*Survey respondents were asked to comment only upon those candidates with whom they have had direct professional contact within the last four years.  All questions were optional.

Education:
Received my J.D. from Indiana University – Bloomington in 1988; Purdue undergraduate AD and BA degrees; 1974 Pike High School Graduate.

Judicial Experience:
Worked for six years as a Master Commissioner in Marion Superior Courts, serving in Court 20 handling major felony drug cases, in Court 13 hearing misdemeanor traffic and civil traffic cases, in D felony court, and Initial Hearing court. For the past eleven years and currently serving as a Judge in Marion Superior Court, Criminal Division, Court 19, handling misdemeanors

Significant Legal Accomplishments:
Currently serving as a Co-Presiding Judge for Marion Superior Court, Past Chair of the Criminal Term for Marion Superior Court. Helped train Marion County sheriff Special Deputies. Consistently for years resolved the most cases in the Misdemeanor Division of Marion Superior Court.

Other Legal Involvement:
Worked in civil private practice and held a clerkship on the Indiana Court of Appeals. Served as a Deputy Prosecutor nearly four years in misdemeanor, D felony, and Grand Jury. Served on IBA’s Bench Bar committee. Serve on IBA’s Modest Means committee and helped create the financial information sheet used in the program and oversaw its Spanish translation. Presented CLE for IBA and MCBA. Serve on Indiana Judicial Center committee: Criminal Law Policy, addressing statewide judicial criminal law policy concerns. Serve on Indiana Judicial Center CADPAC committee and a policy sub-committee addressing statewide issues regarding alcohol and drug related court policy. Served on Indiana Judicial Center Bench Book Committee revising/updating the bench book which is provided to all judges in Indiana for use in all judicial procedures. Served/serving on five different committees of Marion Superior Courts. Created the script for a CD made available on the Court’s shared computer system with common Spanish language phrases used in Court by Spanish-speaking defendants. Member - Indiana State Bar Association, IBA, and Marion County Bar Association.

Personal Statement:
After college, I worked as a Registered Nurse for almost seven years and still maintain my R.N. license. As guardian of my brother, who has been institutionalized in mental health facilities for over thirty-five years, I have attended to his needs and visited him twice a month for over twenty-five years. This provides me with a better understanding and I am better attuned to the mental health and physical health of defendants, which has very often been a factor in criminal cases. I am involved in and concerned about our city and society, and being “my brother’s keeper” contributes to my qualifications as judge. Living in Indiana for over 50 years and in Indianapolis for over 35 of those years, I have learned much about our community. A life-long Methodist , I have been actively involved in my church my whole life. I hope you will agree my experience makes me a well-rounded person, qualified to continue serving Marion County as judge.