May 24, 2013
IBJ StaffThe city terminated two employees indicted this week on fraud charges stemming from a bribery scheme involving the Indianapolis
Land Bank. It also hired a veteran attorney to review city policies and handle communications about the scheme.
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May 24, 2013
Dave StaffordFormer Hancock County coroner Tamara Vangundy says she paid Carl Brizzi $10,000 for negligent legal advice that ended her
career as an elected official.
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May 3, 2013
Dave StaffordAfter being charged with defrauding clients, Indianapolis attorney William Conour was ordered not to dispose of his personal
property. But much of it is now missing, including art, furniture, sports memorabilia and bottles of expensive champagne,
according to court filings.
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May 1, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlLawyers are traditionally known as hard-chargers, but these Indianapolis attorneys spend their weekends jockeying for position
as pro- and semipro-level auto racers.
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April 30, 2013
J.K. WallDespite her dramatic pleas to a federal judge on Tuesday, Dina Wein Reis, who defrauded corporations out of millions of dollars,
will go to prison.
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March 21, 2013
Associated PressFormer Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White said in court documents Thursday that his attorney didn't mount any defense
to protect him from the conviction that forced him from office.
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March 9, 2013
Chris O'MalleyMember of firm's emerging energy practice was once president of PSI Energy.
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March 8, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinMarion County Prosecutor Terry Curry has filed charges against two Indianapolis lawyers following grand jury investigations,
his office announced Friday afternoon.
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March 1, 2013
Scott OlsonLawyers for Marsh Supermarkets Inc. and its former CEO will meet Monday on the issue of whether Don Marsh should have to repay
the roughly $2.1 million in severance he received from the company.
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February 15, 2013
Scott Olson, Cory SchoutenA company lawyer itemized the expenses Marsh Supermarkets believes it is owed during closing arguments Friday. A lawyer for
Don Marsh argued that he neither committed fraud nor breached his contract.
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February 15, 2013
Cory SchoutenManuel Gonzalez has been acquitted of three counts of wire fraud and three counts of money laundering in connection with a
scheme that targeted an Indianapolis physician. Former City-County Councilor Paul Bateman pleaded guilty last month to participating
in the scheme.
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February 14, 2013
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Lawyers for the former CEO of Marsh Supermarkets on Thursday hammered home their claims his expenses were widely accepted
in the company as normal business costs, while witness testimony revealed a corporate culture that passed the buck on evaluating
those costs.
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February 2, 2013
Scott OlsonAlan Levin has been managing partner of Barnes & Thornburg LLP for 16 years, far longer than the heads of most major Indianapolis
law firms. But what most sets him apart is that he’s built his firm into a national practice by taking the maverick
approach of going it alone instead of merging with an out-of-state rival.
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February 1, 2013
Cory SchoutenThe legal team representing real estate broker John M. Bales and partner William E. Spencer haven't called their first
witness and already they're putting up a spirited fight as federal prosecutors seek to prove 13 charges including bank,
mail and wire fraud.
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January 25, 2013
Scott OlsonWilliam Conour is accused of engaging in a scheme to defraud clients by keeping settlement proceeds for his own use. A new
trial date has been set for Sept. 9.
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December 28, 2012
IBJ StaffU.S. Attorney Joseph Hogsett’s openly tough-on-crime approach has some political insiders speculating whether he’s
seeking a higher office.
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November 28, 2012
Associated PressIndiana Gov.-elect Mike Pence announced Wednesday that Mark Ahearn would serve as his general counsel. Ahearn comes from the
Indiana Department of Transportation and previously worked for Pence and former Sen. Dan Quayle in Congress.
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October 27, 2012
Anthony SchoettleBill Bock, lead counsel for the U.S Anti-Doping Agency's case against cyclist Lance Armstrong, spent two years investigating
the allegations.
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October 13, 2012
Greg AndrewsA federal judge in June granted preliminary approval to a deal under which WellPoint Inc. would pay $90 million to settle
a lawsuit charging it undercompensated policyholders when it converted into a public company in 2001.
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September 24, 2012
Scott OlsonRichard Kammen and Dorie Maryan, who are representing William F. Conour, will ask a federal judge Thursday to be removed from
the case, at the request of Conour, citing a strained relationship.
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September 8, 2012
Greg AndrewsThe Indiana Business Corporation Law—enacted to help Hoosier companies fight off a wave of attacks by corporate raiders—gives
boards of directors unusually broad authority to exercise judgment as they see fit.
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September 6, 2012
Scott OlsonThe Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to hear oral arguments Oct. 24 in the case involving a California lawyer that stems from
a separate suit filed by a former nanny of Herb and Bui Simon.
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August 25, 2012
Greg AndrewsThings have suddenly taken an ugly turn for veteran Indianapolis attorney Jim Knauer and his legal advisers at Faegre Baker
Daniels, who are under attack by parties that want them bounced from the massive bankruptcy case for Eastern Livestock Inc.
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July 31, 2012
Scott OlsonLawyer William F. Conour had been held in a Decatur County Jail since July 25 on a contempt of court charge until a judge
on Monday ordered his release. Conour is accused of defrauding clients of $2.5 million.
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July 6, 2012
High-profile Indianapolis attorney William F. Conour, 65, who is accused of misappropriating $2.5 million in client funds,
has relinquished his law license to the Indiana bar.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.