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Monday, August 02, 2010

Ind. Courts - Governor Daniels appoints Marion Superior Court judge

From a press release just issued:

INDIANAPOLIS (August 2, 2010) – Governor Mitch Daniels today announced the appointment of Barbra L. Cook Crawford as judge of the Marion Superior Court. She succeeds Judge Tanya Walton Pratt, who was appointed to the U.S. Southern District Court.

Cook Crawford has served much of the last two decades in the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office, most recently as deputy prosecutor overseeing the criminal charging division. She has previously worked in the Office of the Indiana Attorney General and the Marion County Public Defender’s Office.

Since 1998, Cook Crawford has served as adjunct instructor at the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, teaching courses in trial advocacy.

She received her undergraduate degree from Bowling Green State University and her law degree from Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis.

Her appointment is effective Aug. 3.

Here is the list of the nine who applied.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on August 2, 2010 04:21 PM
Posted to Indiana Courts