On January 12 and January 27, 2021, Attorney Benjamin T. Ballou attended the IHSAA case review panel hearings. The Case Review Panel is a nine-member panel established by the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) and administered by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Panel reviews final decisions of the IHSAA regarding the application or interpretation of an IHSAA rule to a particular student.
Hodges & Davis-February 2021
On February 17, 2021, Benjamin T. Ballou chaired the Crown Point Community Foundation Executive Committee meeting. The Crown Point Community Foundation is an endowment builder, a grant maker and a community connector that works with donors to create charitable endowments that provide grants to the community.
Hodges & Davis- February 2021
On February 25, 2021, Attorney Shawn Cox was a panelist at a continuing legal education seminar sponsored by the Indianapolis Bar Association related to business bankruptcies. The seminar topic was “Navigating the Small Business Reorganization Act: Trustee, Creditor and Debtor Perspectives.” Anyone interested in learning more about business bankruptcies, please contact Attorney Shawn Cox at Hodges and Davis for more information.
Hodges & Davis-February 2021
On January 18, 2021, Attorney Emilie E.D. Hunt participated in NWI Volunteer Lawyers’ annual “Talk to a Lawyer Day – Free”. This program is held each year on Martin Luther King day and provides residents of Lake, Porter, Jasper, and Newton counties free access to attorneys who can answer their legal questions and concerns and offer legal consultations at no charge. More information on NWI Volunteer Lawyers, Inc. and their Access to Justice program can be found at http://www.nwivolunteerlawyers.org/.
Hodges & Davis-February 2021
On November 11-13, 2020, Attorney Laura Frost and Attorney Emilie Hunt attended the American Health Law Association’s annual three day seminar. Topics presented at the seminar included Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statutes, Medicare Parts A through D, and recent developments in Telehealth. If you or someone you know are interested in learning more about these issue, please contact Attorney Laura Frost or Attorney Emilie Hunt at Hodges and Davis for more information.
Hodges & Davis-December 2020
At the end of September, Attorney Bonnie Coleman participated in the Boys & Girls Clubs of Indiana Area Council meeting. The focus of the meeting was on event planning and fund raising for non-profit organizations during the pandemic. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana recently completed two virtual fund raising opportunities which were very successful and both virtual events were shared with the other members of the council. Attorney Bonnie Coleman is the chairperson of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana’s Resource Development Committee.
Hodges & Davis-November 2020
On September 24, 2020, Attorney Shawn Cox was a co-presenter at a continuing legal education seminar put on by the Bankruptcy Section of the Lake County Indiana Bar Association. The subject of Attorney Cox’s presentation was pre and post bankruptcy issues related to property owners associations. If you or someone else are interested in learning more about this issue, please contact Attorney Shawn Cox at Hodges and Davis for more information.
Hodges & Davis-November 2020
On October 10, 2020, Attorney Carl Hall and other members of the Demotte/Kankakee Valley Rotary Club assembled hand sanitizer stations for placement in certain areas in the Town of DeMotte. The materials to assemble the stations were donated by local Demotte businesses. The hand sanitizer stations are one of many community service projects the Demotte/Kankakee Valley Rotary Club have planned as part of their community service initiative.
Hodges and Davis- October 2020
Pictured below are completed hand sanitizer stations and Attorney Hall
On August 14 and 15, 2020, Attorney Shawn Cox attended the Sigmund J. Beck Advanced Bankruptcy Roundtable Seminar in Evansville, Indiana. The program is an annual “Masters Series Seminar” conducted through the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, and it focuses on issues related to Chapter 11 bankruptcies. This was Attorney Cox’s fourth consecutive year attending the annual event. If you or someone you know has questions regarding bankruptcy, please contact Shawn Cox at Hodges and Davis for more information.
Hodges & Davis-September 2020
On August 28, 2020, Attorney Benjamin T. Ballou and Attorney R. Lawrence Steele attended the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum’s seminar on Probate and Trust Litigation. Some of the topics presented at the seminar included: applicability of the Indiana “Deadman Statutes”, No Contest Clauses and the use of Mediation in Probate and Trust litigation . If you or someone you know is interested in discussing issues related to Trust and Probate laws, please contact Benjamin T. Ballou at Hodges and Davis for more information.
Hodges & Davis-September 2020