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Ind. Courts - More on: Deborah A. Rigi suspended pendente lite
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, Andy Grimm of the Gary Post Tribune has a story today that begins:Just two weeks before she is scheduled to report to federal prison, the state Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission has suspended the law license of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 11, 2008 08:16 AM
Ind. Courts - Deborah A. Rigi suspended pendente lite
Among the newly posted Supreme Court orders is this one, dated Sept. 4, re former Lake County judge Deborah Riga. The scanned, one-page document provides in part that:Respondent be immediately suspended from the practice of law in this State, pending...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 9, 2008 12:31 PM
Ind. Courts - "Lake County judges shy away from exclusive contracts in wake of corruption scandals"
Joe Carlson and Marisa Kwiatkowski of the NWI Times have an enterprising report today looking at current counseling services contracts. The long story begins:Judges in Lake County have shied away from exclusive contracts with counseling providers, a Times review of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 31, 2008 10:10 AM
Ind. Courts - "After trials, one Lake County town judge changes practices"
Joe Carlson reports today in the NWI Times in a story that begins:LOWELL | After hearing in recent federal trials about the hijinks involving court-ordered alcohol counseling, Town Court Judge Thomas Vanes decided to stop ordering his defendants to attend...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 21, 2008 08:08 AM
Ind. Courts - "Judge of the Day: Deborah Riga"
Above the Law ("A Legal Tabloid") yesterday featured former Schererville town judge Deborah Riga as its "Judge of the Day," picking up on the ILB's entry from July 11th. Writes Above the Law:A court with an affiliated driving school? Judges...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 15, 2008 02:34 PM
Ind. Courts - More on: "Former Schererville judge to be sentenced today"
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Joe Carlson reports today in the NWI Times:Former Schererville Town Judge Deborah Riga was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in prison -- substantially less time than she could have received for sending more than...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 11, 2008 08:29 AM
Ind. Courts - "Former Schererville judge to be sentenced today"
Joe Carlson reports today in the NWI Times:HAMMOND | Exactly 25 months after Deborah Riga pleaded guilty to using her judicial powers to enrich herself, the former town judge is set to learn her prison sentence today. Riga was the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 10, 2008 10:55 AM
Ind. Courts - "Riga: Cash payments hid Cantrell money trail"
Joe Carlson of the NWI Times reports again today on the Cantrell trial in Lake County federal court in a story that begins:HAMMOND | Disgraced former Judge Deborah Riga said Thursday that Robert Cantrell was not shy about using cash...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 6, 2008 08:25 AM
Ind. Courts - "Intricate political web unravels at Cantrell trial"
Although the ILB has had plenty of mentions of various members of the Cantrell family in Lake County, it has avoided the current federal trial of Robert Cantrell until now. This story from May 16th by Joe Carlson of the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 31, 2008 11:45 AM
Ind. Courts - Former Schererville Town Court judge admits extortion
The Gary Post-Tribune reports today, in a story by Tim Zorn:HAMMOND — Deborah Riga, the former Schererville Town Court judge, admitted Friday that she systematically defrauded the town during her time on the bench. Riga pleaded guilty in U.S. District...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 10, 2006 10:23 PM
Indiana Decisions - More coverage of the East Chicago mayorial decision
Here are headlines from the Munster Times today: "High Court orders new E.C. election: Challenger prevails after taking election fraud case to Indiana Supreme Court." Access it here. "Ex-Pastrick assistant charged with tax fraud: U.S. attorney alleges longtime aide and...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 7, 2004 10:28 AM
Indiana Courts - U.S. Attorney indicts judge and two others in NW Indiana
The Munster Times is reporting:U.S. Attorney General Joseph Van Bokkelen today indicted two prominent people on criminal charges. Former Schererville Town Court Judge Deborah Riga was charged with extortion. James H. Fife has been indicted on four counts of tax...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 6, 2004 03:55 PM