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Todd, Craig take home top honors from ITLA: Trial lawyers awarded Lifetime Achievement, Young Lawyer honors
A pair of Indianapolis attorneys were recognized with two of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association’s highest honors at the association’s annual meeting and awards ceremony in May.
Firms form new India connections: New firm offices, combinations give global reach to Hoosier law
Two recent law firm expansions have connected the legal community in Indiana to national and international markets, including India.
Trademark scams on the rise: How attorneys can help clients as scammers get more complex
Elizabeth Baumhart has been a practicing trademark attorney for about five years now. In that time, she’s learned to put a bold, underlined warning on every file notification email she sends to clients. The warning: Be on the lookout for scams.
‘Passing the baton’: Pratt family features 3 generations of Black attorneys, 2 generations of judges
Lena Pratt Sanders, the Marion Circuit Court magistrate judge, has continued her family’s legal legacy of three generations of Black attorneys in Indianapolis — and has now started the family’s second generation of judges.
The waiting game: 2 years after end of War in Afghanistan, refugees in Indiana still awaiting asylum decisions
With nothing but the clothes on his back and his cellphone, Ali Noori, his wife and 2-year-old daughter went to the airport in hopes of safely fleeing their country: Afghanistan.
‘Good people doing good work’: 2023 ITLA president to focus on mental health, member assistance
Born and raised in Wabash with a lawyer for a dad, it was certainly natural for Emily Guenin-Hodson to return to her hometown after law school and join her father in the family practice.
IN Supreme Court suspends 231 attorneys for unpaid dues, not meeting CLE requirements
The Indiana Supreme Court has suspended 231 lawyers for not complying with Admission and Discipline Rules, including not paying the annual registration fee and not meeting the continuing legal education requirement.
Solo, small firms talk competing with BigLaw: Competing for talent against the big guys
As larger firms tout heftier pay packages and perks partly designed to get attorneys excited to come back to an office post-pandemic, those who run and work at smaller firms are trying to show that they have their own advantages, too.
Rokita hires GOP lawyer Jim Bopp to help keep confidential a report about AG’s former job
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has retained well-known conservative attorney Jim Bopp under a $250,000 contract to aid with various legal matters.
‘Adventures with Bes’: Valpo attorney pursues passion for Egypt with books, tours
The Egyptian god Bes is short and squat in many depictions, with bowlegs, a feathered headdress and a protruding tongue designed to ward off misfortune. That’s what drew Shelli Wright Johnson to the diminutive dwarf god.
Fort Wayne cop in fatal crash had 4 previous on-duty crashes
A Fort Wayne police officer whose vehicle fatally injured a pedestrian in a crosswalk was disciplined for four previous crashes while on duty, the department said Monday.
McCarter & English finds new home in Carmel’s 1st on Main project
The team at McCarter & English LLP now has a permanent office within the city of Carmel’s coveted 1st on Main project.
Indy attorney convicted of 2 misdemeanors in connection with Jan. 6 Capitol riot
An Indianapolis attorney has been convicted of two federal misdemeanors in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Women’s History Month: Historical ‘firsts’ for women in Hoosier law
Women have been breaking the metaphorical glass ceiling for centuries.
That includes Indiana women in law, who since the nineteenth century have been paving the way for those who’ve come after them.
Keeping data safe: Law firms tighten security to protect intellectual property, data
At a law firm, a wrong click on a suspicious email link could result in a cybersecurity breach that exposes a client’s intellectual property or privileged attorney-
client information.
Father-son duo win legal victories for same client decades apart: Indy attorneys worked on exoneration, compensation cases for murder defendant
Bob Hammerle and his son Chris used to go into the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office on Saturday mornings with a sack of doughnuts and a chunky TV. Bob, then a brand-new lawyer, worked on files while Chris watched cartoons.
Alex Murdaugh goes on trial in 2021 killings of wife, son
Lawyers expect jury selection to last several days before testimony begins in the trial of disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh.
Disciplinary Commission issues advisory opinion for law firms on imputed conflicts of interest
The Indiana Supreme Court’s Disciplinary Commission on Friday published a nonbinding advisory opinion focused on Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.10, which outlines when a law firm is prohibited from representing a client based on imputed conflicts of interest.
Basketball league recruiting attorney-athletes for new season
The Lawyers Basketball League is inviting partners, associates, law clerks and their staff to form teams and play a little amateur hoops during the 2022-23 hardcourt season.