ST. JOSEPH SUPERIOR COURT

JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION

Application for Judicial Vacancy

Please complete all questions, answering “None” or “Not Applicable” where appropriate. Please make every effort to confine your answers to the space provided. The Commission may interview or otherwise consult members of the legal and judicial community concerning the professional competence and integrity of the candidate, and may make credit, disciplinary, and criminal investigations of applicants. The Commission may ask follow-up questions via e-mail prior to the interview. PLEASE INCLUDE A CURRENT PHOTO AND A SHORT BIOGRAPHY (NO MORE THAN 3 PARAGRAPHS) WITH YOUR APPLICATION.

General Information

Name
Business Address
Business Telephone
E-mail Address

Education

  1. Undergraduate school(s)

Name of School / Dates Attended / Degree Received
  1. Law School(s) – Attach a copy of your law school transcript.

Name of School / Dates Attended / Degrees Received
  1. Other Educational Institution(s).

Name of School / Dates Attended / Course of Study
  1. Academic Honors and Achievements.
  1. Academic or Educational Disciplinary Record.

Military Service

Dates / Branch of Service / Discharge Status

Experience

  1. Nature, location, and dates of private law practice.
  1. Nature, location, and dates of government service in law-related capacity.
  1. Nature, location, and dates of prior service in judicial office – include name of court.
  1. Nature, location, and dates of service as professor or instructor in law.
  1. Nature, location, and dates of other legal experience.
  1. Nature, location, and dates of all relevant non-legal experience.

Legal Work and Writings

  1. Three of the most significant legal matters you have personally handled.

(1)
(2)
(3)
  1. Names and judicial office held by up to three judges before whom you have appeared during the last three years.

Name / Judicial Office
  1. Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of three adversary counsel against whom you have litigated your principal cases during the last three years.

Name / Address / Telephone No.
  1. Experience (whether in private practice or governmental capacity) with trial memoranda and appellate brief writing – Please attach a sample.
  1. Experience with legislative drafting – If enacted, refer to by subject matter and official citation. If not enacted, refer to by subject matter and date only. Please attach a sample.
  1. Contributions to legal journals and other professional publications – Refer to by citation, if any. Feel free to attach a sample.
  1. Writings and speeches concerning public affairs and contemporary problems – Refer to by citation, if any. Feel free to attach a sample.

Public and Professional Service

  1. Efforts and achievements in improving the administration of justice – Mention specific projects or efforts relating to court modernization and legal or judicial reform.
  1. Efforts and achievements in providing pro bono legal services and legal education – include community legal education projects.
  1. Community service and volunteer efforts.
  1. Membership and positions held in professional organizations.

Financial Interests and organizational memberships

  1. Indiana Code Section 33-23-11-15 provides that “[i]n a county where judges are selected by a county commission on judicial qualifications, a candidate must file a [S]tatement [of Economic Interests] with the county commission on judicial qualifications and with the commission on judicial qualifications.” Attach the Statement of Economic Interests required by Indiana Code Section 33-23-11-15. See the Appendix to this application.
  1. Details of any bankruptcy, tax lien, or other collection proceeding to which you have been a party as debtor.
  1. Membership and positions in educational, religious, charitable, fraternal, or civic organizations in which you are an officer, director, advisor, or other active participant. In addition, include any organization in which you are a member that practices invidious discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, or national origin.

Allegations of Misconduct

  1. Details of any arrest, charge, or conviction for violation of any federal, state, or local law, regulation or ordinance. Do not include traffic infractions unless they directly or indirectly caused your driver’s license to be suspended.
  1. Details of any civil proceeding in which you were charged with conduct alleged to involve dishonest or unethical conduct.
  1. Details of any discipline or citation (including private reprimand) of you by any court, administrative agency, bar association, or other professional group for breach of ethics or unprofessional conduct.

Additional Information

Within the space provided, feel free to provide any additional information that you believe would assist the Commission in its consideration of your application.

References

Please list three personal and three professional references. Please include current telephone numbers.

Personal References / Professional References

Statement of Consent

The undersigned agrees that the St. Joseph Superior Court Judicial Nominating Commission or its agents or employees may interview or otherwise consult members of the legal and judicial community concerning the professional competence and integrity of the candidate, that credit, disciplinary, and criminal investigations may be made, and, further, that if certified by the Judicial Nominating Commission to the Governor and thereafter appointed to judicial office, the candidate will accept the appointment.

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Signature

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Name Printed

Appendix

IC 33-23-11-14
Annual statement of economic interests
Sec. 14. (a) The following shall file with the commission on judicial qualifications an annual statement of economic interests:
(1) Justices, judges, and prosecuting attorneys.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (c), any candidate for one (1) of the offices listed in subdivision (1) who is not the holder of that office.
(b) Justices and judges who are candidates for retention in office are subject to IC3-9.
(c) This section does not apply to a candidate for an appointment pro tempore to fill a vacancy in an office under IC3-13.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.127-2008, SEC.5.

IC 33-23-11-15
Filing of statement
Sec. 15. (a) The statement of economic interests must be filed with the commission on judicial qualifications:
(1) not later than February 1 if the individual is required to file the statement as an officeholder; or
(2) if a candidate for office, before the individual (or a political party officer acting on behalf of the individual) files:
(A) a declaration of candidacy, if required under IC3-8-2 or IC3-8-4-11;
(B) a certified petition of nomination with the Indiana election division under IC3-8-6;
(C) a certificate of nomination under IC3-8-7-8;

(D) a certificate of candidate selection under IC3-13-1 or IC3-13-2; or
(E) a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, if required under IC3-8-2.
(b) In a county where judges are selected by a county commission on judicial qualifications, a candidate must file a statement with the county commission on judicial qualifications and with the commission on judicial qualifications.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.2.

IC 33-23-11-16
Contents of statement of economic interests
Sec. 16. The statement of economic interests must set forth the following information for the preceding calendar year:
(1) The name and address of any person other than a spouse or close relative from whom the justice, judge, or prosecuting attorney received a gift or gifts having a total fair market value of more than one hundred dollars ($100).
(2) The name of the employer of the justice, judge, or prosecuting attorney and the employer of the spouse of the justice, judge, or prosecuting attorney.
(3) The nature of the employer's business.
(4) The name of any sole proprietorship owned or professional practice operated by the justice, judge, or prosecuting attorney, or the spouse of the justice, judge, or prosecuting attorney, and the nature of the business.
(5) The name of any partnership of which the justice, judge, or prosecuting attorney, or the spouse of the justice, judge, or prosecuting attorney, is a member and the nature of the partnership's business.
(6) The name of any corporation (except a church) of which the justice, judge, or prosecuting attorney, or the spouse of the justice, judge, or prosecuting attorney, is an officer or a director and the nature of the corporation's business.
(7) The name of any corporation in which the justice, judge, or prosecuting attorney, or the spouse or unemancipated children less than eighteen (18) years of age of the justice, judge, or prosecuting attorney, owns stock or stock options having a fair market value of more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.127-2008, SEC.6.

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