Lisa Plencner has been selected as the recipient of the Liberty Bell Award from the Indiana State Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section. Founded in 1896, the Indiana State Bar Association (ISBA) is the single largest legal organization in the state. The award was presented at the State Bar’s annual meeting in French Lick on Oct. 17th. Plencner has been the Court Administrator for the St. Joseph Circuit Court for nin … [Read more...] about Lisa Plencner Receives Liberty Bell Award
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Court of Appeals Selects Nancy H. Vaidik as Chief Judge
The Indiana Court of Appeals of Indiana has selected Judge Nancy H. Vaidik to succeed Judge Margret G. Robb as the court’s next chief judge. Vaidik’s three-year term of office started Jan. 1, 2014. Vaidik was appointed to the Court of Appeals in February 2000 and was retained by election in 2002 and 2012. She will be just the second woman to serve the court as chief judge, following Robb. Vaidik is a native of Por … [Read more...] about Court of Appeals Selects Nancy H. Vaidik as Chief Judge
New Adult Guardianship Attorney at State Court Administration
Erica Costello joined the Division of State Court Administration as its new and first Adult Guardianship attorney. Before joining STAD, Erica served for eight years as the Director of the Adult Protective Services in northern Indiana. Her offices were with the St. Joseph Prosecuting Attorney but she served multiple counties and has already established a fine reputation among advocates for an adult guardianship … [Read more...] about New Adult Guardianship Attorney at State Court Administration
Hon. Mark E. Spitzer
This is the twenty-seventh of our Court Times articles that highlight up close and personal a member of the Indiana Judiciary. Grant County Circuit Court Judge Mark E. Spitzer is our judge featured in this issue. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and his law degree from the IU McKinney School of Law (Indianapolis). Following graduation from law school in 1990, he worked for two … [Read more...] about Hon. Mark E. Spitzer
What Indiana Trial Judges Need to Know about the Affordable Care Act
County contracts and programs govern health care benefits for trial court employees. However, trial court judges in their roles as employers should still know some key things about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, Pub. L. No. 111-148 § 5505, or “Obamacare,” but most commonly referred to as the Affordable Care Act or ACA. There has been much discussion in the news about employers reducing full … [Read more...] about What Indiana Trial Judges Need to Know about the Affordable Care Act