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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Ind. Courts - Martha Wentworth named new Tax Court judge [Updated]
Apparently the Governor issued a news release, but the ILB has not received it, and the announcement is not yet posted on the Governor's news release page.
Here is the Sept. 20, 2010 ILB entry detailing the 7 semi-finalists.
Here is the Nov. 5, 2010 letter from the Chief Justice to the Governor, detailing the three finalists' qualifications.
Congratulations to the new Indiana Tax Court Judge, Martha Wentworth!
[Updated at 4:41 PM] Just received, the press release:
INDIANAPOLIS (December 22, 2010) – Governor Mitch Daniels today announced he has selected Martha B. Wentworth as the next Indiana Tax Court judge. Wentworth will replace Judge Thomas G. Fisher, who will retire from the court on January 1.“Martha has a decades deep knowledge of tax law and a strong reputation for fairness and consistency. I know she will fit the Tax Court role superbly,” said Daniels.
Wentworth has an extensive background in tax law. She clerked for Judge Fisher, Indiana’s first tax court judge, from 1990-92 before entering private practice. Since 1998, she has been with Deloitte Tax LLP, serving as a senior tax manager, level 1 firm tax director and level 2 tax director. She also has taught graduate level classes in state and local taxes at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business since 2000.
“I am proud to accept the position as the next Indiana Tax Court Judge from such a qualified panel of applicants, and I am humbled to have been chosen by the governor to try to fill the shoes of my mentor and friend, Judge Thomas Fisher,” Wentworth said. “My goal is to maintain the tax court as a forum where devotion to the rule of law, fairness to all litigants, and professional civility are the benchmarks.”
Wentworth was born in Detroit, Michigan and moved to Indiana during high school. She earned undergraduate degrees from the former Bennett College of Millbrook, New York and Indiana University and her law degree from Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law.
Hendricks Superior Court Judge Karen M. Love and Joby D. Jerrells, a lawyer in the Indiana Attorney General’s office, were the other two finalists.
A date for Wentworth’s robing ceremony will be determined by the Supreme Court.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 22, 2010 04:07 PM
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