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ABA: Mental well-being of lawyers must be a priority
New report urges legal stakeholders to bring cultural change in profession plagued by addiction and mental health issues.
Hickey leading National Conference of Bar Presidents
After years of leadership in local and national bar organizations, Rubin & Levin P.C. managing partner Christine Hayes Hickey has assumed a new role that will allow her to provide leadership to other “lawyer-leaders” like herself: president of the National Conference of Bar Presidents.
Second attorney ordered to pay fine or go to jail for practicing with suspended license
For the second time in a month, the Indiana Supreme Court has threatened to impose jail time on an attorney found in contempt if she does not pay a fine for practicing law while her license was suspended.
Carmel performing arts center taps Krieg DeVault partner as new leader
The Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel announced Wednesday that it has named lawyer Jeffrey C. McDermott as its new president and CEO.
Krieg DeVault seeks private emails of ex-partners who sued for owed compensation
The Indianapolis law firm of Krieg DeVault LLP has asked a court for the private emails of former partners who are owed compensation the firm refused to pay when they left more than two years ago.
Ex-judge, public defender accused of sex with inmates resigns
A former judge and public defender who was convicted of felony official misconduct after he was accused of sexual contact with jailed clients has resigned rather than face an attorney discipline hearing related to the charges.
Divided 7th Circuit allows Indy attorney to represent plaintiff in claim against former client
An Indianapolis attorney who previously represented one of the nations’ largest consumer reporting agencies may now proceed as counsel on behalf of a plaintiff suing the same agency after a divided panel of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals determined Indiana Rules of Professional Conduct do not require his disqualification.
Chiropractor-lawyer links skirt 30-day crash victim solicitation rule, prompt calls for law
Personal injury attorney Ken Nunn says there ought to be a law preventing lawyers from skirting a rule that they wait 30 days before contacting people injured in car crashes.
Wheeler led Civil Rights Division at DOJ during, after turbulent transition
Thomas Wheeler II, a partner at Frost Brown Todd LLC in Indianapolis, served as acting assistant attorney general for the division after President Donald Trump was sworn in Jan. 20. He recently returned to private practice.
Indianapolis disaster recovery firm launches legal ‘Cyber Threat Health Review’
As law firms continue to migrate toward digital practices and cybercriminals become more advanced, a local technology firm is launching a new product meant to help firms mitigate their risk for a cyberattack.
ABA releases report on improving lawyer well-being
In an effort to reverse a trend toward increasing mental health and addiction issues among legal professionals, several national lawyer well-being groups have partnered together to release a new report, which offers recommendations for both preventing and treating lapses in attorneys’ mental health.
Challenged statements protected by absolute privilege, COA affirms
The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed partial summary judgment for an Indianapolis law firm in a defamation case, finding the challenged statements made by the firm were protected by absolute privilege.
Artificial intelligence is inevitable. Will you embrace or resist it in your practice?
Even as legal tech and other companies offer new and ever more advanced AI products, attorneys said the human mind will always be needed in the practice of law.
Lawyers help 99-year-old man remove suicide as cause of son’s 1960 death
Michael Plume’s body was found slumped a the base of a scaffold, with a noose around his neck, at IU’s Memorial Stadium while it was under construction.
Finding a balance: Indy firm built on 1-principal business model
Tony Paganelli leads his firm as the only principal, removing the pressure of running a law firm from the other attorneys and instead enabling them to have the same work-life balance he was seeking four years ago.
Allen County Bar Association project collects oral histories from the legal community
Since January, attorneys who have decades of experience have been invited into a television studio and asked by another attorney to reminisce about their early days of practicing law in Fort Wayne and the surrounding communities. The conversations are filmed and then posted online.
Legal sector loses 4,300 jobs in July, ends growth streak
The U.S. legal sector suffered a loss in the number of available jobs in July, bringing an end to a three-month streak of job growth.
Bamberger, SKO merger complete
The merger between Evansville-based Bamberger Foreman Oswald & Hahn LLP and Kentucky-based Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC was completed Tuesday, one month ahead of the expected closure date.
Advocate: 2 pardoned brothers steered into financial straits by lawyers
When two wrongfully imprisoned brothers were pardoned after 30 years behind bars, they stood to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation. Now a federal judge is considering whether too much of their payout is being siphoned away by legal fees and high-interest loans.