Judge Phillip I. Adler

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  www.tribstar.com/news/local_story_035224807.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/5/2008    Last Visited: 2/5/2008  

  TERRE HAUTE - Incumbent Judge Phillip I. Adler has filed as a Democrat for re-election to Vigo County Superior Court Division 2, a position he has occupied since Jan. 1, 1997.
  
  Three challengers wanting seats on the County Council also are among the recent filings for the county primary May 6.
  
  Adler served as county prosecutor from 1987 to 1996 before becoming a judge.He was president of Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Association in 1992 and in 1997, and he received the Eugene Feller Award, the highest state award that can be bestowed on a prosecuting attorney.
  
  In 1998, at the request of the Indiana Supreme Court, Adler initiated a pro bono program for District 7, a six-county area that includes Vigo, Clay, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan and Vermillion counties.He served as chairman of the district for nearly 10 years.
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  Adler received that award from the Indiana Bar Foundation.
  
  Adler, 61, was honored again for his pro bono service last year by the Indiana Pro Bono Commission, and Shepard.
  
  "Our District 7 pro bono program has been a success and a model for the state.The real credit goes to the volunteer attorneys, who for no pay help income-eligible citizens navigate through the judicial system," Adler said.
  
  Since taking office, Adler said he has "cut in half the time that litigants must wait for a jury trial and I will continue to work toward speeding up the process.I pledge to continue to listen patiently to the cases presented to me and to treat everyone respectfully and courteously and to render decisions quickly, based upon the facts and the law."
  
  Adler is a 1971 graduate of Indiana University's School of Law.

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  www.tribstar.com/news/local_story_214232440.html?keywor - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/2/2008    Last Visited: 8/2/2008  

  Judge Phillip Adler of Vigo County Superior Court Division 2 has worked in the building for 25 years, during which the courthouse had two temperatures: too hot and too cold, he said at the ceremony.
  
  He referred to the renovations as a "remarkable metamorphosis."
  
  All courtrooms are larger and more comfortable, he said, noting that before the changes, "the jury had to go into the hallway to change their minds."
  
  "In my opinion, you can bring anyone here to this courthouse — I don't care if it's the president of the United States, the Pope, Dalai Lama, it doesn't matter — and never have to apologize," he said."It's really that beautiful."

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  www.tribstar.com/opinion/local_story_075212108.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/16/2008    Last Visited: 3/16/2008  

  Finally in 1986, after Eric Abel decided to step-down, both factions came together and unified behind Anderson's then legal partner, Phillip I. Adler, for prosecutor.
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  Adler had been Michael Kearns' chief deputy prosecutor.
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  Adler held the post for 10 years unopposed by Democrats or Republicans.After Adler vacated the post early (1996) after being elected Superior Court Judge, both factions unified again behind Wright, who held the office for the next 10 years only opposed by Hal Johnston, which brought us to the 2006 prosecutor's election.
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  Adler did.
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  Both factions are supporting Judge Phillip I. Adler for re-election and consequently Adler has no opponent.

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  www.wsbt.com/news/indiana/10861756.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/29/2007    Last Visited: 10/29/2007  

  Vigo Superior Court Judge Phillip Adler scheduled the trial stemming from alleged illnesses at the Wabash Valley Surgery and Eye Center for Feb. 23, 2009.
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  Adler said Thursday he would review the pleadings and rule in 30 days.

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  Published on: 10/28/2007    Last Visited: 10/29/2007  

  Vigo Superior Court Judge Phillip Adler scheduled the trial stemming from alleged illnesses at the Wabash Valley Surgery and Eye Center for Feb. 23, 2009.
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  Adler said last week he would review the pleadings and rule in 30 days.

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  www.tribstar.com/news/local_story_298234905.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/26/2007    Last Visited: 10/26/2007  

  Filed in April 2002, the case came before Judge Phillip Adler on Thursday for a new trial date and for the parties to argue three separate motions for summary judgment - two from defendants and one from plaintiffs.
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  After arguments Thursday, Adler said he would review the pleadings and rule in 30 days.
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  Adler said Thursday that an earlier trial date for the case will not be possible because of renovations in the Vigo County Courthouse.Adler, who presides over cases in Vigo County Superior Court Division 2, has been occupying a small courtroom in the Community Corrections Center at the corner of Ohio and First streets where he hears civil lawsuits.
  
