Meyer and his wife are on the mend, but court officials say the incident proves just how dangerous the role of judge can be both here in Indiana and across the United States.
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As 2026 inches closer, some judicial officers in the affected counties are expressing concern about the changes, fearing rural Indiana could continue to be a legislative target in the years to come.
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Some judges also reported earning outside compensation for everything from working as a stagehand at Pink and Taylor Swift concerts to serving as a board member for the Indianapolis Indians baseball team.
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Some state lawmakers are going in with a reallocation approach that would add new judges to growing communities and take away from those counties that may have more judges than they need.
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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.
There has been a surge in recent weeks of judges issuing critical and sometimes scathing statements and rulings over the fallout from the administration’s attempts at mass immigrant deportations.
House Bill 1033 gives Indiana Gov. Mike Braun more of a say in judicial appointments to the Marion County courts.
Proposed legislation would remove representatives from local bar associations and legal groups from the judicial selection process — a change opponents worry could politicize the judiciary.
Two judge positions will soon come available in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
Indianapolis attorney Justin Olson fills a vacancy that’s been open since July 2024, when Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson took senior status with the court.
Tippecanoe County Superior Court Judge Steven Meyer returned to the courtroom on Tuesday to swear in a newly appointed Superior Court judge.
Investigators allege Neveah Bell, 23, helped orchestrate the plan to kill Judge Steven Meyer.
A Tippecanoe County judge who was injured in a shooting at his home Sunday afternoon is speaking out for the first time on how he and his wife are recovering.
Superior Court Judge Fran Gull said she chose not to run for reelection because she knows she would not complete another six-year term.
No arrests were reported in the case as of early Monday afternoon. Lafayette Mayor Tony Roswarski said every available resource is being used to find whomever is responsible.
The jury returned the verdict after deliberating for six hours. The judge faces up to five years in prison when she’s sentenced.
Justin Olson, a Kroger Gardis & Regas LLP attorney, was among four federal judge candidates nominated by President Donald Trump who were quizzed this week by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Federal prosecutors were set to start presenting their case Monday against a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a Mexican immigrant evade federal authorities.
Several county prosecutors with the Association of Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys held a news conference Tuesday to strongly oppose the legislation and announce their 2026 legislative proposals to address violent crime and frequent offenders.
President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Alina Habba, whom the administration has maneuvered to keep in place as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor, is disqualified from serving in the role, an appeal court said Monday.
The Justice Department engaged in a “disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps” when it secured an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, a federal judge ruled Monday.
The Kroger Gardis & Regas LLP attorney has been representing three former University of Pennsylvania women swimmers who sued over the participation of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas on Penn’s women’s swim team in 2021-2022.
Despite his permanent ban from the bench, the judge will be allowed to keep his law license.
President Donald Trump says the Senate’s century-old tradition of allowing home state senators to sign off on some federal judge and U.S. attorney nominees is “old and outdated.” Republican senators disagree.