G. Pearson Smith, Bose McKinney & Evans LLP, has been named the 2017 recipient of the IndyBar Estate Planning & Administration Section’s Patricia Paxton Wagner Award for Excellence in Estate Planning and Administration.
Whether you have a full day mediation scheduled or are taking a case to a Marion County Modest Means mediation with a three-hour limit, there are ways to make it more likely that your client’s case will settle.
Each year, various committees and groups undertake the many initiatives and projects of the Indianapolis Bar Association. We are now recruiting committee members for groups in need of additional volunteers.
Twice a month, a ceremony at the U.S. Courthouse welcomes newly naturalized American citizens. It’s an awe-inspiring ceremony–and you can be a part of it. Indianapolis Bar Association attorney members participate in the naturalization ceremonies by handing out a booklet containing the U.S. and Indiana constitutions and presenting brief remarks.
Every year the Indianapolis Bar Association’s Women & the Law Division considers honoring one woman from the Indianapolis legal community with the Antoinette Dakin Leach Award. This year’s recipient is Marcia Oddi from the Indiana Law Blog.
As of October 1, 2017, Marion Circuit and Superior Courts requires all transcript orders to be placed on its web-based transcript ordering and production management platform, TheRecordXchange.
Evidence in the recent Taylor Swift case involved partially deleted recordings. How did the court respond to this ESI issue?
The spirit of Antoinette Dakin Leach lives on through the 2017 recipient, Marcia Oddi, founder of the Indiana Law Blog. Oddi has forged a career from numerous groundbreaking accomplishments.
Indiana Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey G. Slaughter and Indiana Court of Appeals Judge Michael P. Barnes are the featured speakers for the IndyBar Appellate Practice Section’s annual Appellate Roundtable and Reception on October 11. They will talk about what you need to know for practicing before appellate courts in Indiana.
With help from the Indianapolis Bar Foundation (IBF), local non-profit Kids’ Voice of Indiana will bring free legal assistance into the community to directly assist these families through a new Community Mobile Law Program, funded through the IBF’s 2017 Impact Fund Grant.
On September 29, 2017, the Indianapolis Bar Association, through the Professionalism Committee, is hosting the inaugural IndyBar Service Day in conjunction with Indy Do Day. The event focuses on assisting causes throughout Indianapolis and allows law students and lawyers to give back by providing services to benefit local organizations.
While in New York, I had an epiphany. My revelation occurred on a stroll through New York’s Central Park on a beautiful warm and sunny day.
The Indianapolis Bar Association is proud to recognize Ida Hayes of Indiana Legal Services as the association’s Paralegal of the Year for 2017.
The Indianapolis Bar Association’s Nominating Committee has announced the selection of Andrew L. Campbell of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP as the 2020 President of the Indianapolis Bar Association.
Students from near and far gathered in Indianapolis for the 2017 IndyBar Diversity Job Fair. Welcomed by the legal community at a reception held on Monday, Aug. 14, the fair officially kicked off with interviews on Tuesday, Aug. 15 at the Hilton Indianapolis.
Trademark practitioners will tell you the U.S. Trademark Office has a deadwood problem – and they do not mean the Trademark Office has an addiction to watching the HBO television series. Rather, the Trademark Office’s register is full of registrations for trademarks no longer in use (or in the case of some, never used) and no longer entitled to registration, often referred to as “deadwood registrations.”
Assistance from qualified and competent paralegals is crucial to the success of many attorneys. This year, make sure to recognize the important paralegal in your life by submitting a Paralegal of the Year Award nomination.
At the Indianapolis Bar Foundation (IBF) we believe that having the assistance of a lawyer is not a privilege reserved for the wealthy, but is a necessity for anyone facing a legal issue.
View photos from the 2017 Lawyer Links Classic golf outing and pool party.