  He said Thursday that the AP&S trial "can't happen in this courtroom," because of the great number of attorneys and exhibits.
  
  The permanent courtroom for Division 2 - in the courthouse - is not expected to be complete until at least summer 2008, Adler said.Because the trial is expected to last about four to five weeks, Adler suggested delaying it until early 2009.
  
  Adler also said he looked into borrowing another judge's courtroom in the courthouse, but it isn't workable.Part of the reason Adler was temporarily assigned to the Community Corrections building is that he hears only civil cases, in which the defendants are not incarcerated.
  
  All the other Vigo County judges hear criminal cases, and many of their defendants are coming to court from the Vigo County jail - across Ohio Street from the Community Corrections building.
  
  If Adler were to switch courtrooms with another judge for the duration of the trial, he said, the Sheriff's Department would have to hire additional security to escort inmates from the jail to the other building.Currently, inmates are walked from the jail a short distance to the courthouse.

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  Published on: 1/25/2007    Last Visited: 11/11/2007  

  TERRE HAUTEâ€" When Judge Phillip I. Adler of the Superior Court, Division 2 became the judicial appointee for the Pro Bono Corp. of District 7 in 1997, he didn't know he would become the longest-tenured judge in the state for pro bono.
  
  "It was supposed to be a two-year appointment, and as it's turned out, it's now grown into almost eight years," he said.
  
  Members of the Indiana Pro Bono Commission gathered Wednesday night in the Kahn Room of the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Student Union to for their annual event to honor Adler for his service.
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  "Judge Adler has a remarkable career of public service that among other things has reflected concern about the legal rights of individual citizens," he said."He seemed not only a natural at a project aimed at individual citizens, but eager to try something new."Adler said when he was appointed to the position, no one knew anything about a program like this and that there was no history about it to help form a plan.
  
  "The whole promise of it is to develop a program whereby economically disadvantaged citizens of the district can sign up and be paired up with attorneys that have agreed to participate in our program for free and help them with whatever legal problem they have," he said."… Everyone deserves a slice of justice."
  
  Pro bono doesn't include fee-generated cases such as car accidents and an attempt to sue someone, Adler said.It's primarily in the area of family law such as divorce or custody issues.Other types of cases include unemployment, Social Security or bankruptcy issues.
  
  There are about 80 lawyers currently signed up to cover the district, Adler said.
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  It was Adler's leadership and commitment to the cause of justice that helped make all of those things happen, he said.
  
  Although Adler insists that he gets more credit for the success of the program than he deserves, "Really the heroes of the program are the participating lawyers.They're the ones that are doing all the heavy lifting," he said."I'm just the number-one cheerleader."
  
  After about eight years of service, in August, Adler turned over his duties as the president of District 7's Pro Bono Corp. to Division 4 Superior Court Judge Chris Newton.

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  BENEFIEL, BILL J. # 59 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/1/2006    Last Visited: 4/12/2009  

  Prosecutor: Phillip I. Adler

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  Bill Benefiel - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/18/2006    Last Visited: 6/29/2009  

  During state post-conviction proceedings Vigo County Prosecutor Philip Adler, after consulting with members of Delores Wells family, agreed to ask the circuit court to modify Benefiels sentence to a term of 120 years, if Benefiel would sign a document agreeing to not to pursue any further appeals.
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  Moreover, then Vigo County Prosecutor Philip I. Adler, did not urge either the jury or the judge to impose the death penalty, but rather asked each to simply do they be believed to be fair and just.

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  Bill Benefiel - Schizotypal Personality Disorder - the... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/21/2005    Last Visited: 8/4/2008  

  During state post-conviction proceedings Vigo County Prosecutor Philip Adler, after consulting with members of Delores Wells family, agreed to ask the circuit court to modify Benefiel's sentence to a term of 120 years, if Benefiel would sign a document agreeing to not to pursue any further appeals.
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  Moreover, then Vigo County Prosecutor Philip I. Adler, did not urge either the jury or the judge to impose the death penalty, but rather asked each to simply do they be believed to be fair and just.

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