Judge Maria Granger, Founder of Indiana’s First Veterans Court, was a guest at the State of the Union Address.
U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly invited Floyd County Superior Court Judge Maria Granger as his guest to President Obama’s final State of the Union speech. Judge Granger established Indiana’s first Veterans Court in 2011, and there are now fifteen Veterans Courts in the state with nine more in the planning stages.
Donnelly said, “It is my honor to bring Judge Granger to the State of the Union. Her leadership in establishing and expanding Veterans Courts is improving lives for Hoosiers and helping veterans involved with the criminal justice system, especially those dealing with mental health issues or substance abuse, get their lives back on track. These innovative courts are a model for other communities and states as our country works to get veterans the treatment or help that they need, while connecting them with the benefits they have earned serving our country.”
Judge Granger, a native of Washington, Indiana, is a graduate of Indiana University and Indiana University’s McKinney School of Law, and has been the Presiding Judge of Floyd Superior Court 3 in New Albany since 2009. She shares her thoughts on Veterans Courts in this issue.