Brian Bosma's exit from lawmaking is significant in terms of the loss of institutional knowledge and history of those issues from the General Assembly's leadership. Bosma's tenure saw legislation in a number of areas important to local governments, including tax caps, elections and government consolidation.

The Office of Administrative Law Proceedings was created by the Indiana General Assembly to provide efficient, effective and impartial administrative hearings for Indiana’s citizens and state agencies. This legislation called for OALP to begin oversight of the administrative proceedings involving many executive branch state agencies on July 1, 2020.  

The brand new IndyBarHQ facility, opened in 2020, boasts meeting spaces now available for reservation! Our flexible meeting rooms feature state-of-the art technology, reliable wi-fi connectivity and easy access via private street-level entrances.

The pandemic—and shift to remote work—is speeding up a shift that has been years in the making.

As attorneys, we have a particular responsibility to our community and to our clients, and for those of us in government practice, that duty is necessarily amplified. We have each taken an oath to “support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Indiana,” to “maintain the respect due to courts of justice and judicial officers” and to “never reject, from any consideration personal to [ourselves], the cause of the defenseless, the oppressed or those who cannot afford adequate legal assistance…”

Emphasizing federal responsibility for its public/private arrangements – in healthcare and beyond – the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Maine Community Health Options on April 27 that the United States would need to pay its $150 million liability to Illinois on behalf of defunct insurer Land of Lincoln Mutual Health, as well as three other insurers whose consolidated cases were heard after a four-year payment delay.

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announced the Getting Indiana Back on Track program on May 1, 2020, to outline a plan to start reopening the state and its businesses.

The IndyBar exists to serve members of the legal profession, and through our members we serve the community. Lawyers are problem-solvers, defenders of the rule of law. We spend our days seeking to improve the lives of our clients and our communities. We have an opportunity and a privilege to help. 

While the government, state and federal, are instituting public health regulations, stay at home orders, and classifying essential and nonessential employment and medical procedures, we wonder and consider the authority to do so in light of civil and religious liberties.

I am hopeful that something good can and will emerge from our shared ordeal  It is with this in mind that I’m excited to announce a new social media campaign started by the Women and the Law Division Executive Committee – Find the Good. The goal of this campaign is to highlight IndyBar members who are finding good in life during this extraordinary time.