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Recovering Faegre Baker Partner Says He Was Shot by Stranger

A partner of Faegre Baker Daniels who was shot Tuesday inside the attached garage of his home in Fort Wayne, Ind., is recovering and says the man who attacked him was a stranger. David J. Kuker, 45, a corporate practitioner who heads the law firm’s Fort Wayne office, was shot…

Mar 29, 2012 10:18 PM CDT

Federal Judge: Motley Rice, 2 Other Law Firms Must Pay $395K in Legal Fees re ‘Frivolous’ Suit

A federal judge in Indianapolis has ordered Motley Rice and two other law firms to pay nearly $395,000 in legal fees for bringing what the judge called a frivolous whistle-blower suit “based on a completely false story.” ITT Educational Services said it spent millions defending the False Claims Act suit,…

Mar 28, 2012 6:12 PM CDT

Leader of Faegre Baker Daniels Office in Ft. Wayne, Ind., Is Shot at His Home

David J. Kuker, a 45-year-old corporate and commercial real estate lawyer who leads the Ft. Wayne, Ind., office of Faegre Baker Daniels, is in serious condition after being shot at his home Tuesday morning. Nearby schools were on lockdown for a short time after the 8 a.m. incident, reports the…

Mar 27, 2012 8:28 PM CDT

Groupon-Type Deals Are ‘Fraught with Peril’ for Lawyers, Indiana Ethics Opinion Says

Updated: An Indiana ethics opinion takes a dim view of obtaining clients through Groupon-type arrangements. The opinion warns that such arrangements are “fraught with peril” and probably unethical, according to the ABA/BNA Lawyers’ Manual of Professional Conduct. The opinion (PDF) by the Indiana State Bar Association Legal Ethics Committee bucks…

Mar 16, 2012 4:34 PM CDT

7th Circuit Revives Suit Claiming Girls Basketball Denied ‘Prime-Time’ Scheduling

A three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of appeals has revived a lawsuit that claims a girls basketball team in Indiana gets less desirable scheduling than the boys team in violation of Title IX. The Chicago-based panel held that the Franklin County, Ind., school system should face trial…

Feb 3, 2012 3:38 PM CST

Indiana Tech Will Build New Law School at Its Fort Wayne Campus

The Indiana Institute of Technology announced on Tuesday that its new law school, set to open in 2013, will be built at its current Fort Wayne campus. School officials said they considered three downtown locations, but one became condominiums, the second became an arts center, and the third could not…

Jan 25, 2012 3:01 PM CST

Federal Judge’s Footnote Hits Employment Lawyer for TMI in Legal Briefs

A federal judge has granted partial summary judgment to the Indiana State Department of Health in an employment discrimination case that takes the plaintiff’s lawyer to task for filing legal documents containing immaterial information. The Legal Writing Prof Blog notes the November opinion (PDF) by U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton…

Jan 25, 2012 11:30 AM CST

Judge Orders Jury Duty Slacker to Carry Sign in Front of Courthouse

An unemployed man admittedly wasn’t paying attention when an Indiana judge last month told a pool of potential jurors that they had to return to Lake County Superior Court after lunch. Now the unidentified 22-year-old has been ordered to spend two days carrying a sign back and forth in front…

Jan 24, 2012 10:51 PM CST

Lawyer Arrested, Charged with Stealing $600K from Guardianship and Family Trust Accounts

An Indiana attorney who is also an accountant was arrested today and has been criminally charged for allegedly stealing nearly $600,000 from two client accounts. Stacy H. Sheedy is accused of stealing $170,000 in less than a year from a guardianship account for an elderly woman with Alzheimer’s disease, after…

Jan 19, 2012 6:34 PM CST

Judge Grants Request to Bar Prosecutor ‘Jaw-Jacking’ Outside Chambers

A makeshift sign posted outside the chambers of an Indiana judge consists of the word “jaw-jacking” covered by a circle with a line through it. The warning was posted outside the chambers of Judge Thomas Stefaniak Jr. of Lake County after he granted a defense lawyer’s request to bar prosecutors…

Jan 9, 2012 12:00 PM CST

Indy Lawyers Prepare For Super Bowl’s Impact

As football fans prepare to descend on Indianapolis for Super Bowl Sunday on Feb. 5, the city’s lawyers are busy prepping contingency plans to ensure legal business continues as normal. From addressing parking concerns for court hearings, to allowing remote access to firm servers, to adjusting office hours to account…

Jan 5, 2012 7:40 PM CST

Indy’s Bingham McHale to Wed Ky.-Based Firm; Merged Bingham Greenebaum Will Have 250 Lawyers

A marriage of equals is to take place in January between Indiana’s Bingham McHale and Kentucky-based Greenebaum Doll & McDonald, the two law firms announced today. The combined law firm, which will have almost 250 lawyers, will be known as Bingham Greenbaum Doll, the Indianapolis Business Journal reports. “Each firm…

Dec 21, 2011 8:11 PM CST

Bose McKinney Name Partner’s ‘Transformative’ $24M Gift Results in Name Change for Indy Law School

Corrected: A “transformative” $24 million gift by a name partner of Bose McKinney & Evans has already achieved one major change at Indiana University’s law school in Indianapolis—its name. As of yesterday, when the donation by Robert H. McKinney, 86, was announced, the institution is now known as the Indiana…

Dec 2, 2011 12:25 PM CST

Indiana Lawyer Who Started His Legal Career as a 17-Year-Old Judge Gets the World Record

Indiana lawyer Marc Griffin has claimed the title once held by a Texas man: Guinness World Records has declared that Griffin holds the record for being the world’s youngest judge. Griffin was an enterprising 17-year-old high school graduate in 1974 when he persuaded county commissioners to appoint him to fill…

Oct 31, 2011 10:30 AM CDT

Disbarred After $1.48M Alleged BigLaw Billing Fraud, Ex-Attorney Faces Uphill Reinstatement Battle

Gary and Maureen Fairchild made headlines in the 1990s when the high-profile BigLaw couple were accused of bilking their respective law partners of more than $2 million through collusive law firm billing fraud at the same time that the two Chicago lawyers were legally taking home hundreds of thousands of…

Oct 21, 2011 10:31 PM CDT

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