Clerk Penny Bogan

Penny Bogan has traveled all over the world, but there has been a career constant in her life—the Boone County Clerk’s Office. She started working in the office in 1986. The secret to her 25-year success is pretty simple—her philosophy revolves around the importance of teamwork. “We’re all working with the same [...]

Judicial Hiring and Administrative Appointments Revisited

Some rules of conduct are worth repeating. This is one of them. Generally, it is not a good idea for a judge to hire a family member or friend as a court employee or to appoint them to an administrative position. There are a number of practical reasons for this view, including that [...]

Hon. Judith A. Stewart

This is the fourteenth of our Court Times articles that highlight up close and personal a member of the Indiana Judiciary. Brown County Circuit Court Judge Judith A. Stewart is our judge featured in this issue. Following law school, she accepted a one year clerkship for a federal judge, The Honorable Harold Baker, in [...]

Indiana’s New Risk Assessment Tools: What You Should Know

Milestone Marked in Evidence-Based Sentencing Practices
The implementation of new risk/needs assessment systems for Indiana’s juvenile and criminal justice systems marked an important milestone during 2010-2011. These tools are designed to provide Indiana’s courts with information about an offender’s potential risks and needs, allowing trial courts to provide appropriate sentences, supervision and treatment services. The [...]

A Framework for Innovation

A look at the award-winning INcite framework for court data sharing
In 2005, the Indiana Supreme Court’s Judicial Technology and Automation Committee (JTAC) initiated a project that would enable courts to submit electronically commercial driver violations to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV). Like other states, Indiana was at risk of losing millions in federal [...]

Hon. James D. Humphrey

This is the thirteenth of our Court Times articles that highlight up close and personal a member of the Indiana Judiciary. Dearborn-Ohio County Circuit Court Judge James D. Humphrey is our judge featured in this issue. He is a 1980 graduate of Indiana University, Bloomington, Bachelor of Arts, Phi Beta Kappa and with highest [...]

Employee Handbooks: Neither Fish Nor Fowl

The legal status of court employees is both unique and confounding. A myriad of statutes require the counties to provide space and funding so that the courts may operate. The circuit and superior courtrooms are the showpiece of most county facilities. The healthcare and pension benefits provided to court employees are the [...]

New Officers Elected in Marion County

Marion County Judges announced the results of their election of new officers.
The Executive Committee is: Judge John Hanley, Presiding Judge, Judge David Certo, Judge Becky Pierson-Treacy and Judge Marc Rothenberg.
The new Criminal term chair is Judge Linda Brown. The new Civil term chair is Judge Ted Sosin.

E-Tickets Bring Recognition and Funding to Indiana Courts

Indiana’s E-Ticket system has been one of the most recognized Judicial Technology and Automation Committee (JTAC) projects, in part because it has had a huge impact on officer safety and the reduction of data entry across agencies. Combined with Odyssey, E-Tickets offer law enforcement and courts an end-to-end electronic solution that saves time and [...]

Hon. J. Steven Cox

This is the twelfth of our Court Times articles that highlight up close and personal a member of the Indiana Judiciary. Franklin County Circuit Court Judge J. Steven Cox is our judge featured in this issue. Since Law School and before becoming Judge of the Franklin Circuit Court, he was engaged in private practice, served [...]

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