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  NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release Banks & Brower open for business on northwest side of Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN (January 7, 2013) Local attorneys Brad Banks, J.D. and Adam Brower, J.D. have recently opened their legal practice, Banks & Brower, in northwest Indianapolis.  Banks & Brower practice areas include: criminal, DUI, family law, business law, construction law, and education/school law. Mr. Banks graduated from the law school at Valparaiso University and earned his undergraduate degree…

How Standardized Field Sobriety Tests Impact the Validity of Your DUI Arrest.  – As part of almost every single DUI arrest an officer typically will  use roadside Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) as a way to determine a driver’s level of intoxication. In fact, often times an officer will use the results of those SFST’s as a means for determining probable cause to offer that driver a Chemical Breath Test. As such, it is crucial…

A Summary of the Pending Proposed Changes to the Indiana’s Parenting Time Guidelines The parenting time guidelines have been utilized as a guidepost for attorneys and divorcing parents for years.  Currently, there are a number of changes that have been proposed to these guidelines.  This blog post seeks to summarize the significant proposed changes.  To see the full set of current guidelines along with the proposed changes, click here. The one area that the proposed…

Wills and Advance Directives.  What Are They and Why You Need Them   The topic of wills and advance directives is one people don’t like to think about because it involves thinking about the end of life.  However, that is exactly why you should think about it.  Death can come at any time, life is unpredictable.  Planning for the inevitable with advance directives makes what is always an emotional time period for the survivors at…