The Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission has issued an advisory opinion focused on when attorneys must decline to represent a client or withdraw from a current representation due to a conflict of interest.
An Indianapolis attorney who was suspended last month for noncompliance with a disciplinary investigation has been reinstated to the practice of law in Indiana.
Read a summary of disciplinary actions handed down by the Indiana Supreme Court during the second quarter of 2022.
A Seymour attorney suspended by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals for misconduct has been hit with reciprocal discipline from the Indiana Supreme Court.
A Fort Wayne criminal defense and DUI attorney has been placed on probation following a criminal OWI conviction.
The Indiana Supreme Court has issued a trio of orders suspending three different attorneys for noncompliance with the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission.
Evansville attorney Jared M. Thomas has been disbarred by the Indiana Supreme Court for criminally mismanaging his trust account, forging a judge’s signature and falsifying at least one document.
Coming to an agreement with the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission, a northern Indiana attorney with a lengthy disciplinary history has been suspended for at least one year from the practice of law for his 2019 arrest for possession of a legend drug.
An Indianapolis attorney has had his suspension for noncompliance with the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission converted to an indefinite suspension for failure to respond.
A Crown Point attorney has been publicly reprimanded for accusing an opposing counsel of having a sexual relationship with the police sergeant who handled an opposing client’s case.
Read a summary of disciplinary decisions handed down by the Indiana Supreme Court during the first quarter of 2022.
Have you recently been hired on a case and know the media want to talk to you? Before you post a comment on social media or conduct an interview, you should stop and think of the potential ethical implications. Those implications are outlined in the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission’s recently issued Advisory Opinion 1-22, “Lawyers’ Public Comments on Pending Matters.”
The Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications and Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission have issued advisory opinions regarding statements targeted at opponents made by candidates running for judicial office and public statements made by lawyers regarding pending disputes, including on social media.
Describing an Indianapolis lawyer as “his own worst enemy” when it comes to electronic communications, a split Indiana Supreme Court has issued a public reprimand after the lawyer sent a threatening email directly to an opposing party rather than working through another lawyer. A dissenting justice, however, said the rule in question in this issue of first impression does not apply to pro se lawyers like the attorney who was disciplined.
An Indianapolis attorney already on probation following a suspension will have to serve the remaining balance of her suspended time after she was found to have practiced law while under a reciprocal suspension order.
An Indianapolis attorney has been suspended from the practice of law for no less than one year without automatic reinstatement after he lied to a client about filing a lawsuit on her behalf and failed to inform her that she may have had an actionable malpractice claim against him.
A Fort Wayne lawyer set to be reinstated to the practice of law in Indiana on Saturday has instead been ordered to petition for reinstatement after failing to fulfill the duties of a suspended lawyer.
An Indianapolis attorney already under a suspension for CLE noncompliance is now facing an additional suspension for failing to cooperate with a disciplinary investigation action filed against him.
Angola attorney Allen R. Stout has been suspended from the practice of law for three months with automatic reinstatement after he was found to have deliberately deceived and bullied a woman who was seeking a protective order against his client.
The Indiana Supreme Court has indefinitely suspended Valparaiso attorney Bryan M. Truitt from practicing law in Indiana for failing to cooperate with a disciplinary investigation against him.