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Opinion: Stay focused on the road, not the phone

We’ve all been there. Driving the same route day-in and day-out, a hundred times before, with little to differentiate one
trip from another. Then there’s that one moment when something unforeseen occurs requiring you to instantly maneuver your
vehicle and test how good your reflexes and anti-lock brakes really are – making this all-too-routine trip very different
from the rest.

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Judicial nominees on the road to confirmation

When he was being considered for a seat on the federal appellate bench, Judge John D. Tinder recalled getting a phone call
about an ongoing case just before he was set to appear before senators in Washington, D.C.

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En banc 7th Circuit says IPAS can sue

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has decided that independent state organization Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services
has the right to sue a state government agency about the practices and programs regarding mentally ill inmates.

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Attorneys explore Egyptian culture, history

After spending countless hours in an office, some attorneys seem to crave vacations that will take them out of their comfort
zones. So maybe it’s no surprise that nine out of 38 people on a trip to Egypt in late March were Indianapolis attorneys.

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Opinion: One inattentive moment is all it takes

In the March 17-30, 2010, issue of Indiana Lawyer, my colleague David A. Temple authored an informative article on cellular
phone use while driving. In closing his article, he posed the question, “[w]ho will care for, raise and play with your family
when you are disabled or dead?”

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IP attorney heads fundraising campaign for United Way

Possibly the first practicing attorney to take on a task of this nature, veteran lawyer Don
Knebel has set out as the 2010 campaign chair to expand the United Way donor base and raise as much as $40 million this year
in central Indiana.

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Editorial: We the People team’s civics study heartens many

Like it or not, we live in a time where, for some people at least, it’s become acceptable to speak about “reloading” when
doing battle against political opponents and to mark their political districts with gun sites, and where members of a Midwestern
church believe it’s their duty to travel the nation and spew hate-laced messages in places where people are mourning tragedy.

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School emphasizes responsibility to 1Ls through required course

As a response to the Carnegie Foundation’s report, “Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law” released in
early 2007, an Indiana law school has been offering a mandatory class to 1Ls about the professional and ethical rigors of
the legal profession.

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Supreme Court disbars attorney

The Indiana Supreme Court disbarred a northern Indiana attorney April 1 for violating the terms of a previous suspension,
entering into an improper business transaction with a client, and engaging in dishonest conduct.

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Attorney at staffing agency has seen economy change firsthand

Experts look to staffing agencies to see how employers are weathering the storm. After the economy took a hit in late 2008,
companies first cut their temporary staffers, then their full-time workers, and were unlikely to hire new employees, temporary
or otherwise.

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