Hammered in the recession, real estate law now faces competition from nonlawyers as well as the need to attract new faces. Women are frustrated that the compensation gap between male and female attorneys is still wide. Networking is key for new lawyers looking for a job.
Marion County courts will begin e-filing Oct. 28, and before the end of the year, electronic filing will be mandatory. Gov. Mike Pence hasn't said whether he'll appeal an adverse ruling, but those vying to succeed him don't share his views on blocking Syrian refugees. A life-changing breast cancer diagnosis also changed one lawyer's career outlook.
A new state bar program aims for binding arbitration of disputes over legal billing between lawyers and clients. An attorney's startup aims to expedite legal transactions. ISBA House of Delegates rejects a recommendation allowing for non-lawyer ownership of law firms.
Incoming Indiana State Bar Association President Mitchell Heppenheimer plans to help the legal profession adapt to changes in the marketplace created by technology. Indiana Tech Law School has been mum one what's next for the school after disappointing July bar exam results. Public and private land rights over the Lake Michigan shore clash before the Court of Appeals.
The Indiana Supreme Court is weighing a gun store's liability in a police officer's shooting by a man using a gun bought in a straw sale. Few people would be as qualified as a Lebanon-based litigation attorney, who is also an Indiana Golf Hall of Fame member and Crooked Stick Golf Club member, to co-chair the 2016 BMW Championship at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel Sept. 6-11. A Shelbyville firm is using lateral hires to open an office in Indianapolis and expand its New Albany office.
Mary Willis is known in the Indiana judiciary for going beyond the day-to-day duties of a trial court judge — a mover and shaker who seemed a natural choice for the newly created position of chief administrative officer for the Indiana Supreme Court. The Floyd County prosecutor faces an ethics sanction over his canceled book deal about the Camm case. Some attorneys have decided to depart the partner track for careers with less demands.
The paperless office has been an aspirational goal for many businesses including law firms for years. Advocates point to studies that say going paperless can increase efficiency by 25 to 50 percent and slash a law firm’s budget for paper, printers, printer cartridges and other traditional paperbound office supplies. A $25 million loss of consortium verdict poses tough questions for the Indiana Court of Appeals, which recently heard arguments on the matter. Wearable fitness trackers are adding to the flood of digital evidence in courts.
A small cohort of the Indiana legal community whose excellence in athletics got them to the cusp of the Olympics look back at their training and trials. Ties to a Florida firm burn several Indiana lawyers, including one facing discipline who says he is fighting for his livelihood. Indiana commercial courts are open for business, but only a handful of cases have been filed so far.
Indiana University Maurer School of Law professor Charles Geyh recently was awarded a prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program grant, which will enable him to write a book about judicial selection. Geyh is believed to be the first IU Maurer professor to receive the grant. A lawyer facing a disciplinary action has invoked the Americans with Disabilities Act in his defense. A Chinese national seeking aslyum in Indiana has won a reprieve in the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Ready or not, the era of e-filing begins July 1 for everyone submitting court documents in Hamilton County and in Indiana’s appellate courts. There’s evidence that despite the buildup over recent months, many lawyers and filers may be caught off guard. Also happening July 1, many new Indiana laws take effect. Read the list of new laws here. Prosecutors say that ethical rules will prohibit them from releasing video from police body cameras in ongoing criminal investigations.