Judge G. Michael Witte named new discipline executive
If Judge G. Michael Witte hadn’t tried for the appellate bench about two years ago, he might not be in the position now
                            to be Indiana’s newest chief of lawyer ethics.
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If Judge G. Michael Witte hadn’t tried for the appellate bench about two years ago, he might not be in the position now
                            to be Indiana’s newest chief of lawyer ethics.
Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis student Erin Albert released her fifth book, “Indianapolis: A Young
                               Professional’s Guide, Second Edition,” at a book launch party and signing April 8.
The Supreme Court of the United States has declined to take a case filed by a Fort Wayne man – who’s an attorney in Kansas – on claims that the Indiana Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program and officials running the admittance process here denied him the right to sit for the bar exam.
As part of their initiative to work with families of military members, a group of attorneys in the Indianapolis Bar Association’s
                            Bar Leader Series helped organize “Tumble for Troops,” a free event open to Hoosier military families.
                            	As a longstanding member of the Indianapolis Bar and reader of the Indiana Lawyer, I was surprised and very disappointed
                            to see an article appearing in Indiana Lawyer daily suggesting that a sentence reduction provided to Guilford
                            Forney was based not solely on the merits.
The other day as I was reading through the March 17-30, 2010 issue of Indiana Lawyer, my attention was called to David Temple’s
                            article “Be smart: Don’t use cell phone while driving!”
You can imagine my surprise upon reading articles in the Indiana Lawyer, The Indianapolis Star, and the Indianapolis Business
                            Journal falsely impugning my integrity and the integrity of our law firm.
A federal judge ruled against a Cumberland man in his federal challenge to Indiana’s voter identification law, but remanded
                            his pending state claims back to state court.
A Marion Superior Judge declined to immediately decide on the state’s request to set aside a partial settlement in a dispute
                            about East Chicago casino revenues.
Advocates of domestic-violence victims and gun owners have their sights set on an upcoming oral argument at the 7th Circuit
                            Court of Appeals in Chicago. The case of interest raises the issue of whether someone who has been convicted of a domestic-violence
                            misdemeanor should be able to have a gun for hunting purposes.
	A Grant County judge’s illness has forced him from the bench temporarily, and the Indiana Supreme Court has appointed a deputy
                            prosecutor from Marion as judge pro tempore.
It used to be fairly easy to prove someone wouldn’t pay child support because they didn’t want to. But it hasn’t gone unnoticed
                            that there are more people who want to pay child support but simply can’t.
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.