« Ind. Decisions - "Indiana high court refuses to hear Boney appeal" | Main | Courts - "Cook County Circuit Court has been turned into a frenetic debt collections machine" »
Monday, June 09, 2008
Ind. Law - Clark County attorney works for State Department as a contract lawyer
Ben Zion Hershberg of the Louisville Courier Journal writes today in a story that begins:
Jeremy Mull knew he wasn't in Indiana anymore when he drove to the entrance of a remote United Nations base in Sudan and encountered a pile of dead black mambas, the largest venomous snakes in Africa.They'd been killed only recently, Mull said, and he was warned to be careful when walking in the camp at night because the deadly snakes -- often 8 feet long -- were aggressive and were common in the area.
That was one of the more disconcerting experiences for Mull, 34, during two overseas stints as a contract lawyer for the U.S. Department of State helping to develop effective legal systems in Sudan and Afghanistan. He returned from Afghanistan May 31.
Mull said he decided to go overseas partly because he was worn out from the huge caseload he had managed for seven years as Clark County's deputy prosecutor handling drug cases. Often, he said, he'd find himself "talking on his cell phone, his landline ringing, four people waiting to talk to him, and running to court."
At the same time, he was increasingly concerned about America's world standing as it attempts to create order in regions beset by violence and often lacking effective legal systems and other stable government institutions.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 9, 2008 10:01 AM
Posted to Indiana Law