Howes & Howes Law Firm

08/04/2024

Howes & Howes Law Firm is thrilled to announce the addition of Attorney Hannah L. Dunham to our team of legal professionals. Hannah’s practice will focus on Estate Planning, Business Law, Real Estate Transactions, Taxation, Contracts and Civil Litigation.

Hannah is a 2023 graduate of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University where she graduated with honors and received academic awards for Legal Analysis, Estate & Gift Tax, and Legal Research and Writing. Hannah earned a Bachelor of Arts from Indiana University, Bloomington, receiving a Business Foundations Certificate from the Kelley School of Business and graduating with honors in 2020.

She recently worked at a firm in Lake County, Indiana specializing in civil litigation and insurance defense with a focus on medical malpractice.

Hannah was born and raised in La Porte and we are pleased to welcome her home. Her skills and expertise will be an asset to our firm, our clients and to the La Porte legal community.

To set an appointment with Hannah, please call our office at (219) 326-7070 or email her directly at [email protected].

05/02/2024

Happy “50 Years A Lawyer”!

It was 50 years ago on May 1st that Ralph Howes was sworn in and admitted to the Indiana Bar. However, there was no time to celebrate. He immediately hopped on a flight back to Newport News, Virginia, as he only had a 24 hour pass from the Army to come to Indiana for the ceremony. Congratulations on 50 years.

05/27/2022

Howes & Howes is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of Arts in the Park. This incredible organization will be bringing free concerts to Fox Park in La Porte all summer long. Check out the summer schedule and make some plans to catch some great shows! Opening night is next Thursday.

08/19/2021

Howes & Howes Law Firm has joined forces with the City of La Porte, Laura Cutler and Bethany, her talented art student at IUSB, to paint a mural on the back of our office building.

This is not the final project. Laura tells me this a "doodle grid", a technique used by artists to scale up their design. The actual mural will be painted over this.

Bethany will be painting on the weekends now though the Sunflower Festival. We will continue to post photos of the project as it takes shape.

06/18/2021

Howes & Howes Law Firm has an immediate opening for a legal secretary / paralegal position. This individual will work directly with attorneys to assist in management of cases, filing cases with the courts, and communication with clients. Must have above average computer / typing skills, be a good communicator, possess excellent organizational skills, be able to multi-task, comport themselves in a professional manner and be ready to work. Past legal or paralegal experience is a plus but not necessary. We will train. If interested, send resume directly to [email protected]

11/09/2020

Thank you Ralph Howes. All our candidates send out a great sign of appreciation for your hard and tireless work during the election. Chuck Watterson woke up to a 102 fever on election day. We called Ralph and he stepped in as our election board proxy. Ralph worked late into the night for 2 days to makes sure votes were counted properly. Ralph teamed with Nelson Picardo, who also did an outstanding job, to get the votes counted. With Ralph's 20 years experience as an election board member he was instrumental in getting the job done. THANK YOU again.

03/16/2020

Howes & Howes will be keeping normal business hours for the foreseeable future. While the Courts are still open and holding hearings, a certain amount of contact is unavoidable. But most of what we do can be handled over the phone or email and do not necessarily require face-to-face meetings. Please consider all other contact options before coming to our office during this most concerning time.

01/29/2019

Howes & Howes will be closed Wednesday (and potentially Thursday depending on conditions). If you need assistance, please contact us through our website. Please be safe out there.

12/13/2018

Talk To A Lawyer Day will be held on January 21, 2019 at the Michigan City and La Porte Libraries. Members of our community may meet with attorneys in one-on-one sessions and seek legal guidance on a variety of issues at no cost.

01/12/2018

Howes & Howes attorneys Shane Watson and Ralph Howes will be participating in "Talk to a Lawyer Day" at the La Porte County Library on Monday, January 15, 2018.

Talk to a Lawyer Day is a pro bono program sponsored by the Indiana State Bar Association and aims to provide free legal assistance to the underserved. It is held as an annual tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In addition to the La Porte County Library, numerous walk-in site locations are available across the state. Further, a statewide hotline for callers will be available by calling 1.800.266.2581 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Spanish-speaking callers can call the same hotline from 3 to 5 p.m. for assistance.

http://www.inbar.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1035235&group=

06/13/2017

On this day in 1966, the Supreme Court handed its decision in Miranda v. Arizona, establishing the principle that all criminal suspects must be advised of their rights before police interrogation.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-miranda-rights-are-established

On this day in History, The Miranda rights are established on Jun 13, 1966. Learn more about what happened today on History.

01/16/2017

Attorney Shane Watson will be participating in "Talk to a Lawyer Day" at Bethany Church from 1:00-3:00 p.m. this afternoon. Shane and other participating lawyers will answer your questions and provide legal guidance at no cost. The event runs all day and is held annually by the La Porte County Bar Association to honor Martin Luther King.