Disciplinary Actions – 6/19/13
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Monroe County attorney suspended following guilty plea
Attorney Phillip Chamberlain, who pleaded guilty to Class D felony counterfeiting in October 2012, has been suspended from the practice of law in Indiana.
More than 300 lawyers suspended for CLE, fees, IOLTA violations
More than 300 attorneys have been suspended from the practice of law for failing to comply with continuing legal education requirements, failing to pay registration fees or failing to submit interest on lawyer trust account certifications.
Disciplinary Actions – 6/5/13
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Disciplinary Actions – 5/22/13
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Criticism of judge results in discipline case
Indianapolis attorney and blogger Paul Ogden speaks his mind, sometimes to his disadvantage, he concedes. Now he could lose his law license because of things he wrote.
Lawyer who emailed nude film clip to harm ex-intern suspended 3 years
Indianapolis attorney Arthur J. Usher IV’s rejected romantic advances toward a summer intern led him to have his paralegal email more than 50 attorneys a video clip purporting to depict the former intern nude in a film, according to the Indiana Supreme Court. Usher’s bid to discredit and humiliate her while she was seeking employment resulted in a three-year suspension on Friday.
Justices suspend attorney for history of ‘unethical litigation practices’
The Indiana Supreme Court has handed down a three-year suspension to an Indianapolis attorney whose conduct “far exceeded zealous advocacy and included repeated abuse of the tools of the legal system.”
Disciplinary actions – 5/8/13
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More than half of Conour’s inventoried assets gone, feds say
About half the property that federal agents inventoried after former personal injury attorney William Conour was charged with wire fraud is missing from his home, and just 13 of 78 items at his former law office are still there, according to new government filings in his federal criminal case.
Disciplinary Actions -4/24/13
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Justices suspend Bloomington attorney who arranged drug buy
Bloomington attorney David Schalk, who arranged a drug buy in 2007 in an attempt to impeach a witness’s credibility at trial, has been suspended for at least nine months by the Indiana Supreme Court.
Senior judge permanently banned from judicial service
Senior Judge Lisa M. Traylor-Wolff, who faced a disciplinary action on charges she had a sexual relationship with a client, is no longer allowed to serve as a judge, the Indiana Supreme Court ordered Tuesday.
Conour alleges feds reneged on deal to delay prosecution
Former personal injury attorney William Conour has filed an affidavit in his federal wire fraud case swearing that the government reneged on a deal to delay his prosecution so that he could settle outstanding cases that could have generated about $2 million in fees.
Disciplinary commission seeks suspension of former clerk’s law license
More than a month after former Lake County clerk Thomas R. Philpot was sentenced to serve 18 months for theft and mail fraud convictions, the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission has requested his law license be suspended by the Supreme Court.
Monroe County attorney sentenced for counterfeiting
Philip Chamberlain, a Clear Creek attorney accused of stealing from his clients, was sentenced to community service Tuesday by Monroe Circuit Judge Teresa Harper.
Former senior judge faces disciplinary proceedings
A former senior judge in northern Indiana faces disciplinary action for charges that she had a sexual relationship with a client to whom she was appointed as a public defender.