The Indiana Supreme Court handed down a private reprimand to a Shelby County attorney who engaged in misconduct by hiring
a nonlawyer inmate to help research and prepare a post-conviction relief petition for another client.
The attorney accused of attacking another lawyer last year has been suspended from practice.
Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission actions from the June 9 Indiana Lawyer.
Two former Marion County deputy prosecutors have received public reprimands from the state’s highest court for drunken
driving incidents.
The Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission brings charges against attorneys who have violated
the state’s rules for admission to the bar and Rules of Professional Conduct.
The Indiana Supreme Court has publicly reprimanded an Indianapolis attorney who responded to harassing phone calls and pre-recorded
messages to her unlisted phone number by asking a company representative if he was “gay” or “sweet.”
Having a trial court judge as the executive leader of the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission is a new approach
for the state, but those intimately involved with attorney disciplinary matters say it could prove to be a positive change.
The Indiana Supreme Court has chosen former Dearborn Superior Judge G. Michael Witte as the newest executive secretary of
the Disciplinary Commission.
The Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission brings charges against attorneys who have violated the state’s
rules for admission to the bar and Rules of Professional Conduct.
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.
The Indiana Supreme Court disbarred a northern Indiana attorney April 1 for violating the terms of a previous suspension,
entering into an improper business transaction with a client, and engaging in dishonest conduct.
As controversy swirls around the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office, attorneys throughout Indiana have their eyes on how the
ethical issues can be a lesson for the state’s legal community.
A top executive of Celadon Group Inc. can no longer represent himself as the Indianapolis-based trucking company’s attorney
because of a glaring omission – he is not licensed to practice law in Indiana.
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi denies that he violated any professional conduct rules in his handling of two high-profile murder cases, specifically in his written or spoken statements made when describing the crimes to the public.
Delaware County Prosecutor Mark McKinney has responded to the disciplinary charges he faces in connection to his role as a
private attorney on civil forfeiture matters related to the criminal defendants he handled as a deputy prosecutor and prosecutor
on behalf of the state, saying his representation of the state wasn’t limited by his financial interest in forfeiture actions.
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi denies that he violated any professional conduct rules in his handling of two high-profile murder cases, specifically in his written or spoken statements made when describing the crimes to the public.
Indiana needs a new face for lawyer discipline, and applications are being accepted from anyone interested in the job.
Three attorneys who practiced separately but advertised as an LLC were publicly reprimand by the Indiana Supreme Court for violating several Indiana Professional Conduct Rules by not letting clients know they didn't practice law as a firm.
Two attorneys have been suspended by the Indiana Supreme Court for their representation of a client in a real estate contract in which one of the attorneys had a financial interest.