Corrected And Admonished

The Indiana Supreme Court has publicly reprimanded an attorney for appellate misconduct

Respondent represented the appellant in a civil appeal. Respondent filed an appellant’s brief that included a one-page Table of Contents and a four-page Table of Authorities. Respondent then moved for leave to correct those two sections. The Court of Appeals granted the motion and specifically ordered Respondent not to make any substantive changes to the brief. Respondent then filed a corrected appellant’s brief in which: (1) the Table of Contents increased from one page to thirty-six pages, with lengthy headings and subheadings; (2) the new Table of Authorities included fifty-nine additional sources not included in the original brief; and (3) the Argument section was improperly labeled, pages were duplicated, and numerous grammatical and editing errors were present. The Court of Appeals harshly admonished Respondent for these actions.

The parties stipulated to a Rule 1.1 (competence) violations.

The Court of Appeals' "harsh admonish[ment]" is linked here. (Mike Frisch)