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A 24-year-old woman has been charged in a June shooting that killed three people and sent others running in panic through an Indianapolis entertainment district, authorities said.
Indiana will receive $3.6 million, the most of any state, as part of a $49.5 million multistate settlement with software company Blackbaud, which was the subject of a 2020 data breach affecting millions of people.
Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a judge Thursday to dismiss the Washington federal election subversion case against him, arguing the Republican is immune from prosecution for actions they say were taken in his official role as president.
Maryland’s highest court is considering whether the rights of a murder victim’s family were violated when Adnan Syed ‘s conviction in the killing was vacated last fall, years after his case gained national attention through the hit podcast “Serial.”
A Hendricks Superior Court judge has found the Indiana Department of Child Services in civil contempt for failing to search the emails of its current and former directors in a case involving a 4-year-old who was killed.
An amendment to the child abuse reporting statute represents a policy determination that a provider who hasn’t acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct doesn’t retain immunity from a medical malpractice action for causing a report of child abuse.
A man arrested for acting disruptively in a casino has secured the reversal of his resisting law enforcement conviction, but the Court of Appeals of Indiana upheld his remaining convictions.
A man’s 14-year history of molesting his stepdaughter and the mental health issues she suffered from the repeated abuse justified a trial court’s imposition of a maximum 12-year prison sentence for sexual misconduct, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Harry Gillespie Nicholson, IV v. State of Indiana
23A-CR-890
Criminal. Affirms Harry Gillespie Nicholson IV’s sentence to 12 years in the Department of Correction for Level 4 felony sexual misconduct with a minor. Finds Nicholson has failed to establish that the maximum sentenced imposed by the Lake Superior Court was inappropriate given the nature of the offense and his character.
Overturning the district court and disagreeing with a state appellate court’s analysis, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the denial of habeas relief to a man convicted on drug charges, ordering an evidentiary hearing on his habeas petition.
Applications are open for upcoming trial court vacancies in two Indiana counties.
The Biden administration announced it has waived 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow border wall construction on Wednesday, marking the administration’s first use of sweeping executive power to pave the way for building more border barriers.
A judge Wednesday approved the release of a teenager who opened fire at a central Indiana middle school in 2018, wounding another student and a teacher, a prosecutor said.
Indiana abortion clinics and hospitals performed fewer than 2,000 abortions from April through June — the lowest since 2019, according to a new quarterly report.
(IL photo/Eric Learned) 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 2003 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? Before the era of social media and its impact on how we shape norms and develop opinions, I was influenced and guided by those in my local community — those the […]
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Harvard Law School, 2010 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I took a few legal classes in undergrad and it just matched the way my brain works. It felt natural. It also seemed like a useful degree, both for a career but also to help people. […]
Barnes & Thornburg LLP Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 1982 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I was always an admirer of Thurgood Marshall and his work with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit and the Supreme Court of […]
Burke Costanza & Carberry LLP Valparaiso University School of Law, 2015 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I worked at U.S. Steel prior to going to law school. I attended Purdue University Northwest during the day and worked the midnight shift at U.S. Steel as a craneman. During that time, I developed […]
Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman P.C. Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 2001 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? As a child, I was introduced to concept of being a lawyer watching “Perry Mason” with my father. In elementary school I decided I was going to be a lawyer, […]
Amundsen Davis LLC Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, 2009 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I decided to enter the legal profession because I had an experience in high school in which I needed a lawyer. My parents advocated the best they could, but more power was needed. My family couldn’t […]