IndyBar: President’s Awards Announced
Several honorees will be celebrated at the Nov. 15 Recognition Breakfast at Meridian Hills Country Club.
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Medley: How to become a go-to associate
Instead of just focusing on your legal talents, there are behaviors that you can cultivate to become a go-to associate.
Dillman: How to pay for long-term care through advance planning
By planning now for how to pay for care later, people have more options and control over how and where they age. It’s just a matter of getting started.
Letter: The curious case of AG Rokita’s disciplinary action
In today’s political environment, could a highly contentious disciplinary proceeding and imposition of sanctions actually enhance Attorney General Todd Rokita’s political ambitions?
DTCI: When attorney and soccer mom collide
In my defense, I never set out to become a soccer mom.
JLAP: We don’t have to do this alone: When you’re not good at it all
Surprisingly to many of us who pride ourselves on being independent and having an intellect above the average bear, most of us are not good at everything we attempt.
IndyBar’s 50 Year Honorees
Each year, the Indianapolis Bar Association’s Annual Recognition Breakfast is capped off by the celebration of those members of the association celebrating their 50th anniversary in the practice of law in 2023.
Hammerle on… “26.2 to Life” and revisiting “Golda”
Indianapolis criminal defense attorney Robert Hammerle gives us his take on “26.2 to Life” and revisits “Golda.”
Letter: Rokita consistently, courageously defends Hoosier conservative values
Most recently, controversy — and flack — has again come to Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita over his successful disciplinary complaint against Dr. Caitlin Bernard.
Van Winkle: ‘Indiana Pound Conference’: Reimagining mediation
The fact that the other four ADR methods have seldom — if ever — been used has led some stakeholders and commentators to suggest that the rules should be amended to eliminate the four other methods, leaving only mediation governed by the rules.
IndyBar: Practice Toolkit: Bring It In: Law Firms Continue to Key In On Intake Personnel
Now, while the intake process for a law firm can be totally digital, many attorneys still prefer to utilize staff to manage at least parts of the intake process.
Frank: I wish I knew what I know now when I was younger
Life as a lawyer is often a trial by fire, and much of what you need to know in the real world isn’t taught in law school.
IndyBar: President’s Message
I am an extrovert and most of my life is an open book, but there is one topic in my life I was raised to be cautious to speak about, and that is my faith. I am Jewish.
Lee: ‘The look’ vs. ‘the sigh’
You’ve heard of “the look,” right? The one that people of color sometimes receive when they enter a store, walk down the street or just exist? I did not even realize “the look” existed until I was an adult.
Maley: Diversity jurisdiction and LLCs
Whether federal question jurisdiction exists is typically apparent and not contested. Diversity jurisdiction, however, is improperly invoked with frequency.
Thuesen: Labor law in Germany vs. United States
I have had the wonderful opportunity to spend the fall of my 3L year studying at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany. One of my reasons for studying in Germany was that I wanted to experience a different country’s approach to labor and employment law.
Wright: Acknowledging implicit bias to support a culture of DEI
For any changes to truly be effective, all members of an organization must acknowledge their own implicit biases and actively interrupt them.
IndyBar: Practice Toolkit: Level Up: How Workflows are Established In Law Firms
Generally speaking, there are three stages that law firm owners need to move through before reaching the highest level of process management in their law firms, which is automated workflows.
IndyBar: Winingham Selected 2026 Bar Foundation President
W. Kent Winingham of Wilson Kehoe Winingham has been selected to lead the Indianapolis Bar Foundation in 2026.
Walker and Slaughter: The role of mentorship in retaining early-career attorneys
The coming years expect an increase in diverse early-career attorneys in law firms. Proactive mentorship can help retain them into partnership but will require both the firms and the early-career attorneys to be open-minded in the mentoring relationships.