

Don’t miss out on this year’s Bench Bar Conference at the Louisville Marriott Downtown. Hotel information and registration
for the conference can be found at www.indybenchbar.org.

IBA: Summer Picnic Family Fun

Judge Sheila Carlisle of Marion Superior Court, Tina Korty , Liz Polley and child enjoy friends and family at the summer picnic.

IBA: Online Activity Part of Ethics Discussion

Lawyers who tend to be more cautious in person appear to be exercising judgment online that is landing them in trouble with disciplinary officials, according to the American Bar Association and the National Law Journal.

IBA: Indy Law Firms among Best Workplaces

Special employee recognition, support for volunteer work, and fun are among the reasons Indianapolis law firms Barnes & Thornburg and Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman were chosen by The Indianapolis Star as two of Central Indiana’s Best Places to Work

Hickey: Food For Thought

Several weeks ago, I attended a press conference called by Attorney General Greg Zoeller. The news to be released: that attorneys are once again doing good.

IBA: Young Lawyers Go Green

  IBA Young Lawyers Division members are hard at work planting juniper bushes in the Triangle Gateway area along East Morris Street downtown on Saturday, May 21. The Young Lawyers Division Go Green Subcommittee organized the group’s community service event in conjunction with the CSX “Trees for Tracks” program, which represented a local partnership between […]

BREAKING: Justice Boehm stepping down

Indiana Supreme Court Justice Theodore R. Boehm announced today that he is retiring from the state’s highest court on
Sept. 30, 2010.

IBA: Slow Pace of Law Firm Mergers Continues

There were eight new law firm combinations announced in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2010 according to Altman Weil MergerLine, continuing the slow down of mergers from 2009.

DTCI: Effective risk transfer in a contract

For nearly every major construction project, a construction contract is entered into before construction begins. In almost all of those contracts, provisions are made for the transfer of risk.

Court gives grants for family projects

Fifteen projects in 18 Indiana counties are receiving grants from the Indiana Supreme Court aimed at family court projects,
including Madison and Parke counties that are the newest to join the effort that’s been in place since 1999.

Casino-revenues case reversed

The Indiana Supreme Court has dodged a question about whether state lawmakers should be able to cram multiple unrelated issues into a single piece of legislation, leaving in place what some call the practice of “legislative logrolling” that hasn’t been specifically shot down in almost four decades.   Finding focus in laws IL Oct. 28- […]

Suspension ends for LaPorte judge

The LaPorte Superior judge suspended for asking a law enforcement officer to destroy potential evidence in her accidental shooting returned to the bench May 11. Judge Jennifer Evans Koethe completed her 60-day suspension without pay that was handed down by the Indiana Supreme Court March 12 and was automatically reinstated.   New judge gets 60-day […]

7th Circuit rehears gun-rights case

7th Circuit Court of Appeals judges in Chicago didn’t take the issue of Second Amendment rights lightly when they heard oral arguments en banc May 20 for United States of America v. Steven M. Skoien, No. 08-3770. That case, which a 7th Circuit panel first heard April 6, 2009, and decided Nov. 18, involved Steven […]

ISBA gets award for juvenile summit

The Indiana State Bar Association learned May 18 that it will receive the LexisNexis 2010 Community and Educational Outreach Award for the “Summit on Racial Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System: A Statewide Dialogue,” which took place in August 2009. The ISBA will receive the award at the National Association of Bar Executives membership luncheon […]