January brings frigid temperatures, snow and icy roads. In other words, it is a perfect time for you to knock on doors and conduct a field investigation. But before you put your coat on and head out to find that needle-in-a-haystack witness who will save your case, remember that there are ethical rules regarding how you deal with witnesses.
Members of Gregory Resnover’s defense team respond to commentary written by a former employee in attorney general’s office at the time of Resnover’s execution in 1994.
We’ve all received the responses to interrogatories so doctored by opposing counsel there is virtually no substance, or so littered with objections and qualifications that the answer is meaningless. So for many years my solution to this problem has been to take depositions. I will outline a few of the reasons more family law practitioners should do the same.
The sometimes-bitter litigation between a child’s adoptive parent and her grandparents who raised her from a young age yielded a decision from the state’s highest court that family law experts believe may represent a significant shift in adoption cases.
Larry G. Whitney, the Marion County Bar Association president when Indiana Lawyer launched in 1990, is currently suspended from the practice of law.
Here are some random legal statistics from twenty-five years ago when Indiana Lawyer published its first issue. Remember when law school cost under $3,500 a year?
Indiana Supreme Court posed an obstacle in 1990 to getting the program launched to fund pro bono efforts.
Like the sands of time, dust regularly falls on offices of the Lake County prosecutor, who hopes it isn't laced with asbestos.
Decapitation soon could be punishable by death in Indiana. The state Senate Criminal Law Committee unanimously passed a bill Tuesday that would allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty for beheadings.
A federal judge has cut by more than two-thirds the damages awarded to an Indiana teacher who was fired by a Roman Catholic diocese for trying to get pregnant through in vitro fertilization.
Read who’s recently made partner, been appointed to a position or joined an Indiana firm.
Jon Laramore brings a strong background in legal aid and pro bono work.
Some are good at networking, others not so good. With the development of the Indianapolis Bar Association’s Indy Attorneys Network Section, lawyers old and new, those skilled at networking and those not as adept, have found there are always opportunities to meet and connect with colleagues and that doing so builds camaraderie and strengthens the local legal community.
A deaf man’s federal lawsuit against Indiana courts claiming the state failed to provide a sign language interpreter for mediation in his child custody hearing has survived the state’s initial efforts to dismiss.
Lawyers 25 years ago had a radical concept: Let’s see how many civil lawsuits we can settle in a week.
In 2015, Indiana Lawyer turns 25, and we’d like to take this opportunity to say thank you to our readers as well as those who have served as news sources, partners and supporters along the way. We plan to spend the year taking a look back at some of the stories and people we’ve covered and hope that you will enjoy the flashback.
The Indiana Supreme Court has added to its docket a case that split the Court of Appeals over whether allegedly inconsistent statements of a man stabbed by his father-in-law should have been admitted.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Robert C.W. Getchell v. State of Indiana (NFP)
42A01-1407-CR-281
Criminal. Affirms revocation of placement in community corrections.
Wesley A. New v. State of Indiana (NFP)
20A03-1404-CR-121
Criminal. Affirms conviction of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: R.S. v. Gallahue Mental Health Services (NFP)
49A02-1405-MH-357
Mental health. Affirms temporary commitment.
Curtis Williams v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A05-1405-CR-214
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class A misdemeanor battery.
Indiana Court of Appeals
David Anderson, Comm., Joe Wray, Comm., and Board of Trustees, Brown Co. Fire. Prot. Dist. v. Susanne Gaudin, Janet Kramer, And Ruth Reichmann
07A01-1406-PL-265
Civil plenary. Affirms trial court order invalidating the Brown County commissioners’ amendment of an ordinance creating a countywide fire district. In creating the district, the commissioners expressly granted it and its board of trustees the powers and authority enumerated in the ordinance, thereby relinquishing power to amend the ordinance.