Several law firms, and the Indiana State Bar Association itself, are learning the value of disaster planning this week. The storms that hit the Regions Bank Building in downtown Indianapolis Sunday night have left the 35 story building uninhabitable, and several floors demolished.
"It looks like it was a bomb," one downtown attorney said, after seeing the damage on Monday morning. People in Lockerbie Square just east of downtown Indianapolis, were reporting picking up legal papers from their front yards, trees and bushes.
At this point, the fate of the building itself is unclear, as are immediate plans for getting the 35 tennants of the building up and running again -- including law firms of Sommer & Barnard and Krieg DeVault, as well as the offices of the Indiana State Bar Association.
The photo from the Indianapolis Star website shows a bookcase sitting in the open among broken glass and twisted metal in the Kreig DeVault firm on the 30th floor of the Regions Bank Building, formerly the Indiana National Bank tower.
On April 21, the Indiana State Bar Association is holding a session on disaster planning as part of the Spring Get-Away to New Orleans. It will feature New Orleans lawyers sharing their experiences and suggestions concerning disaster preparedness. The events of the past few days have brought this even closer to home. There is still time to sign up. Even with the damage, the ISBA's servers are still up and running, and you can even sign up on line at www.inbar.org.
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