Rokita s second job in the crosshairs
NIKI KELLY | The Journal Gazette
INDIANAPOLIS – Attorney General Todd Rokita has a second job that he says is approved by state ethics officials – but he won t let anyone see the informal advisory opinion supporting his claim.
Rokita took over as the state s top lawyer in January but continues to work at Apex Benefits – a benefits firm where he is strategic policy advisor and has an ownership interest. He previously was General Counsel and VP of external affairs.
Rokita makes $107,000 as Attorney General.
His office said he received an advisory opinion from the Inspector General s office “indicating that his interests and outside employment are all squarely within the boundaries of the law and do not conflict with his official duties.”
Indiana attorney general keeps job with health benefits firm
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Local lawyer who ran for prosecutor named deputy AG
1/1/21 2:45 AM
Indiana Attorney General-elect Todd Rokita has named Inspector General Lori Torres as chief deputy attorney general and chief of staff.
Torres, a Whiteland resident, was appointed to serve as inspector general in 2017 by Gov. Eric Holcomb.
She ran unsuccessfully for Johnson County prosecutor last year, after former prosecutor Brad Cooper was charged with multiple felonies stemming from a domestic battery incident at his Trafalgar home and eventually removed from office.
At the time, she cited an absence of leadership, integrity, professionalism and work ethic combined with a lack of respect and accountability at the highest level of the prosecutor’s office for a long period of time as the reason an outside leader was needed, and said she had the record necessary to serve as the prosecutor that the county expects and deserves.