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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With the search underway for only the third director of the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission, one thing seems certain: The court will take its time finding a successor for retired leader G. Michael Witte.
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After 39 years, G. Michael Witte, executive director of the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission, is calling it a career — sort of.
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According to case documents, Michael Deppe’s suspension stems from a medical malpractice case that was transferred to him after the client’s original attorney was also suspended from the practice.
The judge has been accused of misconduct for allegedly using marijuana and failing to provide candid information to the Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications.
Two attorneys have been either suspended from the practice of law or resigned completely following separate felony convictions in Fountain and Gibson counties, according to the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission.
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 possession case was one of several recent cases he’s listed as a defendant in.
The interim suspension for attorney Timmy Brown is effective immediately, according to the Indiana Supreme Court.
A former Johnson County judge and attorney has been suspended from the practice of law after being found guilty of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a Level 6 felony.
No public documents provided any further details about the allegations against him.
An Anderson attorney has been suspended from the practice of law after being found guilty of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a level 6 felony, according to the Indiana Supreme Court.
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.
A Crown Point attorney has been suspended from the practice of law after he was found to have failed to provide proper representation to several clients, according to the Indiana Supreme Court.
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.
The university said Wednesday evening that Suzanne Swierc, who had served as director of health promotion and advocacy, was terminated following a review of the incident.
The suspended attorneys from Carmel and Indianapolis are facing allegations of professional misconduct.
The Indiana Supreme Court issued an order Tuesday, immediately suspending the law license of James Wisco.
A Westfield attorney has been suspended from the practice of law indefinitely for failing to cooperate with the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission.
A Fishers-based attorney has been suspended from the practice of law for 60 days after she was convicted of operating a vehicle while intoxicated in June 2024.
Court documents show the will would have falsely made the attorney’s paralegal the personal representative of the paralegal’s son’s estate and disinherited the son’s two daughters.
Magistrate Judge Mark Dinsmore recommends that the attorney be fined $15,000 and considered for further discipline under state rules.