Indiana

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

Lawyer Who Allegedly Kicked In Boyfriend’s Door and Had Knife in Bra Is Suspended

The Indiana Supreme Court yesterday ordered the interim suspension of a lawyer accused last year of kicking in a door, committing a battery on her boyfriend and carrying a knife in her bra. It was allegedly was discovered by a jail corrections officer. Olubunmi Okanlami was found guilty of battery…

Oct 7, 2011 6:17 PM CDT

Lawyer and Ex-Client Charged in Perjury and Obstruction Case re Failed Hospital and Offshore Trust

An Indiana lawyer and his former client have been federally indicted in Chicago in a perjury and obstruction case related to the demise of an Illinois hospital in which both formerly had an ownership interest. Attorney Frederick M. Cuppy and Peter G. Rogan are accused of standing in the way…

Oct 4, 2011 5:13 PM CDT

Suits Filed over Indiana Stage Collapse Test Civil Union Rights, Challenge Damage Cap

Indiana lawyer Kenneth Allen hopes to overturn the state’s cap on damages and establish rights for same-sex partners in lawsuits stemming from the stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair. Indiana caps the state’s liability for damages at $5 million for a single event, the Associated Press reports. Lawyer Kenneth…

Sep 27, 2011 12:37 PM CDT

Judge Acquits Boy, 12, in Murder of Brother, 6, But Finds Him Guilty of Reckless Homicide

Saying that there was a lack of intent, an Indiana judge today acquitted a 12-year-old boy of murdering his 6-year-old brother, but found him guilty, as a juvenile, of reckless homicide. The unidentified boy initially told authorities that his brother had shot himself. But an investigation determined that the 6-year-old’s…

Sep 9, 2011 9:32 PM CDT