The Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s decision to allow Carmel’s annexation of a small community in Clay Township known as Home Place to move forward.

As litigators and appellate practitioners, we all spend an inordinate amount of time editing our own motions and briefs as well as the work product of others. It is not unusual for colleagues to debate the placement of a comma or apostrophe, the choice and meaning of a word, or whether a verb should be singular or plural.

This is a message from Bob Rath (Director, Appellate Court Technology Indiana Supreme Court Office of Judicial Administration) asking members of our section to review a proposed appellate rule change and provide any comments.

Sometimes, the robe can be intimidating, as is the pressure that comes with arguing in front of the highest courts in the state. We’ve taken a look behind the bench to get to know who’s really wearing the robe and what it’s like to be an appellate judge.

Beginning October 1, 2017, Marion Circuit and Superior Courts will require all transcript orders to be placed on its web-based transcript ordering and production management platform, TheRecordXchange.

The Indiana Supreme Court, Office of Judicial Administration has an immediate opening for a full-time Staff Attorney. Application deadline is October 5.

The Indiana Court of Appeals is currently accepting applications for a clerkship to begin in March 2018.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has announced that Judge Richard A. Posner has retired from the bench, effective September 2, 2017.

The investiture ceremony for Christopher M. Goff as Indiana’s 110th Justice took place on Friday, September 1 at 10:30 a.m. EDT in the Supreme Court Courtroom, on the 3rd floor of the Indiana State House.

The Indiana Court of Appeals is currently accepting applications for a clerkship to begin in September 2018.