Ready or not, Rule 6.7 of the Indiana Rules of Professional Conduct will hit the books Jan. 1, 2015. This rule will require an attorney to report his or her pro bono hours at the time of annual registration.
Mediators say parties don’t always see facts the same way, but a “truth rule” could harm the confidentiality of the process.
A round up of news from northern and central Indiana, including a mayor’s attempt to stay his contempt order.
While the state hasn’t funded community mediation centers, a few providers offer limited services.
An interim legislative committee is examining the need for treatment options but is unsure if funding will be available.
The cases involving immigrant children coming to the U.S. from Central America are creating more need for pro bono legal representation and are highlighting an area of asylum law that the courts struggle to clearly define.
Longtime lawyers say the firm’s legacy positions it for more growth.
The decision by one Indiana attorney to not wear socks in the courtroom has sparked a discussion among lawyers about professional dress codes. Shined shoes, closed-toe pumps, crisp shirts and blouses, pants, skirts and jackets are the closet staples of lawyers. While the business world has gone casual, pitching the tie and welcoming sandals in some cases, the legal profession has largely remained true to conservative business attire.
Baseball once was Indiana’s game, and attorney Scott Tarter has a major-league passion about preserving its rightful, if obscure, place in history.
Convictions for public intoxication don’t just require being pickled in public anymore. An inebriated person now has to do something else, but conduct elements added to the criminal statute in 2012 have blurred what constitutes a misdemeanor.
A judge has rejected a central Indiana county treasurer's request for the dismissal of criminal charges that he mishandled public money.
A central Indiana farmer faces a lawsuit from neighbors who want to block plans for a facility where some 2,000 hogs would be raised.
A judge and creditors will have to decide who runs the Indiana Toll Road after the highway's private operator filed for bankruptcy protection, formally acknowledging that it couldn't afford the debt from the multibillion-dollar deal to take over the highway.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Jason L. Wanzell v. State of Indiana (NFP)
53A01-1311-CR-490
Criminal. Affirms denial of motion to correct erroneous sentence.
Davarius L. White v. State of Indiana (NFP)
02A03-1402-CR-52
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class D felony domestic battery.
Robert Abbey v. State of Indiana (NFP)
82A01-1403-CR-119
Criminal. Affirms denial of motion to apply cash bond toward restitution.
Juan Martinez v. State of Indiana (NFP)
45A05-1401-CR-22
Criminal. Affirms conviction and six-year executed sentence for Class B felony child molestation.
Indiana Supreme Court
In the Matter of: Trezanay M. Atkins
49S00-1306-DI-435.
Attorney discipline. Suspends Atkins for two years without automatic reinstatement, finding she violated Indiana Rules of Professional Conduct 8.4(b), committing a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness; and 8.4(c), engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation.
The Indiana Supreme Court will review a case in which the Court of Appeals reversed a 10-year sentence, the most a man could receive under an agreement in which he pleaded guilty to multiple felonies.
The former treasurer for the Marion County Bar Association has been suspended from the practice of law for a minimum of two years for taking more than $9,100 from the organization.
Once again, members of the Indiana State Bar Association gave up part of their Saturday to help their local communities as part of the association’s Annual Day of Service.
An Indiana man who admitted fatally stabbing and shooting a fellow Purdue University student inside a crowded classroom was sentenced Sept. 19 to the maximum 65 years in prison after telling a judge he lied about being mentally ill.
The lawyer for an Indiana man who pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing and shooting a fellow Purdue University student is expected to try to convince a judge that his client is mentally ill.