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Leading a nonprofit organization brings with it issues and concerns that can derail the organization from its important mission-focused work. With the help of the Indianapolis Bar Association Business Law Section, local nonprofit leaders will be better able to focus on their organization’s more impactful work.
Are you anxious to reconnect with your community? Are you looking for opportunities to contribute to Indy’s growth? Ready to network with community leaders and your peers? The IndyBar’s reimagined Bar Leader Series could be your answer and is now accepting applications for Class XIX.
JusticeText, a cloud-based platform, is an artificial intelligence tool that pinpoints specific words or phrases from data revealed in body camera footage and recorded jail calls, eliminating the need for defense attorneys to sit for hours plucking through evidence.
It took less than a week for Indiana’s first-ever naloxone vending machine to need a restock.
The built-in Notes app on the iPhone is one of the most underutilized tools, often because people are unaware of its capabilities.
In August of 2021, LaToya Highsaw received a scholarship from the IndyBar Alternative Dispute Resolution Section to attend a four-day mediation training.
Read Indiana appellate court decisions from the most recent reporting period.
In addition to the “big news” of the year, Indiana Lawyer also provided readers in 2021 with stories exploring lawyers’ off-the-clock interests, obituaries of lawyers and judges who died, and summaries of disciplinary actions.
IndyBarHQ at 140 N. Illinois St. will be closed Friday, Dec. 24, Monday, Dec. 27 and Friday, Dec. 31 in observation of the upcoming holidays.
Indiana Lawyer produces hundreds of stories each calendar year, covering topics ranging from appellate court opinions to Statehouse hearings to law firm combinations and more. Here’s a look at the 50 stories that you, our readers, engaged with the most in 2021 and their original dates of publication on the IL website.
City-County Building attorney access cards with an expiration date of Dec. 21, 2021, will be accepted into the new year as the transition to the new Community Justice Center begins. New cards will be issued in 2022 for the Community Justice Center. Information regarding the application process for new cards will be shared as soon as it is available.
Like 2020 before it, 2021 was a year that brought regular waves of breaking news to the Indiana Lawyer news desk. From vaccines to lawsuits to legislation to law firms, it was difficult to narrow down the year’s most important stories. So here are five additional stories that the IL staff thought were noteworthy in 2021.
The Internal Revenue Service is highlighting a special tax provision that allows more people to deduct donations to qualifying charities on their 2021 federal income tax return. Make an impact on our community and profession now with your donation to the Indianapolis Bar Foundation.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana wishes to say thank you to the following attorneys for the many hours they’ve volunteered to assist underrepresented individuals.
Here’s a look at the top stories reported on by Indiana Lawyer in 2021, as voted on by the IL staff.
A southern Indiana police officer has pleaded guilty to official misconduct and agreed to resign from the department after allegedly having a sexual relationship with a police informant.
A man who was hit with a defamation lawsuit after he accused a business and business owner of forging paperwork submitted for his diving certification cannot shield himself with the state’s anti-SLAPP statute after the Court of Appeals of Indiana determined his right to free speech had not been sunk.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Paul C. Burris III v. Bottoms Up Scuba-Indy, LLC, Michael Ellis and Renata Ellis
21A-CT-570,
Civil Tort. Affirms denial of Paul Burris’ anti-SLAPP motion to dismiss the complaint filed against him asserting claims of defamation and tortious interference. Holds the Montgomery Superior Court did not err in finding Burris failed to meet the first of two requirements needed to show the anti-SLAPP statute applied. Ruled Burris’ report to PADI about his own paperwork and his allegation that Ellis may have forged the doctor’s signature on the certification paperwork were not in furtherance of his right to free speech and not in connection with a public issue
A former Lake County sheriff convicted of wire fraud and bribery will not have his 12-plus-year federal prison sentence reduced after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected his appeal.
An Evansville attorney has been suspended from the practice of law after pleading guilty to check deception, the Indiana Supreme Court has announced.