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Saturday, May 10, 2008
Ind. Courts - "Colleagues put retiring judge Wayne Lennington on hot seat"
For background, see this ILB entry from May 3rd, headed "Lennington scandal could play role in race for Delaware Circuit Court 5."
Today Rick Yencer of the Muncie Star-Press reports:
Three generations of Lenningtons have practiced law or served as Delaware County judges over the past century.On Friday, members of the Muncie Bar Association and county court system paid their respects to Delaware Circuit Judge 5 Wayne J. Lennington, who is retiring next week, with a good-hearted roast at Springwater Park.
More than 100 people, including friends and family of Lennington, heard plenty of courtroom tales about Lennington's life as a lawyer and judge.
Lennington, 77 -- who resigned this spring amid a judicial conduct review and criminal investigation into his business dealings -- said he was looking for a job, but is likely to continue practicing law. * * *
Attorney Charles "Chic" Clark, Lennington's legal counsel in dealings with the state disciplinary commission, recalled telling his client to let his attorney do the talking when news of the disciplinary settlement came.
"Less than 24 hours after that conversation, I was reading my newspaper and that dumb ---- made a quotation in the newspaper," Clark said.
Clark's next conversation was with Meg Babcock, counsel for the Indiana Judicial Qualifications Commission, who was upset with Clark over Lennington's remarks.
"Don't raise hell with me," Clark recalled telling Babcock. "He did it." * * *
One of the biggest laughs came just before Lennington's longtime friend, attorney Don Dunnuck, spoke.
Ralph and Vicki Craig, a member of Lennington's court staff, led in a donkey wearing a judicial robe and Lennington's trademark bow tie.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on May 10, 2008 11:13 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts