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Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Ind. Courts - Recap of the semifinalists selected for the Supreme Court vacancy
One final post this evening by the hard-working Professor Schumm. As he told me, now back to grading papers ...
As expected, the list of 34 has been whittled down to nine. But, although a majority of the applicants were women (19), a slight majority—five—of the finalists are men (David, Fisher, Mulvaney, Nation, and Steele) and only four women (Boshkoff, Drew, Emkes, and Moberly) remain.
Four finalists are trial judges: David, Nation, Emkes, and Moberly. One is a state senator (Steele), and the other four are either big firm lawyers (Boshkoff and Mulvaney), in-house university counsel (Drew), or a governmental lawyer (Fisher).
Seven are from Indianapolis or a donut county, while only two come from other parts of the state: Drew is from Bloomington and Steele is from Bedford.
The ages range from 41 (Fisher) to 62 (Steele) with Drew (48), Boshkoff (49), Emkes (51), David (53), Moberly (56), Mulvaney (60), and Nation (60) rounding out the middle.
There are no major surprises on the list. Many, if not most, trial judges are always regarded as solid candidates. When a state senator (Cleo Washington) applied in 1999, he also made the second round. The practitioners all have distinguished academic and practice records.
What’s next? The nine semi-finalists will face a second round of questioning on July 30. Between now and then, commission members will call their references.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 7, 2010 07:15 PM
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