The Indiana Roll of Attorneys Website is used by the public, the press, organizations that hire attorneys, state agencies and others to get basic information about an attorney’s license, bar status, and disciplinary history. In January 2013, the Appellate Clerk’s Office replaced its decade-old Roll of Attorneys website with an improved version offering new features and information, as well as a fresh, easy-to-use des … [Read more...] about Updated Roll of Attorneys website has new features
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Committee Considering Comprehensive Rules for Electronic Filing in the Courts
Presently, Indiana Administrative Rule (AR) 16 charges the Division of State Court Administration with reviewing and approving local rules for pilot electronic filing (e-filing) projects that meet a laundry list of specific factors listed in that rule. Such local e-filing pilot projects exist in Marion County, with Lexis-Nexus as the vendor, and in Lake County, as part of the county’s homegrown system developed by a … [Read more...] about Committee Considering Comprehensive Rules for Electronic Filing in the Courts
Assuring Timely Chronological Case Summary (CCS) Records
Indiana Trial Rule 77 provides guidelines about the records and information that an Indiana trial court must create and maintain. That rule calls for four types of records: (1) indexes, which list in a searchable format the name and the case number of a proceeding; (2) a chronological case summary (CCS), which is a sequential summary describing the events in a proceeding; (3) the case file, which contains all the … [Read more...] about Assuring Timely Chronological Case Summary (CCS) Records
Hon. Mary Lucille “Lucy” Goffinet
This is the twenty-second of our Court Times articles that highlight up close and personal a member of the Indiana Judiciary. Perry County Circuit Court Judge Mary Lucille “Lucy” Goffinet is our judge featured in this issue. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Southern Indiana and her law degree from the Southern Illinois University School of Law. Following graduation from law school in 2002, … [Read more...] about Hon. Mary Lucille “Lucy” Goffinet
New Faces in Marion Superior Court
New Court Administrator Begins in Marion Superior Court Andrea Brandes Newsom was recently named Court Administrator for Superior Courts of Marion County. Newsom graduated from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 1999 and earned a bachelor’s degree in history, magna cum laude with honors, from William Jewell College in 1995. She previously served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney with the Marion … [Read more...] about New Faces in Marion Superior Court