Born and raised in Wabash with a lawyer for a dad, it was certainly natural for Emily Guenin-Hodson to return to her hometown after law school and join her father in the family practice.
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The Indiana Trial Lawyers Association’s newest president, Daniel A. Ladendorf, is equally as passionate about seeking justice for his clients as he is promoting public service efforts. Ladendorf recently shared his thoughts with Indiana Lawyer about his year ahead as ITLA president.
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New Indiana Trial Lawyers Association President Fred Schultz is looking at a challenging year ahead but seeing opportunities. The group’s most recent challenge was organizing a gathering for a key annual event last month in light of social distancing due to COVID-19.
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Mark Ladendorf of Ladendorf, Fregiato & Bigler is the recipient of ITLA’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award, while the association honored James Barth of Pfeifer, Morgan & Stesiak with its Max Goodwin Young Lawyer of the Year Award.
Jerry Garau said protecting access to the civil justice system will be a significant focus for his year as president of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association.
The 2023 Summit for Rural Justice and Public Health Professionals will feature 26 speakers, including Indiana Supreme Court Justice Christopher Goff, who serves as the chair of Indiana’s Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council.
Tell me about your educational background and your career up to this point. I was born in Wabash, Indiana, and went to high school here at Northfield (Jr./Sr. High School), and then I went on to Butler University for undergrad. I double majored in English and philosophy. And then I went to IU Mauer School […]
A pair of Indianapolis attorneys were recognized with two of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association’s highest honors at the association’s annual meeting and awards ceremony in May.
Longtime Indianapolis trial lawyer Don Ward broke ground in a new area with the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, appearing as the initial guest on the association’s new podcast, “Legal Legends of the Hoosier State.” The podcast debuted in May.
Attorneys from Fort Wayne and Indianapolis were recently recognized with the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association’s 2022 Lifetime Achievement and Young Lawyer awards at the associations’ 34th Annual Lifetime Achievement Event.
Meet Dan Pfeifer, the newest president of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association.
Members of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association find numerous benefits in getting involved with the organization.
Two Indianapolis lawyers were recognized with the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association’s 2021 Lifetime Achievement and Young Lawyer awards at the associations’ 33rd Annual Lifetime Achievement Event. Thomas Doehrman of Doehrman Buba Ring was awarded ITLA’s Lifetime Achievement Award, while Brandon Tate of Waldron Tate Bowen Funk Spandau was awarded the Max Goodwin Young Lawyer of the Year.
In a lawsuit over a missed areteriovenous fistula, the Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled the Indiana Supreme Court precedent which holds that a hospital can be held vicariously liable for the negligence of an independent-contractor physician also applies to a non-hospital facility.
The distinction between active and constructive fraud has long been established in Indiana law. But should that distinction be abolished, or an exception carved out? That question is before the Indiana Supreme Court in a closely watched medical malpractice lawsuit.
Evidentiary rulings that led to a $0 jury verdict for a man who was injured in a car crash were upheld Wednesday by the Indiana Court of Appeals. The case drew participation from the Indiana plaintiff and defense bars.
Your publication recently printed an article discussing the Indiana State Bar Association’s objections to Indiana Senate Joint Resolution 16. The bar association’s complaint about SJR 16, and the slant of the article, is that the resolution proposes to “strip” Hoosier voters of the power to retain Indiana appellate court judges and Supreme Court justices. I do not believe that complaint is well-founded.
Legislation in the Indiana Senate that would protect businesses from COVID-related liability is one step closer to becoming law, having reached the full Senate floor for a successful vote on an amendment offered by the bill’s author. Meanwhile, companion legislation in the Indiana House passed out of committee this week.
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed Thursday for a former hospital patient in an interlocutory appeal, finding the man is not barred from proceeding with his allegations of vicarious liability/physician negligence in his submission to be evaluated by a medical review panel.
After hearing oral argument on petition to transfer Sept. 24, the court must now decide if it will rule in a dispute filed by an elderly woman and her representative against the Carmel assisted living facility where the woman once lived and an independent contractor hired by the facility who is accused of raping her.
It wasn’t the Lifetime Achievement Seminar that Frank Julian envisioned hosting, but the virtual Indiana Trial Lawyers Association conference last month gave the organization some ideas that likely will carry on even after the world stops social distancing.
The 158 women members of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association are fanning out across the state to register as many Hoosiers to vote as possible. They’ll tally the results of their efforts on Aug. 26, the 100th anniversary of Indiana women being guaranteed the right to vote after ratification of the 19th Amendment.
The legal guardian of an elderly woman housed at a Carmel assisted living facility could not convince the Indiana Court of Appeals on Tuesday that she should not be compelled to arbitration after bringing breach of contract and negligence claims against the facility for allegations of sex abuse.