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Friday, July 07, 2006

Ind. Courts - Supreme Court reprimands former judge

The Munster (NW Indiana) Times reports today that begins:

CROWN POINT | The Indiana Supreme Court is publicly reprimanding a former Lake County judge for professional lapses as a private lawyer.

A court order, published this week on the state's Web site, said Paul D. Stanko failed to act with diligence and promptness in cases involving two separate clients.

Stanko, who served as a Lake Superior Court, County Division judge from 1985 to 1992 and who maintains private offices in Lakes of the Four Seasons, declined comment Thursday.

The order states Stanko was handling an appeal for an unidentified man convicted of a felony and sentenced to eight years in prison, but failed to inform his client the Indiana Court of Appeals had ruled against him until it was too late to pursue a further appeal to the Indiana Supreme Court.

Here is the Court's order.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 7, 2006 08:47 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts