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Barnes & Thornburg Managing Partner Named To Presidential Inaugural Committee

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Barnes & Thornburg Managing Partner Named To Presidential Inaugural CommitteeIL for www.theindianalawyer.com

An Indianapolis attorney with ties to Vice-President elect and Republican Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has been named to the committee for the 58th presidential inauguration.

Robert Grand, firm managing partner of Barnes & Thornburg LLP, was announced as one of 17 finance vice-chairs of the Presidential Inaugural Committee, which is responsible for the planning and coordination of all official events surrounding the Jan. 20, 2017, inauguration of Republican President-elect Donald Trump and Pence. Grand’s appointment to the committee was announced by the Trump-Pence team in a news release Tuesday.

At Barnes & Thornburg, Grand is a member of the government services and finance department and focuses his governmental regulations practice on representing public and private clients before state agencies. He has also represented clients before federal agencies and the United States Congress. Grand also serves on the executive committee of Mike Pence for Indiana, according to his firm bio.

As a finance vice-chair, Grand’s efforts will be focused on fundraising efforts in the Midwest for the inauguration. Prior to his appointment to the inaugural committee, Grand had worked with Pence as the national finance chairmen for his vice presidential campaign.

“I’m very honored,” Grand said of his most recent appointment. “It’s neat. It’s an impressive group.”

The inaugural committee will be chaired by Thomas Barrack Jr., founder and executive chairman of Colony Capital, a New York Stock Exchange global investment firm. In addition to the 17 finance vice-chairs, two finance co-chairmen, Roy Bailey and Lew Eisenberg, will also lead the committee. The finance vice-chairs include former U.S. ambassadors Mel Sembler and Ron Weiser, Wynn Resorts CEO Steve Wynn and Gail Icahn, who is married to investor Carl Icahn.

Grand was managing partner of the Indianapolis office of Barnes & Thornburg until he succeeded longtime firm managing partner Alan Levin in 2014.

Federal Prosecutor Declines To Say Whether Attorney Under Investigation

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Federal Prosecutor Declines To Say Whether Attorney Under Investigation

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On the same day federal prosecutors reached a deferred prosecution agreement with Park Tudor School over its handling of an improper relationship between a coach and student, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Indianapolis declined to say whether the school’s outside counsel is under investigation.

Kyle Cox, former boys’ basketball coach, pleaded guilty to coercion and enticement in May and was sentenced to 14 years after sending sexually explicit messages and photos to the 15-year-old female student and trying to arrange for her to visit his home for sex.

In the deferred prosecution agreement, signed by U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler and Park Tudor board chairman Thomas Grein, authorities determined that Matthew Miller, the school’s head at the time, omitted key facts related to the sexually explicit communications between Cox and the girl and caused a materially false report on the relationship to be submitted to the Department of Child Services in December.

Miller committed suicide a few weeks after the report was made.

The criminal report against Cox said the Indianapolis school and school attorney, Ice Miller LLP partner Michael Blickman, impeded authorities after they launched their investigation of Cox’s relationship with the student in 2015.

In an interview with IBJ Tuesday, Minkler would not say whether Blickman was under investigation. But he said Miller and the outside counsel did not follow the law after the father of the girl on Dec. 14 showed them sexually explicit images contained on a laptop, then allowed them to keep it overnight to review the materials.

During that time, Blickman took the laptop to his law office and copied the materials onto a thumb drive. The laptop was returned to the father the next day.

“Clearly, when you take over possession of that, the only proper thing to do is turn that over to law enforcement,” Minkler said, noting that investigators ultimately had to get a search warrant to obtain the laptop.

“That is not the way it should happen,” Minkler said.

Blickman was not immediately available for comment Tuesday.

In its statement, Park Tudor said: “Park Tudor’s response, through the actions of Matthew Miller and the school’s then-legal counsel, was inappropriate and not what we expect from our school. Nor is it what we will tolerate going forward.”

As part of the deferred prosecution agreement, which defers for two years the possibility of prosecution of the school for a misprision of a felony, the school retained retired 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge John Tinder to serve as an independent compliance monitor. The school has also trained staff in child-abuse prevention programs and revised policies and procedures.

