The staff are celebrating the organization’s growth into an eight-person operation serving nearly 800 people in the Indianapolis area annually, with their sights set on continued expansion.
Amendments to two Indiana Supreme Court rules are restricting public access to attorneys’ personal contact information.
Kightlinger & Gray, LLP attorney is the latest to be featured in this ongoing series introducing new DTCI attorneys to the wider legal community.
Today, employers must ensure that sexual harassment in the workplace is eliminated. This article focuses on some cases that have formed today’s law governing sexual harassment claims and closes with some suggestions of how employers can protect their employees and themselves from these increasingly common claims.
With the near-constant turnover in popular technologies and ever-changing security practices, privacy law is one of the hottest and most fluid practice areas in today’s legal market. Attorneys who can keep up with the shifting nature of privacy law will soon be able to market themselves as experts in their field, now that the American Bar Association has approved a privacy law specialist designation.
Be sure to recognize and honor the important paralegal in your life by nominating him or her for the 2018 IndyBar Paralegal of the Year Award.
In 2018, the power and presence of social media outlets and usage is perhaps stronger than ever before. We live in an age when, for better or worse, information, interactions and interpersonal relationships may be discovered, created, and shared at the press of a button.
For 50 years, the Indianapolis Bar Foundation (IBF) has worked to ensure equal access to justice for all Indianapolis-area residents. In recognition of this milestone, the foundation will increase its annual Impact Fund Grant to $50,000 in order to fund a project or program that facilitates this mission and reflects the foundation’s goals.
The IndyBar is committed to making the practice of law more enjoyable by fostering a continued respect and trust among its lawyers and by seeking to promote the fair and efficient resolution of disputes
Marion Superior Court Probate Division has selected Melanie Kendrick to replace retired Magistrate J. Richard Turner.
Hope, positivity, understanding. Those are just three of many feelings that Aaron Likens, author, public speaker and autism ambassador, hopes to impart as he strives to increase awareness and comprehension of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) as a plenary speaker at this year’s Bench Bar Conference in Louisville, Kentucky.
Volunteers are now being sought for two IndyBar pro bono programs that allow members to dedicate just an hour or two to helping the community.
Lindsay Faulkenberg, a veteran attorney at Kids’ Voice of Indiana, devotes approximately five hours a week to pro bono work. Her formula for a fulfilling pro bono experience is relatively simple: you have to “be willing.”
Black history has highlighted our abilities and virtuous qualities, yet the achievements of black history merit the deepest admiration.
Starting this weekend, more than 350 high school students from around the state will demonstrate their courtroom prowess during the 2018 Indiana Mock Trial competition.
Get to know a new member of the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana.
As attorneys who practice frequently in the area of medical negligence, it is not uncommon to be presented with a case in which the plaintiff seeks damages under both the Medical Malpractice Act (MMA) and the Wrongful Death Act. This article describes how these statutes work together, how to apply the caps, and discusses when a provider can be responsible for paying more than the MMA cap.
The IndyBar Legislative Committee, co-chaired this year by Lawren Mills of Ice Miller LLP and Mindy Westrick of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, provides weekly Bill Watch reports throughout the session, which highlight progress and recent actions taken on bills being monitored by the association.
While the plethora of coverages under insurance that protects businesses can be confusing, you owe it to yourself and your company or public entity to consider all of your insurance when an employment claim arises, including policies not specifically designed for employment claims. Your premiums may have bought you more protection than you realize.
Black history is the present. It’s all around us in ways most can’t see, but can feel. It’s in the stride of every African-American attorney standing on the shoulders of Indiana’s great legal giants. Few giants stood as tall as lawyer and leader in the fight for civil rights in Indiana, as Henry Johnson Richardson, Jr., (1902-1983).