Indiana business litigation attorney

Our firm represents victims of negligence and other wrongful conduct. We are committed to using the legal process to right wrongs for both individuals and commercial clients. Though we are located in Indianapolis, we represent clients throughout Indiana and nationally.

Our experienced trial lawyers have demonstrated success in achieving full and fair compensation for our client’s losses. Our attorneys have represented thousands of clients in many kinds of legal matters, including:

• Class Actions
• Business Litigation
• Pharmaceutical Drug Litigation
• Personal Injury
• Product Liability
• Medical Malpractice
• Legal Malpractice
• Property Rights Litigation
• Actions Against Banks

Open Communication
We understand the anxiety associated with any litigation so we strive for open, honest and regular communication with our clients.  As a result, you are well informed and equipped to make decisions that are in your best interest.

Flexible Fee Structures
Our fee arrangements are flexible and are customized based upon your unique needs.  Most cases are taken on a contingency basis – where we share your risk and you only pay when the case is won.  We also offer hourly fees, fixed fees, and blended compensation models not only for individuals but also for our business clients.

The American Bar Association has filed an amicus brief supporting litigation seeking an injunction against Arizona’s law authorizing police to stop and detain individuals unless they can produce proof of citizenship or legal immigration status.  The brief, filed in Friendly House v. Michael B. Whiting, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, cites four bases for enjoining enforcement of the state law.  The ABA argues it will result in increased use of racial profiling, unlawful and unreasonable detentions, and increased burdens and new obligations for the state’s indigent defense system, courts and prosecutors.  Additionally, according to the brief, it is an attempt by the state to usurp exclusive federal authority to manage and supervise immigration law enforcement.  Although the association “typically files amicus briefs only in the highest federal or state court that will consider a matter, the ABA believes the issues before this court are of such significance to the American people and the practice of law that they must be addressed at this stage of the proceedings,” the brief states.  For the amicus brief, click here.

With nearly 400,000 members, the American Bar Association is the largest voluntary professional membership organization in the world.  As the national voice of the legal profession, the ABA works to improve the administration of justice, promotes programs that assist lawyers and judges in their work, accredits law schools, provides continuing legal education, and works to build public understanding around the world of the importance of the rule of law.

Peter J. Henning follows issues involving securities law and white-collar crime for DealBook’s White Collar Watch. As Congress works on the final version of the financial regulatory bill, a major change in liability for corporate law firms, accounting firms and investment banks has been inserted into the measure. House members of the conference committee agreed to add a provision offered by Representative Maxine Waters, Democrat of California, to restore aiding and abetting liability for private securities fraud cases.

The impact of the amendment is significant because it expands the potential defendants in securities fraud class actions to include more than just the company accused of making misstatements or omissions, and these are defendants with deep pockets.

The Law Offices of McHenry & Associates, LLP. We are a San Diego immigration law firm specializing in deportation defense, family based and employment based immigration. We provide exceptional legal services to all those who wish to live and work in the United States legally. The Law Offices of McHenry & Associates limits its practice exclusively to U.S. Immigration Law. Whether you are an individual, family or business, if you are in need of an immigration lawyer in San Diego, call the Law Offices of McHenry & Associates to discuss your immigration options.

•Immigration violations
•Deportation defense/removal proceedings
•Marriage petitions or violations
•Family-based green card petitions
•Employment-based green cards
•Extraordinary persons visas
•Travel permission and re-entry
•Immigration waivers
•Citizenship and naturalization assistance

SAN DIEGO IMMIGRATION DEPORTATION DEFENSE

If you are not a U.S. citizen, you may be ordered to appear in Immigration Court for deportation proceedings (also known as removal proceedings) if you have: 

• overstayed your visa
• been deemed “inadmissible” by the USCIS
• been convicted of a crime
• entered the U.S. illegally

It is not unusual for persons (unaided by an attorney) to submit an application for permanent residence or naturalization or renewal of a green card, only to find them selves ordered to appear in Immigration Court for deportation proceedings.  

If you are placed in deportation proceedings (removal proceedings) the U.S. government (specifically the Department of Homeland Security) will serve you with a Notice to Appear or “NTA”.  If you are issued a Notice to Appear, even if you believe it to be a mistake, you can not ignore it.  Only an experienced immigration attorney will know what relief you have available to you.

Immigration Court trials are different than criminal trials in the United States.  In Immigration Court you have the right to be represented by an attorney.  However, the government is not obligated to provide you one, and in most cases will not.  So you must hire your own attorney if you are placed in deportation proceedings.  

In your deportation proceedings, the government’s attorney (known as the “Trial Attorney”) will present a case against you seeking to have you deported.  In that case, the government’s attorney must identify the legal grounds for your deportation and then prove all the facts that they allege in the NTA in order to have you deported.     

An Immigration Judge will preside over your case and has the authority to act not only as Judge but as prosecutor in your case (although this rarely happens these days).  Once you are placed in deportation proceedings, only the Immigration Judge can decide whether or not you will be deported.  

At a 2005 workshop, a senior official in the U.S. government's Minerals Management Service raised concerns about ultra-deepwater drilling and included the bullet point, "Few or no regulations or standards." Within two years, Jim Grant left his post as chief of staff of the government's Gulf of Mexico region to take a job with BP PLC — one of the companies his former agency regulated in its oversight of offshore drilling.

Grant's change is one example of the revolving door between the Interior Department's MMS and the oil industry, which increasingly has the attention of Congress, the Obama administration and watchdog groups after the disastrous BP oil spill at an ultra-deepwater rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

Just this week, a government report said drilling regulators have been so close to the industry they've been accepting gifts from oil and gas companies and even negotiating to go work for them.

As BP's regulatory compliance and environmental manager for the Gulf of Mexico strategic performance unit, Grant has weighed in on several offshore drilling proposals by his former federal employer and other government agencies.

Last fall, speaking at a U.S. ocean policy task force, Grant cautioned the group to "carefully weigh policies that may establish exclusionary zones, disrupt the MMS leasing program or affect opportunities for economic growth," according to a statement posted at WhiteHouse.gov. He said BP supports access to areas previously off-limits to leasing, such as the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Lie low; go about your business. Don't campaign; keep your name out there. Don't seem too eager; find ways to shine.

There's no etiquette handbook for the elite few on Barack Obama's short list for the Supreme Court. Nor is there any shortage of advice.

As the president closes in on his choice to fill a vacancy on the high court, the short-listers know all their words, moves and actions are under intense scrutiny.

For all of them, one job is paramount: Avoid messing up.

"You don't want something showing up on YouTube that's going to kill your chances," says historian Julian Zelizer. "The etiquette seems to be: Don't say anything about why you would be a good pick, and act as if you're not going to be the pick."

Those being considered to replace Justice John Paul Stevens include judges, a governor, top administration officials and others in high places who can't avoid constant questions about whether they'd like the job and whether they've been contacted about it. They're adopting all sorts of coping strategies.

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has talked herself up on cable TV at times and thrown cold water on her prospects on other occasions. Federal appeals judge Diane Wood's credentials are being lauded by former law clerks. Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano employs the polite non-answer.

Napolitano appeared on several TV news shows Sunday to discuss the attempted car bombing in Times Square, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and unrest over immigration in Arizona. Inevitably, the subject of the Supreme Court vacancy came up as well.