Particularly rare is the Indiana Supreme Court’s suggestion that Rokita and the attorney disciplinary commission head to mediation and try to settle the prickly case with the help of a neutral third party.
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Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is calling for new safeguards to protect himself and other lawyers from what he calls frivolous and politically-motivated disciplinary complaints.
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For the second time in four years, the Indiana attorney general is facing lawyer discipline charges.
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Adrienne Meiring has been selected as the new executive director of the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission. She recently sat down with The Indiana Lawyer to discuss her career history and her new role.
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The proposed rule would allow the department to investigate complaints against its own attorneys before investigations are handled by individual state bars.
In a Thursday order, the court found that retired Judge Steven Cox engaged in improper ex parte communication with a criminal defendant and relied on that communication to rule in a case.
The interim suspension for attorney Timmy Brown is effective immediately, according to the Indiana Supreme Court.
Attorney General Todd Rokita’s lawyers argued that Sen. Liz Brown’s grievance was “meritless on its face” and was filed in retaliation for statements protected under First Amendment free speech rights.
Details about the initial grievance filed against the attorney were not publicly available.
The high court suspended the attorney from the practice of law after he was sentenced to 170 days on home detention for possession of methamphetamine in Morgan County.
The Indiana Supreme Court announced on Thursday that it has approved a new conditional agreement between Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita and the court’s disciplinary commission, dismissing the second disciplinary complaint against Rokita as “moot.”
At the time of the alleged misconduct, the lawyer served as managing attorney for Indianapolis-based Charitable Allies Inc., marketed as a “nonprofit for nonprofits” that provides “low bono” legal services.
Earlier this month, at the strong encouragement of a hearing panel, the parties agreed on a mediator to try to help them settle the disciplinary case against Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita and avoid a public hearing.
A three-person panel appointed to hear the case strongly encouraged Rokita and the attorney disciplinary commission to reach an agreement through mediation—an uncommon approach in attorney disciplinary matters.
The panel appointed to hear the disciplinary case against Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has set a public hearing for December, but it is strongly encouraging Rokita and the disciplinary commission to reach an agreement through mediation.
The panel overseeing Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s professional misconduct case denied his effort to force the state’s disciplinary commission to turn over internal records and instead set the matter for a December hearing.
The Indiana Supreme Court issued an order Tuesday, immediately suspending the law license of James Wisco.
The state paid four law firms between 2022 and 2025 to represent Attorney General Todd Rokita in at least six separate matters before the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission.
A Westfield attorney has been suspended from the practice of law indefinitely for failing to cooperate with the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission.
In a 44-page brief, Adrienne Meiring, executive director of the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission, called Rokita’s motion “procedurally improper” and “meritless.”
The attorney is suspended from the practice of law for 180 days beginning on April 25.
The outcome of the heated situation between Rokita and the state disciplinary commission now rests with the Indiana Supreme Court.
The court determined the Winamac attorney’s actions were predatory, not “merely exercises in poor judgment.”
The Indiana Supreme Court has suspended a Pendleton attorney from the practice of law for at least a year, after his failure to report a drunk driving conviction led the court’s disciplinary commission to open a complaint against him.