2 attorneys suspended for noncooperation
Two attorneys were suspended this month for noncooperation with disciplinary investigations.
Two attorneys were suspended this month for noncooperation with disciplinary investigations.
A credit union’s “persistent disavowal” of the arguments it raised on rehearing led the Indiana Supreme Court to reaffirm its prior ruling that the credit union cannot compel arbitration in a customer’s class-action.
In agreeing on a public reprimand for Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission looked to the prior discipline of another elected official.
State statute authorizes trial courts to retain cash bail for the payment of public defender fees, but an indigency hearing is required before the cash can be retained for most other fines, fees and costs.
A doctor must face a medical malpractice complaint after the Indiana Supreme Court overturned a summary judgment ruling. The court also clarified that a medical expert is not required to expressly state the applicable standard of care in an affidavit.
An inmate who alleged prison officials were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs can proceed with his case against prison doctors after the Indiana Supreme Court reversed the grant of summary judgment to the defendants.
A Washington attorney’s failure to cooperate with the state’s disciplinary process has resulted in his indefinite suspension from the practice of law in Indiana.
A Zionsville attorney who forged a signature on multiple adoption documents has been suspended from the practice of law in Indiana for 30 days with automatic reinstatement.
The Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case in which a defendant is challenging the admission of drug-related evidence that he says was illegally obtained.
The prosecutor in the case of an Indiana man charged in the killings of two teenage girls asked a judge Thursday to allow new two new counts each of kidnapping and murder while kidnapping.
Mere hours after hearing arguments in a dispute between the man accused of killing two teen girls from Delphi and the judge who removed his attorneys over his objection, the Indiana Supreme Court issued an order reinstating the man’s legal team.
The Indiana Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday in a dispute between the man accused of killing two teenage girls from Delphi and the judge who removed his attorneys over his objection.
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The Indiana Supreme Court is set to host its first “Night Court for Legislators” next month for members of the Indiana General Assembly.
The Indiana Supreme Court has issued a pair of orders suspending two attorneys for noncompliance with the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission.
The Indiana Supreme Court issued a disciplinary order Friday for a Brownsburg attorney following her conviction of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and, later, two counts of criminal trespass in violation of Indiana Rules of Professional Conduct.
The Indiana Supreme Court issued an order Monday reappointing State Public Defender Amy E. Karozos. Karozos will serve a second four-year term beginning Jan. 13, 2024, with the term expiring on Jan. 13, 2028.
The owner of a health and fitness center where a woman suffered a head injury while swimming must face the woman’s negligence-related claims, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled in finding the gym’s owner is not entitled to summary judgment.
After the Indiana Supreme Court declined to answer a certified question, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a man’s 15-year sentence after determining that the state’s 2002 definition of arson does not qualify as a crime of violence.