Cara has handled research, writing, and editing projects for other attorneys, including dispositive pretrial motions and legal memoranda, requests for permission to seek an interlocutory appeal, original actions, presentencing considerations, such as double jeopardy, and post-trial motions. She has assisted counsel at the trial level in presenting and preserving legal issues for a potential appeal, and in discussing trial strategy.
Cara has extensive experience arguing cases in Indiana’s appellate courts, including 16 arguments in the Supreme Court of Indiana and 8 oral arguments in the Indiana Court of Appeals. She has used this experience to prepare and moot other attorneys for their upcoming oral arguments.
Finally, Cara authored the Indiana Sex Offender Pamphlet for the Indiana Public Defender Council, a resource for criminal defense attorneys on offender registration issues. She has assisted attorneys in understanding the offender registration consequences of guilty plea negotiations and guided litigation in registration violation and removal cases.