 “Freeze Identity Thieves” initiative to remind Hoosiers about ID theft, 

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 “Freeze Identity Thieves” initiative to remind Hoosiers about ID theft, 

AG Zoeller: Risk of fraud high during holiday shopping season

 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Every two seconds someone in America has their identity stolen. According to a Javelin Strategy & Research study, about $15 billion was stolen from 13.1 million U.S. consumers in 2015.

 To combat this growing criminal industry that destroys the good names and credit ratings of innocent people, Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller launched the “Freeze Identity Thieves” statewide public awareness effort again this year aimed at arming Hoosiers with a simple, effective ID theft prevention tool:  the credit freeze. Zoeller is urging Hoosiers to sign up for a credit freeze to guard against fraud this holiday shopping season, when cybercrime is common.

“The way we secure our finances must change in the digital age to respond to growing threats of identity theft and cyber hacks that jeopardize our credit and financial stability,” Zoeller said. “We are naïve if we think our information is not already exposed, ripe for theft. Thankfully there is a free tool to protect credit and stop identity thieves in their tracks: the credit freeze.”

The free credit freeze prevents any new lines of credit from being opened in someone’s name unless that person lifts the freeze himself or herself. This effectively stops identity thieves from using any stolen information, for example a Social Security Number, to access and rack up peoples’ credit.

The credit freeze can be initiated within minutes online with each of the three credit reporting agencies – TransUnion, Experian and Equifax – at the Attorney General’s website www.IndianaConsumer.com/idtheft. Once a freeze is initiated, the consumer can temporarily lift it at any time if they would like to apply for new credit or a loan.

The AG’s new “Freeze Identity Thieves” public awareness ads feature identity thieves getting “frozen” before they can commit identity theft against someone who has a credit freeze in place. The statewide initiative consists of television, radio, print and digital spots.

More than 500 data breaches exposing the personal and financial information of Indiana residents were reported to the Indiana Attorney General’s Office this year, and approximately 818 identity theft complaints were filed. The Federal Trade Commission also received 490,220 identity theft complaints last year, which was nearly a 50 percent increase over the previous year.

Zoeller said the credit freeze is the best protection against fraud and identity theft, and is superior to credit monitoring services that detect rather than prevent fraud.

Zoeller urged consumers to be vigilant by following these additional fraud prevention tips, especially during the holiday shopping season:

·         Closely monitor financial statements for any unusual activity.

·         Review and monitor credit reports to check for inaccuracies. A free credit report can be requested from each of the credit bureaus once a year through www.AnnualCreditReport.com.

·         Opt out of pre-screened credit offers at OptOutPrescreen.com.

·         Shred credit card applications or offers received in the mail.

·         Use strong passwords on all online accounts, particularly bank or credit card accounts, and change passwords frequently.

·         Never do business online unless the website is secure.  A secure connection will have an “s” after the “http” web address and an icon of a “closed lock.”

·         Never give out financial or personal information over the phone unless you initiated the    contact.

 If unusual activity is detected and someone believes they are a victim of identity theft, they should follow the below steps:

  • Report fraud to the police and file a complaint with the AG’s Office at www.IndianaConsumer.com or by calling 800-382-5516.
  • Place fraud alerts on credits reports by contacting one of the three credit agencies: TransUnion, Experian or Equifax.
  • File a petition in court asking the judge to issue a court order declaring the person a victim of identity theft. That order can be used as legal grounds to clear up fraudulent activity.

Under Indiana’s Disclosure of Security Breach law, businesses with Indiana customers are required to inform customers and the AG’s Office about security breaches that have placed personal information in jeopardy. The AG’s Office investigates data breaches to determine if customers were properly notified of the breach and if the entity had appropriate safeguards in place to protect customers’ data.

More information on preventing identity theft or restoring credit once theft has occurred can be found at   www.IndianaConsumer.com/idtheft.

The “Freeze Identity Thieves” video spot as well as other creative materials can also be found at www.IndianaConsumer.com/idtheft.

The “Freeze Identity Thieves” campaign is being paid for exclusively with settlement funds received by the Attorney General’s Office for violations of Indiana’s consumer protection laws and required by the court to be used in consumer education.

VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES

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Below are the felony cases filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office today.

Chad Lee Phillips Dealing in methamphetamine, Level 4 felony

Dealing in methamphetamine, Level 4 felony

Darryl Wayne Hooper Operating a motor vehicle after forfeiture of license for life, Level 5 felony

False informing, Class B misdemeanor

Nathan Minh Nguyen Criminal recklessness, Level 6 felony

Brandon Lee Page Possession of methamphetamine, Level 6 felony

James Thomas Richardson Possession of methamphetamine, Level 6 felony

Jeremy Lee Lefler Dealing in methamphetamine, Level 2 felony

Dealing in a narcotic drug, Level 2 felony

Dealing in a narcotic drug, Level 2 felony

Kevin Michael Molinet Domestic battery resulting in moderate bodily injury, Level 6 felony

Strangulation, Level 6 felony

Cristina Elizabeth Feliz Battery resulting in serious bodily injury, Level 5 felony

Battery by means of a deadly weapon, Level 5 felony

First Lady Karen Pence Announces Successful Phone Drive

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Collects 1,648 phones for HopeLine for Verizon initiative

Indianapolis – First Lady Karen Pence today announced the collection of 1,648 phones for the HopeLine from Verizon initiative that serves survivors of domestic violence. This third annual phone drive, which the First Lady sponsored throughout the month of October, collects no-longer-used cell phones and accessories to refurbish and sell to raise funds for survivors of domestic violence. According to Verizon, the drive is considered to be one of the largest consecutive HopeLine collections in the nation. Donations this year surpassed the past drives, in which 1,200 phones were donated in 2014, and 1,367 in 2015.

“I’m so thankful for the generosity of state employees as they dropped off phones in HopeLine boxes around the government center campus,” said First Lady Karen Pence. “HopeLine from Verizon is an incredible program, and I hope that our efforts over the past month make a noticeable difference for survivors of domestic violence across the state. As this is my final drive, I am especially and sincerely grateful for the combined amount of 1,648 phones donated that will save lives.”

HopeLine provides new phones equipped with 3,000 anytime minutes to those in need through participating domestic violence agencies, and give grants to agencies that assist survivors of domestic violence. The donated phones are refurbished and recycled in an environmentally safe way with proceeds going toward the financial support of domestic violence awareness and prevention initiatives.

Since 2001, HopeLine from Verizon has collected more than 11.4 million phones nationwide and has donated more than $29 million in cash grants to domestic violence organizations nationwide.

A photo of the First Lady announcing her third annual phone drive at a press conference in late September can be found attached, along with a photo of donated phones from this year and a photo of the First Lady organizing donated cell phones after last year’s phone drive.

 

Four Hoosiers Earn Weekly Big Ten Swimming & Diving Honors

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 CHICAGO – The Indiana University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams dominated the weekly Big Ten awards on Wednesday, with four Hoosiers earning honors.

On the women’s side, Lilly King was named the Big Ten Women’s Swimmer of the Week, while Taylor Pamplin was named Diver of the Week. For the IU men, Blake Pieroni earned the same was named Swimmer of the Week, while James Connor was named Diver of the Week.

King was dominant in the breaststroke events this weekend at the USA College Challenge, posting the top times in the nation in both the 100 and 200 breast.

In the 200 breast on Saturday, King won with a time of 2:05.64 – the fastest time in the country and the third-fastest time in school history. Then on Sunday, the Evansville, Ind. native touched first in the 100 breast with a time of 57.30. King’s mark is the sixth-fastest time in the history of the event and the quickest this year in the NCAA. Her time is also the third-fastest time in school history. Both times are also NCAA A cuts.

On Saturday in the 100 freestyle, Pieroni won with a time of 42.40 – the fastest time in the country so far this season. Pieroni’s time was also the fourth-fastest in school history. Later in the men’s 800 freestyle relay, Pieroni posted the fastest 200 freestyle in the country leading off for the Big Ten “A” team with his split of 1:33.74.

