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Friday, October 24, 2008

Ind. Courts - Still more on "Terre Haute Attorney Arrested"

Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 16, 2007, Howard Greninger of the Terre Haute Tribune-Star reports today :

TERRE HAUTE — William W. Earls, while serving as a Vigo County deputy prosecutor in 2007, drank during jury deliberations and months later was involved in a drunken driving accident, incidents cited this month as part of disciplinary action by the Indiana Supreme Court. The action allows Earls to continue to practice law during a period of probation. * * *

The high court ruled that Earls violated the Indiana Professional Conduct Rules prohibiting misconduct by “committing a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyers’ honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer in other aspects,” and, “engaging in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice.”

The court ruled Earls will receive a 180-day suspension, “all of which will be conditionally stayed subject to successful completion of a 24-month probation commencing on completion of his criminal probation on or about Nov. 13, 2008.”

Earls is to execute a monitoring agreement with the Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program and “shall have no violations of [that agreement], criminal arrests or violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct during his probation.”

Here is a copy of the Oct. 10th order.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 24, 2008 07:18 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts