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IndyBar: A Collaborative Column: Has Practicing Law Really Changed?
How does the day-to-day differ between early career attorneys and those who are well into their practice, and where do we overlap?
IndyBar: Abigail Wagers Named 2025 IndyBar Paralegal of the Year
Abigail Wagers of Bose McKinney & Evans began as a practice department group assistant and is now the paralegal for one of the firm’s largest practice groups, the Labor and Employment Group.
IndyBar: 2025 Law Day Celebration
Many showed up on May 1 to reaffirm their Attorneys Oath.
IndyBar: Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month
In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the U.S. District Court for Southern Indiana and the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Indiana (APABA-IN) hosted an event on May 7
Stapleton joins Dinsmore & Shohl as new corporate group partner
A nationally recognized FBI cybersecurity executive with Indianapolis ties has joined Dinsmore & Shohl LLP as a partner in the firm’s corporate group.
South Bend man sentenced to 17+ years for meth-related conviction
A South Bend man was sentenced to 17 and a half years in prison on Monday after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
Ratepayer protection agency recommends against Duke’s coal-to-gas push
The state agency tasked with protecting utility consumers has asked regulators to reject Duke Energy Indiana’s “ill-advised” plan to retire two coal-powered units — and replace them with new natural gas units — at the Cayuga Generating Station in west-central Indiana.
Supreme Court allows Trump to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans who risk deportation
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to deportation.
Democratic Rep. McIver charged with assault after skirmish at ICE center, New Jersey prosecutor says
Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver is being charged with assault after a skirmish with federal officers outside an immigration detention center.
State executes death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie for fatal shooting of police officer
Death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie was executed by lethal injection shortly after midnight Tuesday at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, according to Department of Correction officials.
Court of Appeals sends case involving Zionsville fertility doctor back to trial court
The Indiana Court of Appeals overturned a lower court’s July 2024 court order in a case involving Dr. Donald Cline, a retired Zionsville fertility doctor whose alleged actions were the subject of a 2022 Netflix documentary.
Allen County Judge Trevino announces September retirement
Allen Superior Court Judge Andrea Trevino will step down from the bench later this year to rejoin the private sector, according to a news release.
Strategic legislative revisions aid renewed Indiana drive for tolling
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun’s administration is getting serious about tolling to make up for falling fuel tax revenue and upgrade aging highways — eight years after former Gov. Eric Holcomb’s administration backed away from the prospect.
Indiana set to execute man who killed officer; family ‘needs closure,’ but lawyers say it’s unjust
Nearly 25 years after the killing, the state is hours away from carrying out Benjamin Ritchie’s death sentence. He’s scheduled to be executed by lethal injection just after midnight Tuesday.
Trump order targets barcodes on ballots. They’ve long been a source of misinformation
President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to overhaul how U.S. elections are run includes a somewhat obscure reference to the way votes are counted.
The US is reinstating records for international students. For some, it’s too late
After the government terminated his legal status in the U.S., one student abruptly lost his laboratory job in Houston and, fearing detention, he returned to his home country in south Asia on a one-way ticket.
Indianapolis man sentenced to 17+ years for child sex crimes
An Indianapolis man faces 17.5 years in federal prison after being sentenced for sexual crimes against children, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of Indiana’s Southern District announced Thursday.
Tech, ag leader Mitch Frazier named president of IBJ Media
Owner Nate Feltman will remain CEO of the company and publisher of Indianapolis Business Journal, The Indiana Lawyer and Inside INdiana Business but will relinquish day-to-day business operations to Frazier, outgoing CEO of AgriNovus Indiana.
Feds to wind down certain Indiana naturalization ceremonies, block on-site voter registration
The federal agency that confers citizenship upon thousands of new Hoosiers annually is pulling back from naturalization ceremonies held in donated venues — to the alarm of volunteers who won’t be allowed inside the “in-house” alternatives to register prospective voters.