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Olivia joined Indiana Lawyer as a reporter in September 2016 and was promoted to managing editor in April 2018. Olivia has experience reporting on local, state, and federal government entities, including the state and federal court systems. She has been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists for her work individually and with the Indiana Lawyer staff each year since she joined IBJ Media.

First job: Watering flowers around the yard for my dad
Favorite movie: Tie between The Devils Wear Prada and Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Favorite book: Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen (seeing a pattern?)
Personal hype song: “Respect” by Aretha Franklin
Hobbies: Reading, biking, taking walks, listening to music

Articles

Creating options: SCOTUS lets inverse condemnation suits in federal courts

October 30, 2019 | Olivia Covington

The June 21 decision in Knick v. Township of Scott, Pennsylvania, 588 U.S. ___ (2019), overturned precedent requiring property owners to file inverse condemnation actions in state court before bringing a federal action. Instead, the 5-4 majority opinion, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, determined the Fifth Amendment Takings Clause is triggered as soon as the government takes land without compensating the property owner.

Majority justices remand Land Rover forfeiture case for excessiveness analysis

October 28, 2019 | Olivia Covington

An Indiana civil forfeiture case that made its way to the United States Supreme Court will now return to the Grant Superior Court after the Indiana Supreme Court developed a framework for determining if the forfeiture of property is excessive under the Eighth Amendment.

7th Circuit overturns habeas relief for child molester

October 25, 2019 | Olivia Covington

A convicted child molester’s 80-year sentence has once again been reinstated after the 7^th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the grant of a habeas petition. The appellate panel on Thursday reversed habeas relief that had been granted at the district court.

Hill disciplinary hearing concludes with AG on defense

October 24, 2019 | Olivia Covington

The evidentiary hearing in the disciplinary action against Indiana Curtis Hill came to a close Thursday afternoon, with Hill taking the stand for a final time to continue defending himself and deny earlier allegations that he made crude sexual advances toward a former employee.

‘Absolutely not’: Hill denies sexual misconduct at legislative party

October 24, 2019 | Olivia Covington

For the first time, Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is publicly recounting his version of what happened in the early-morning hours of March 15, 2018, when he allegedly groped four women while drunk at a legislative party. Hill took the stand in his defense during his attorney discipline hearing Thursday.

Lobbyist defends Hill in sometimes-contentious disciplinary hearing

October 23, 2019 | Olivia Covington

The lobbyist who took Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill to a March 2018 legislative party is defending Hill in his legal ethics case, telling a disciplinary hearing officer Wednesday that he knows when a man is “hitting on” a woman, and Hill was not.

Hill takes stand in discipline case; ex-colleague recalls crude sexual advances

October 23, 2019 | Olivia Covington

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill has taken the stand in his attorney discipline action, beginning testimony Wednesday in a case that could jeopardize his law license. The morning’s testimony also included allegations of unwanted sexual advances Hill made by a former employee of his office when he was Elkhart County prosecutor.

Bosma, Long recall conversations with Hill about sexual misconduct allegations

October 22, 2019 | Olivia Covington

House Speaker Brian Bosma recalled a May 2018 meeting with then-Senate President Pro Tempore David Long. In Long’s office, Bosma said he had something to tell him. Long stopped him – “Is it Curtis Hill?” Both Bosma and Long testified Tuesday afternoon in Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill’s disciplinary hearing.

Witnesses: Hill was ‘super friendly,’ ‘inebriated’ at sine die party

October 22, 2019 | Olivia Covington

Attorney General Curtis Hill was intoxicated and “super friendly” during the 2018 sine die party, legislative staffers and lobbyists said Tuesday, continuing testimony in the disciplinary hearing against the AG.

Hill accusers provide emotional testimony

October 22, 2019 | Olivia Covington

Testimony in the attorney discipline action against Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill continues Tuesday after emotional remarks Monday from the women who have accused him of sexual misconduct.

Lawmaker who accused AG Hill of groping opens disciplinary hearing

October 21, 2019 | Olivia Covington

The attorney discipline hearing against Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill began Monday with testimony from the state lawmaker who has accused Hill of grabbing her buttocks.

Immigration attorneys discuss Bobadilla, legally related consequences of pleas

October 18, 2019 | Olivia Covington

Immigration lawyers at the Indiana State Bar Association Annual Meeting discussed how Angelo Bobadilla’s misdemeanor convictions led him to immigration court and to a landmark Indiana Supreme Court ineffective assistance of counsel ruling.

Study panel urges new courts, magistrate judges in 6 counties

October 18, 2019 | Olivia Covington

A legislative study committee has given a favorable recommendation to the Indiana General Assembly to add new judicial resources in six counties.

Prosecutor: Dealing resulting in death charge targets violence, addictions

October 17, 2019 | Olivia Covington

As Marion County files its first charge of drug dealing resulting in death, Prosecutor Ryan Mears said the new law is another tool to help combat violent crime and drug addiction across Indianapolis.

Marion County files first charge of drug dealing resulting in death

October 16, 2019 | Olivia Covington

For the first time in Marion County, a suspected drug dealer has been charged under a new law criminalizing dealing that leads to a drug user’s death.

What’s the next step? The nuances of business succession planning

October 16, 2019 | Olivia Covington

Indiana estate planning and business succession attorneys say often, business owners don’t like to think about what might happen to their company if they were no longer able to run it. This is also true nationwide, with Forbes reporting that 30% of businesses don’t have a formal estate plan in place.

Halt of simple pot prosecutions gets mixed reaction

October 16, 2019 | Olivia Covington

Reactions have been mixed to the recent announcement that the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office will no longer prosecute cases of simple possession of less than 1 ounce of marijuana. Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears announced the new policy Sept. 30.

3 judges face discipline in Indianapolis shooting

October 16, 2019 | Olivia Covington

Clark Circuit Judges Andrew Adams and Bradley Jacobs and Crawford Circuit Judge Sabrina Bell each have been charged with ethics violations for their roles in a now-infamous Indianapolis altercation that left Adams and Jacobs hospitalized with serious gunshot wounds. The charges detail a night of bar-hopping by the southern Indiana jurists during the evening of April 30 into the early morning of May 1 that ended in a confrontation that escalated to violence.

Charlestown code enforcement case headed for trial

October 15, 2019 | Olivia Covington

A lawsuit alleging the Charlestown city administration is unconstitutionally using fines to force low-income residents to sell their homes to a developer is scheduled for trial next month.

Supreme Court reduces interest for IBM in dispute with state

October 15, 2019 | Olivia Covington

The Indiana Supreme has once again revisited the years-long dispute between the state and IBM Corp., issuing an opinion on rehearing that provides more detail on the post-judgment interest due to IBM.

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