AJS presents Dwight D. Opperman Award to Chief Justice Shepard
Hon. Randall T. Shepard, Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, has been selected as the recipient of the Sixth Annual Dwight D. Opperman Award for Judicial Excellence. The award was presented on April 14 at a luncheon during the Judicial Conference Spring Judicial College.
Lake County Courts Building named for Justice Robert D. Rucker
The Lake County Superior Court House in Gary will be named the Robert D. Rucker Building in honor of Indiana Supreme Court Justice Robert Rucker who is a Gary native.
Noble County Judge Kramer wins national award for drug court
Noble Superior Judge Michael J. Kramer was named an Advocate of the Year at the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America’s National Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C.
New attorneys at State Court Administration
[These three new lawyers were hired to replace five lawyers who have left employment with State Court Administration.]
Doyal McLemore comes to us from Fort Wayne where he practiced law, and will be working on our Trial Court Management Team.
Michele Lofthouse joins us after practicing law in Indianapolis and Greenfield and will be dividing her time between Judicial Qualifications and the Public Defender Commission.
Elizabeth Daulton will be working primarily as our Project Manager for the Mortgage Foreclosure Settlement Conference project. She was sworn in last fall and married the next day. She is from the Madison, Ind. area and attended Berea College in Kentucky.