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IBA: 7 Attorneys to be honored as 50-Year Practitioners
On November 10 the Indianapolis Bar Association will honor a group of lawyers who have served the profession for such a laudable length of time and done so with distinction.
IBA: Magistrate/Commissioner Survey Complete
The Indianapolis Bar Association has delivered the results of a recent survey regarding the performance of all current Magistrates and Commissioners now serving those courts to the Marion Circuit and Superior Courts.
Madison County Bar supports community
The Madison County Bar Association’s Community Service Award was given to retired Anderson University administrator Duane Hoak on Oct. 19.
DTCI: Take time to smell flowers along the way
When the name Rabb Emison comes to my mind, I immediately think of the word “great.”
Indiana State Bar Association celebrates diversity
Hundreds of attorneys and judges converged on Indianapolis recently, attending the annual meeting of the Indiana State Bar Association, where the delegates dodged any new business.
New ISBA president to focus on outreach, continue diversity efforts
New president Jeffry Lind plans to continue to work with all members of the state’s largest legal organization, with a focus on county and specialty bars around the state.
IBF receives $100k; shares 2011 budget
Following the unexpected gift from the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum’s governing board of $100,000 to the Indiana Bar Foundation on Oct. 15, leadership for IBF said it is unlikely the foundation will give all of that money to the pro bono districts.
ISBA panel still studying ALJ issues
Gov. Mitch Daniels fired the state’s top utility regulator recently, citing ethical concerns about how a now-former administrative law judge presided over cases involving a regulated energy company leading up to his taking a job there.
Hickey:The Many Faces of IndyBar
Earlier this year, I promised that we would introduce you to the many faces of the Indianapolis Bar Association.
IBA: Gelinas and Hepler to Receive Antoinette Dakin Leach Award
Julia Blackwell Gelinas, Partner of Frost Brown Todd LLC, and the late Deborah Hepler will be honored with the Antoinette Dakin Leach Award on October 20 from the Women and the Law Division of the Indianapolis Bar Association.
IBA: Inaugural Class of Senior Fellows
The Indianapolis Bar Foundation had inducted a new class of fellows, Senior Fellows. Senior Fellows of the Indianapolis Bar Foundation are Distinguished Fellows who have been nominated based upon their continued and outstanding dedication to the welfare of their communities and to the highest principles of the legal profession.
IBA: Blomquist announced as 2013 IndyBar President
The Indianapolis Bar Association’s Nominating Committee has announced the selection of Kerry Hyatt Blomquist, General Counsel for the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence as the 2013 President of the Association. Blomquist will be the organization’s 135th President.
SCOTUS won’t take Indiana UPL case
The Supreme Court of the United States won’t reconsider a significant unauthorized practice of law case ruled on by the Indiana Supreme Court earlier this year.
DTCI Kudos
Lloyd H. Milliken, Jr., (past president) and Randall R. Riggs, partners in Frost Brown Todd, who were recognized in the September/October 2010 Super Lawyers® Corporate Counsel Edition.
John C. Trimble (past president), partner in Lewis Wagner, who has been appointed chair of the Public Policy Committee of DRI.
DTCI: Insurance policies’ notice provision
A number of recent Indiana cases have addressed the provision found in nearly all insurance policies that requires an insured to provide its insurer with prompt notice of a claim.