The Indiana Supreme Court,established by Article 7 of the Indiana Constitution,is the highest judicial authority in the state of Indiana. Located in Indianapolis,the Court's chambers are in the north wing of the Indiana Statehouse.
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana was created in 1928 by an act of Congress that split Indiana into two separate districts,northern and southern. As part of the act,the Northern District was divided into three divisions,South Bend,Fort Wayne,and Hammond. Appeals from this court are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The court has eight judges and four magistrate judges. As of October 2021,the United States attorney is Clifford D. Johnson.
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana is a federal district court in Indiana. It was created in 1928 by an act of Congress that split Indiana into two separate districts,northern and southern. The Southern District is divided into four divisions,Indianapolis,Terre Haute,Evansville,and New Albany. Appeals from the Southern District of Indiana are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The court has five judges,four full-time United States magistrate judges and two part-time magistrate judges.
Lorna Elizabeth Lockwood was an American lawyer and judge who served as justice of the Arizona Supreme Court.
Steven H. David is a former justice of the Indiana Supreme Court. David previously served as a lawyer and military officer. He retired from the United States Army Reserve in September 2010 with the rank of colonel.
Fred Carl Gause was an American lawyer,politician,and judge who served as a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from November 1,1923 to January 5,1925.
Frederick Eugene Rakestraw was an American lawyer,politician,and judge who served as a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from January 7,1966 to January 2,1967.
Harold Edward Achor was an American lawyer,politician,and judge who served as a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from January 3,1955 to December 12,1966.
Louis Blasdel Ewbank was an American lawyer,politician,judge,and jurist. He served as a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from January 1,1920 to January 3,1927. He was considered by President Warren G. Harding as a potential nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Norman Frank Arterburn was an American lawyer,politician,and judge who served as a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from May 23,1955,to May 13,1977.
Roger Owen DeBruler was an American lawyer,politician,and judge who served as a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from September 30,1968 to August 8,1996.
John H. Burford was an American judge who served as justice of the Territorial Oklahoma Supreme Court from 1892 to 1906,serving as the final Chief Justice of that court from 1898 to 1903. After the territorial supreme court was dissolved at statehood,Burford served as City Attorney for Guthrie,Oklahoma,where he had made his home. He was the Republican Party nominee for U. S. Senator in 1914,but lost the election.
Derek Read Molter is an American lawyer from Indiana who serves as a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court since 2022,after he was appointed by Governor Eric Holcomb. He previously served as a judge of the Indiana Court of Appeals from 2021 to 2022.
Heather A. Welch is an American judge on the Marion County,Indiana Superior Court,located in Indianapolis,Indiana. She was instrumental in developing Indiana's Commercial Courts,on which she served as one of its initial judges until her retirement. She has served as a judicial leader in Indiana and nationally,among other things being the incoming chair of the American Bar Association's Judicial Division in 2024,and has received numerous awards for her judicial service.
Craig J. Bobay is an American judge who has served in Indiana's state courts in Allen County. He has served on the Superior Court since 2013,and held various leadership positions on that court. He also played a key part in establishing and developing Indiana's Commercial Courts,both as a leader in studying and planning for these courts creation and operation in numerous Indiana counties,and in serving as a specialist business court judge himself in Allen's Commercial Court. Before going to law school,he worked for Indiana's Superior Court as an administrator,and was a juvenile probation office. After law school,he served as a federal judicial clerk before entering the practice of law.
Jennifer Drechsel Bailey is a retired American judge who served for 30 years in Florida's Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court in Miami-Dade County. She is recognized nationally,statewide,and locally for her work on improving justice in the civil litigation system through studying,understanding,and implementing effective changes to court and judicial case management.
Jerome B. Abrams is an American judge who served as a district court judge in Minnesota for 14 years. He has been involved with studying and implementing changes to the civil litigation process in Minnesota and nationally.
