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IndyBar: Find the Talent You’ve Been Looking For: Sign On as a Diversity Job Fair Sponsor or Employer

March 4, 2020 | From IndyBar

The Indianapolis Bar Association aims to connect a potential pool of candidates from diverse backgrounds with the Indianapolis legal community through its annual Diversity Job Fair. This initiative is to give all students an opportunity to meet potential employers who are looking to build connections with a pipeline of new and diverse talent and learn more about the legal profession and the Indianapolis legal market.

Justice center’s first building — addictions, mental health center — nears completion

March 3, 2020 | Samm Quinn and Indianapolis Business Journal Staff

City leaders can look southeast out the top floors of the City-County Building and see the Community Justice Campus taking shape in the Twin Aire neighborhood. Today, officials are just six months from a tentative opening for the first piece of the project, the 37,000-square-foot Assessment and Intervention Center.

Discipline orders: 3 attorneys suspended, 1 indefinitely

March 3, 2020 | IL Staff

Two Hoosier attorneys have been suspended from the practice of law for noncooperation with the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission, while a third has been indefinitely suspended for failing to cooperate, justices announced Thursday in three disciplinary orders.

Justices to hear arguments at UIndy next month

March 3, 2020 | IL Staff

The Indiana Supreme Court is once again taking its oral arguments on the road, announcing plans to hear a case at the University of Indianapolis next month.

Lawyer who wrote client refund check that bounced reprimanded

March 2, 2020 | Dave Stafford

An attorney whose dissatisfied immigration client sued her in small claims court after the attorney’s check for unearned services bounced has been reprimanded by the Indiana Supreme Court.

Judge denies man’s bid to withdraw plea in Indy doctor’s slaying

February 28, 2020 | Associated Press

A 19-year-old man who pleaded guilty in the fatal shooting of a prominent Indianapolis doctor faces decades behind bars after a judge refused to allow him to back out of his plea deal. Devon Seats pleaded guilty in January to murder and three counts of burglary in the November 2017 slaying of Dr. Kevin Rodgers, who was fatally shot in his home on Indianapolis’ northwest side.

Man charged in judges’ shooting claims self-defense, says judges were aggressors

February 26, 2020 | IL Staff and Associated Press

The man charged with shooting two southern Indiana judges outside an Indianapolis fast food restaurant last year claimed in a Tuesday court filing that he acted in self-defense. The notice of affirmative defense also alleges the judges were the aggressors as alleged gunman Brandon Kaiser and his nephew, Alfredo Vazquez, were stopping to eat at a downtown White Castle, where the shooting took place in the parking lot.

16-year-old charged with murder in teen siblings’ slayings

February 25, 2020 | Associated Press

A 16-year-old Indianapolis boy was charged Monday with murder as an adult for allegedly fatally shooting two teenage siblings.

Recovery for Durham fraud victims hinges on high-stakes trial

February 24, 2020 | Greg Andrews, Indianapolis Business Journal and Indianapolis Business Journal Staff

A high-stakes lawsuit goes to trial Monday that could represent the last, best hope for victims of Indianapolis businessman Tim Durham’s Ponzi scheme to recoup a sizable recovery on their more than $200 million in losses.

Man charged in 2019 homicide of woman in Indianapolis church

February 24, 2020 | Associated Press

A 57-year-old man has been charged in the death of a woman who was found strangled and stabbed last year inside an Indianapolis church, authorities said.

Lawmakers considering central Indiana regionalism legislation

February 20, 2020 | Lindsey Erdody and Indianapolis Business Journal Staff

Indiana lawmakers are considering legislation that would allow the communities in central Indiana to create a regional development authority, but the framework isn’t exactly what advocates initially proposed.

4 Indianapolis teens charged in fatal shooting of 3 men, 1 woman

February 19, 2020 | Associated Press

Four teenagers were charged with murder Wednesday in the fatal shooting of three young men and a young woman found slain in a ransacked Indianapolis apartment, authorities said.

Marion Superior retention interviews to be held in March

February 19, 2020 | Olivia Covington

The second iteration of retention interviews for Marion Superior judges will begin in less than a month. The Marion County Judicial Selection Committee set aside March 9 to interview the 13 Marion Superior Court judges seeking retention while also opening the window for applicants seeking to fill one of three pending vacancies on the trial court bench in Indianapolis.

Appellate judges rule for hospital in medical malpractice case

February 18, 2020 | Katie Stancombe

A man who filed a medical malpractice claim against a doctor and hospital following his surgery for a herniated disc could not convince the Indiana Court of Appeals that he should be permitted to amend his complaint and add a federal claim.

Clark Circuit Judge Adams apologizes for fight that led to his shooting

February 17, 2020 | Associated Press and IL Staff

A southern Indiana judge is apologizing for a May 1 fight outside an Indianapolis fast-food restaurant during which he and another judge were shot and seriously wounded. The apology comes as Judge Andrew Adams is seeking re-election after pleading guilty to battery for his role in a shooting in which he and a fellow Clark Circuit judge were seriously injured.

Applications open for 3 Marion Superior Court vacancies

February 14, 2020 | IL Staff

Applications are now being accepted for three upcoming judicial vacancies on the Marion Superior Court bench, the Indiana Supreme Court announced Friday.

Bank alleges developer owes nearly $16M for project near airport

February 13, 2020 | Mickey Shuey and Indianapolis Business Journal Staff

Old National Bank has sued local developer Paul Kite, alleging he and his company, PK IND Partners LLC, owe millions of dollars for a loan tied to the 2008 redevelopment of property at Indianapolis International Airport.

Retention interview schedule set for Marion County judges

February 13, 2020 | IL Staff

Interview schedules have been set for Marion County’s incumbent judges seeking retention, just one day after members of the Marion County Judicial Selection Committee convened.

Marion County retention interviews to be held in March

February 12, 2020 | Olivia Covington

The second iteration of retention interviews for Marion County judges will begin in less than a month. A committee will interview 13 judges seeking retention before opening applications for three pending vacancies to be filled this year on the Marion Superior bench.

Robber’s ban from Marion County Family Dollar stores upheld

February 11, 2020 | Katie Stancombe

A man ordered to stay away from all Family Dollar stores in Marion County after his robbery conviction could not convince the Indiana Court of Appeals that his probation order was overly broad.

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