Comments on Advance Indiana™: Law Firm Enmeshed In Lake County Sleaze

AI, I have never seen the head of the Disciplinar...

2010-04-13T19:47:15.481-05:00

AI,

I have never seen the head of the Disciplinary Commission do an advisory opinion when a complaint has not even been filed. Maybe they do that and I'm just not aware of it.

Pike Township is dealing with this conflict of interest problem with B&T. B&T is the attorney for Pike Schools. B&T is deeply involved in representing several members of the construction industry. B&T advises Pike on construction related issues. People on the school board thinks they are getting independent legal advice about the construction projects. But they are not.

i THINK ALL THIS IS INTERESTING, ESPECIALLY CONSID...

2010-04-12T22:50:31.678-05:00

i THINK ALL THIS IS INTERESTING, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING DON LUNDGREN HIMSELF WAS HANDLING THE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION PRESENTED TO THE DISIPLINARY COMMISSION RE DURHAM/BRIZZI. IT IS A FACT THAT MR LUNDGREN WAS RECORDED DISCUSSING THESE ISSUES OVER A SEVERAL HOUR/TWO DAY PERIOD, AND WHAT DOES HE DO?

WALLAH! HE GOES TO WORK FOR...GASP...B&T.

DON'T WORRY, DONNY. YOU ARE IN GOOD COMPANY. I HOPE YOU FEEL PROUD OF THE CONTRIBUTION YOU MADE TO RESTORING INTEGRITY TO THE PUBIC, I MEAN, PUBLIC SECTOR.

SORRY FOR THE BRIZZI SLIP. YOU KNOW HOW THIS STUFF RUNS OFF ON YOU.

I was surprised Mr. Pruden offered an opinion on t...

2010-04-12T14:07:49.297-05:00

I was surprised Mr. Pruden offered an opinion on the legal ethics issue since a formal complaint was not before the Commission. Perhaps the reporter should have obtained an opinion from someone a little more objective like Professor Henry Karlson.

Chief Indiana Prosecutor of Attorney Disciplinary ...

2010-04-12T13:00:06.091-05:00

Chief Indiana Prosecutor of Attorney Disciplinary Cases to Join Barnes & Thornburg LLP

News Release

Nov 04, 2009

Donald R. Lundberg, longtime executive secretary of the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission, is leaving his post to join Barnes & Thornburg LLP’s Indianapolis office as a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department and as the firm’s deputy general counsel.Lundberg, who has served since 1991 in his current role, will begin work for Barnes & Thornburg on Jan. 1, 2010. He will represent judges, lawyers and other professionals in disciplinary and licensing matters, ethics issues, malpractice cases and other matters of professional responsibility. In his role for the Indiana Supreme Court, Lundberg has led the agency that investigates and prosecutes claims of Indiana attorney misconduct."We are excited to have Don join us and bring his extensive experience in ethics and professional responsibility to the firm,” said Alan A. Levin, firmwide managing partner of Barnes & Thornburg....

That's not surprising, because Barnes & Th...

2010-04-12T11:43:30.116-05:00

That's not surprising, because Barnes & Thornburg represented the interests of Tremco, a vendor, AND the Wilson Education Center in the no-bid roofing scheme that was perpetrated on taxpayers throughout Indiana. The AG issued an official opinion declaring the scheme to be illegal. I think it's time the Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission did something about it. I know another lawyer who did something similiar on a much smaller scale and was publicly reprimanded for it. Is justice not-so-blind at the Disciplinary Commission?