"Judge to get women's award: Portage native to be honored for her work on domestic violence issues" is the headline to this story yesterday in the Munster Times. Some quotes:
When Nancy Harris Vaidik served as an assistant prosecutor in Porter County in the 1980s, there were few if any cases filed involving domestic batteries.Posted by Marcia Oddi at September 14, 2004 07:29 AMIt just wasn't something talked about then.
"There's been a whole lot of change since then," said Vaidik, a Portage native and now an Indiana Appellate Court judge.
Vaidik will be honored next month for her efforts in bringing about a change in views involving domestic battery and for assisting women not only in the legal community but in the communities in which she's served.
At a luncheon Oct. 14, she'll receive the Women in the Law Achievement Award presented by the Women in the Law Committee of the Indiana State Bar Association.