Editor

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

Diversifying the pipeline for law firm leadership

A new initiative known as the “Mansfield Rule” uses a data-driven approach to ensure participating firms actively consider women and minorities for open positions when making hiring decisions, including making selections for promotions, lateral hires and law firm governance positions.

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Justices to decide marijuana grow probable cause case

The Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether police officers had probable cause to obtain a search warrant for a home they believed to be the location of an indoor marijuana growing operation after granting transfer to the case last week.

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Asian-American attorneys group hosts inaugural banquet

The image of G. Michael Witte standing as the lone Hoosier Asian-American jurist 35 years ago contrasted starkly with the crowd he addressed Thursday, when the Indiana Chapter of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association hosted its inaugural banquet.

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Child porn convictions upheld against former daycare worker

A daycare worker convicted of taking sexually explicit photos of a 4-year-old girl in his care will remain in prison after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals declined to throw out his convictions on the grounds of impermissible evidence or jury instructions.

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COA: Bank that sold property to itself entitled to summary judgment

A northern Indiana bank that took deed of a property in lieu of foreclosure and sold the property to itself was entitled to summary judgment on the owner’s claims of fraud and breach of agreement, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday after finding those claims were “wholly without merit.”

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Divided COA allows fraud claim against bank to proceed

A man whose inheritance from his deceased mother was depleted by more than $60,000 while a bank and his relatives were guardians of his family’s estates can continue in his lawsuit against the bank, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.

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Summary judgment to railroad company on citations complaint reversed

A Virginia-based rail company must face the state of Indiana in court in a conflict over whether state-issued citations for blocking grade crossings were proper after the Indiana Court of Appeals determined Tuesday that federal law does not preempt state law governing how long a train can block a crossing.

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