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Growing up on a 126-acre farm in north-central Indiana, it might have been fate that Stephen Wilson ended up
working as an attorney focused on the agricultural aspect of life.
In a one-two punch, a pair of lawsuits filed a week apart in December hit the Indiana Department of Child Services square
in the gut over how the agency planned to reduce payment rates for foster and adoptive parents and juvenile service providers.
Last spring, after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied USA Funds' petition for rehearing en banc in an important student loan bankruptcy case, my colleagues Joni Anderson and Julie Ragsdale recommended that USA Funds file a petition for certiorari with the Supreme Court of the United States.
Indiana's legal community got a mixed bag of gifts on Christmas Eve, as one former Hoosier attorney received Senate confirmation for an ambassadorship, a federal prosecutor in Hammond learned he might be promoted, and a Bloomington law professor got what amounts to a lump of coal as senators sent her nearly yearold nomination back to the president for reconsideration.
What could have been a tragic end to a law library in central Indiana at the end of 2009 will be a new beginning in 2010.
While taxes aren't due until April 15, it's never too early to consider what to discuss with a tax professional or what might be worth a little research before filing for 2009.
The first chief judge of the Indiana Court of Appeals and current senior judge on the appellate court died on Dec. 25 after suddenly falling ill.
Attorney General Greg Zoeller filed suit Dec. 18 in Knox Circuit Court against non-attorney Bicknell City Judge David Andrew
Moreland, who’s charged with five counts of Class D felony theft that was discovered during an audit by the Indiana State
Board of Accounts in August. The former judge and his wife, Cindy, who served as city court clerk, are accused of stealing
nearly $21,000 since he became city judge Jan. 1, 2008. The Indiana Supreme Court suspended Judge Moreland in…
After languishing in the U.S. Senate for about 10 months, the nomination of Dawn Johnsen to lead the Office of Legal Counsel finally got some action.
Today it's a growing practice area, but three decades ago, only a handful of attorneys practiced what is now known as
elder law and not many more were aware of what it was.
An attorney and spokesman for the Marion County Prosecutor's Office was arrested March 27 for drunk driving.
The Indiana Court of Appeals will hear arguments at an Indianapolis law school in a man's appeal of his convictions of resisting law enforcement and battery on a police officer. Judges Paul D. Mathias, Terry A. Crone, and Elaine B. Brown will hold arguments at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Wynne Moot Courtroom at Indiana […]
The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment for a company that purchases and collects charged-off credit card debt, ruling the statute of limitations prevented the company from going after a delinquent consumer.
In the first week after the Indiana General Assembly returned, lawmakers addressed several bills during two key committee meetings particularly relevant to the state's legal community.
A federal judge denied a motion for class certification in a suit filed under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act against an Indianapolis attorney. However, he did suggest the plaintiff file another motion for class certification for two separate groups.
A federal judge has denied summary judgment for an Indianapolis law firm accused of selling stock held in escrow while the firm acted as a receiver of a company.
A former Delaware County Circuit judge and the first public defender in that county died Monday.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals wasn't swayed by an attorney's arguments that the amount of attorney's fees he was entitled to shouldn't have been reduced by nearly $90,000.
A panel of Indiana Court of Appeals will visit Ivy Tech Community College in Lafayette Thursday to hear the appeal of a man challenging his sentence for dealing cocaine.
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear arguments in three cases Wednesday, including whether a casino can ban someone who counts cards.