The following report was written for The Indiana Citizen by veteran Indiana legal journalist Marilyn Odendahl. March 24, 2023 Patrick Ryan represents a dwindling resource in Indiana. The attorney in Kentland, population just over 1,600, is among a declining number of lawyers who practice in small towns and rural communities around the state. His workload […]
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UPDATE: ROKITA’S TIES TO PRIVATE SECTOR EXCEED THOSE OF OTHER STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS, REPORTS SHOW
March 16, 2022 The following report was written for The Indiana Citizen by veteran Indiana legal journalist Marilyn Odendahl. Despite the public fallout from his decision to hold onto his job with Apex Benefits after taking office, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita continues to maintain strong ties in the private sector. Rokita’s 2022 financial disclosure statement, […]
John Krull commentary: Todd Rokita, and the hole that goes all the way to China
Shovel salespeople must love Todd Rokita. Whenever Indiana’s attorney general digs himself into a hole, his response is to just keep scooping. It’s hard to know whether short-sightedness or some compulsion toward self-destructiveness drives this tendency of Rokita’s, but it does seem to be a pattern—one he cannot seem to control. If there is a […]
MOONLIGHTING: ROKITA FIGHTS COURT ORDER TO RELEASE REPORT ON HIS PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT — EVEN THOUGH IT ALLOWS HIM TO REDACT AS MUCH AS HE WANTS.
The following report was written for The Indiana Citizen by veteran Indiana legal journalist Marilyn Odendahl. March 9, 2023 One day after being sworn in as Attorney General in January 2021, Todd Rokita asked a state watchdog agency, the Office of the Inspector General, for an opinion on his continued employment by his latest employer, Apex […]
WHO’S PAYING FOR ROKITA’S DEFENSE? PROBABLY THE TAXPAYERS, BUT A.G. WON’T ADMIT IT.
The following report was written for The Indiana Citizen by veteran Indiana legal journalist Marilyn Odendahl. March 2, 2023 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita acknowledges he is being investigated by the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission and maintains he has done nothing wrong, but won’t say why he needs a Washington, DC law firm to defend […]
UPDATE: ROKITA’S LATEST PROCEDURAL MOVE AGAINST DR. BERNARD IS “IMPROPER” AND A “GUISE,” SAY HER LAWYERS
The following report was written for The Indiana Citizen by veteran Indiana legal journalist Marilyn Odendahl. Feb. 27, 2023 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s effort to “relitigate a single issue” in a court ruling he declared a “win” is being characterized as “improper” and a “guise,” in a filing Thursday by lawyers for Drs. Caitlin Barnard […]
The Indiana Citizen joins coalition of news organizations in newly launched Indiana Local News Initiative
A coalition of Indiana organizations and philanthropists have raised over $10 million to launch the Indiana Local News Initiative, dedicated to making quality, independent local news and information freely accessible to all residents of Indiana. The Indiana Citizen is among 13 news organizations that have joined the initiative as a partner. “We’re delighted to become […]
John Krull commentary: Todd Rokita and a second chance to make things right
People don’t always have a second chance to do the right thing. Neither do professions nor public institutions. Such a second opportunity, though, may present itself with the ongoing trainwreck that is the office of the Indiana attorney general. Marilyn Odendahl of The Indiana Citizen reported that the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission is investigating […]
NEW FROM THE INDIANA CITIZEN: ROKITA UNDER INVESTIGATION BY DISCIPLINARY COMMISSION, OUTSIDE COUNSEL’S PETITION CONFIRMS
The following report was written for The Indiana Citizen by veteran Indiana legal journalist Marilyn Odendahl. February 8, 2023 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is being investigated by the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission and is paying a Washington, D.C., law firm to defend him, according to a petition filed Feb. 2 by his office’s […]
John Krull commentary: Todd Rokita, tomcats and marriage licenses
Todd Rokita has neither sense nor shame. There seems not to be a stupid fight Indiana’s attorney general won’t pick or taxpayer money he won’t waste to fuel the endlessly running engine that is his ambition to gain higher office. The latest evidence that Rokita isn’t to be trusted either with a checkbook or to […]