Pieroni backed up his great performance on Saturday with another one on Sunday, winning his second event of the meet, cruising to victory in the 200 freestyle with a NCAA-best time of 1:33.43 that ranks ninth all-time in Indiana history. With his effort, Pieroni now owns the top-two times in the event in the country this year.

In a sweep of Cincinnati in a dual meet on Friday, the Hoosier divers were dominant.

On the men’s side, Connor was outstanding, winning the 1-meter dive with a score of 433.88 and the 3-meter dive with a total of 425.48. The redshirt sophomore has four individual wins on the season already for the Hoosiers.

For the Hoosier women, Pamplin had a terrific day, winning both the 1 and 3-meter dives. The sophomore won the 1-meter with a score of 299.33 and the 3-meter with a total of 285.15. The two victories were the first of Pamplin’s collegiate career.

The Indiana University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will be back in action later this month. Some IU swimmers will be participating in the USA Swimming Winter Nationals from Nov. 30 to Dec. 3, while the majority of the swimmers and the IU divers will be participating in the Miami (OH) Invitational on Dec. 1-3.

Be sure to keep up with all the latest news on the Indiana men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams on social media – Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

 

 

Purple Aces team up with Deaconess in “No Shave November”

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Special giveaway set for Saturday’s game against Morehead State

 EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Deaconess and the Purple Aces are partnering to raise awareness of men’s cancers in conjunction with “No Shave November”.  A special giveaway is on tap on Saturday when the University of Evansville men’s basketball team takes on Morehead State at the Ford Center.

Prior to Saturday’s noon contest, 1,000 purple mustaches will be given out to Aces fans to raise awareness of “No Shave November”.   The initiative encourages men to stop shaving to evoke conversation and raise awareness of prostate and testicular cancer.

“No Shave November” helps raise awareness for men’s cancers, specifically prostate and testicular cancers,” said Debra Wilson, Director of Deaconess Cancer Services.  “Awareness and early detection most often leads to better outcomes.  By sponsoring the ‘Deaconess No Shave November’ game with the Evansville Aces, we are able to both recognize our “No Shave November” participants, and also share the message about early detection with all the fans attending the game.”

UE Director of Athletics Mark Spencer echoed those sentiments and is excited for the Aces to help in promoting a great cause.

“The Aces are deeply honored to partner with Deaconess to raise awareness of men’s cancers in such a creative and high profile way,” Spencer said.  “Our fans will wear the purple mustaches with pride knowing that they are doing their part to help in the early detection of prostate and testicular cancer.  The Deaconess ceremony that awards prizes to men for winning photo submissions in ‘No Shave November’ is a marvelous stage to highlight this life-saving campaign.”

At halftime of Saturday’s contest, Deaconess will award prizes in several categories including: Most Creative, Best Group Theme, Best Celebrity Lookalike and Most Unique Beard and/or Mustache.

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Four named to All-Midwest Region teams

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Four University of Southern Indiana men’s soccer players earned All-Midwest Region honors, it was announced Wednesday by D2SIDA and the Conference Commissioners Association.

Junior goalkeeper Adam Zehme (Orland Park, Illinois) was the lone Eagle named to the first team. Zehme posted career-highs in wins (13), saves (74) and shutouts (7). He had a .763 save percentage and 1.04 goals against average and was named to the first team All-GLVC for his stellar play between the posts.

The three Eagles receiving second-team honors were senior defender Michael Sass (New Palestine, Indiana), junior midfielder Kyle Richardville (Vincennes, Indiana) and freshman forward Eric Ramirez(Vincennes, Indiana).

Sass helped anchor the backline of the USI defense that allowed just over a goal per game, while tallying four points on one goal and two assists. Sass also earned second-team All-GLVC this season.

Offensively, Ramirez paced the Eagles with a team-high 21 points on 10 goals and one assist. The 10 goals are the most ever by a USI freshman. Ramirez was also named the GLVC Freshman of the Year as well as earning first-team All-GLVC.

Second on the team in scoring with 19 points, Richardville was a key offensive threat for the Eagles this year. He posted seven goals and five assists on his way to also earning second-team All-GLVC.

The Screaming Eagles are coming off a season in which they reached the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time since 1982, where they fell to Rockhurst 3-1 in the second round. The

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