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[SUPREME] Interview Times Set for Ten Supreme Court Applicants
Start Date: 8/7/2012 All Day
End Date: 8/7/2012
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The interview schedule for the ten candidates applying to be the 108th justice of the Indiana Supreme Court is now available. All semi-finalist applicants will be interviewed by the Commission on Wednesday, August 8, 2012.  The interviews are open to the public and press.
  • 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. – Hon. Marianne L. Vorhees
  • 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. – Hon. Cale J. Bradford
  • 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. – Ms. Erin Reilly Lewis
(Break)
  • 10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. – Mr. Geoffrey G. Slaughter
  • 10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. – Hon. Frances M. Gull
  • 11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. – Ms. Andrielle M. Metzel
(Lunch and Executive Session for Judicial Qualifications business)
  • 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Hon. Mary G. Willis
  • 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. – Mr. John P. Young
(Break)
  • 2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. – Hon. Steven R. Nation
  • 3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. – Hon. Loretta H. Rush
  • 4:00 p.m. – Deliberations in Executive Session followed by public session and vote to name three nominees for vacancy
The applications, along with writing samples, transcripts and letters of recommendation are available for review at the Indiana Supreme Court Law Library in Room 316 of the State House. Redacted versions of the applications are available online.

Justice Frank Sullivan, Jr. left the  bench on July 31, 2012, leaving a vacancy on the state’s highest court. According to the Indiana Constitution and state statute, the seven-member Judicial Nominating Commission must recruit and select candidates to fill vacancies on Indiana appellate courts. The Commission is chaired by Chief Justice Brent E. Dickson and includes three attorneys and three citizens.  After a series of public interviews, the Commission will send three candidates to Governor Mitch Daniels. The Governor will select Indiana's next justice within 60 days of receiving the list. 

The public interviews will take place at the State House in Room 319. After the interviews, the Commission will deliberate in executive session. The Commission will consider the applicants’ legal education, legal writings, reputation in the practice of law, physical condition, financial interests, activities in public service and any other pertinent information. 

The Commission will vote on and name the three final candidates in public after the executive session concludes on August 8th. A press release announcing the final candidates will be posted to courts.in.gov shortly after the public vote. 

After deliberations in executive session, the Commission will vote in public to send the three most qualified candidates to Governor Daniels. The Governor will select Indiana's 108th justice. 

Initially, 22 candidates applied for the vacancy. After public interviews on July 17th and 18th, the Commission narrowed the list to the ten who will be interviewed on August 8th. The interviews are open to the public. To respect the interview process and remove distractions for the candidates, the Commission has the following guidelines in place:
  1. Enter and exit the room only between interviews. 
  2. Computers for note taking will only be permitted if the keyboard is silent. 
  3. Set-up tripod and other equipment for video and still cameras between interviews. 
  4. Refrain from moving about the room during interviews.
  5. Only ambient lighting will be permitted. Artificial lighting such as flashbulbs and frezzi lights shall not be used.
  6. No mult box/audio equipment will be provided. Lavalier microphones will not be attached to applicant lapels. Wired or wireless microphones can be placed on the table in front of the applicant prior to the start of the interview. 
  7. Questioning of the applicant during the interview is reserved for the Commission. 
  8. At the applicant’s discretion, the public or press may interview him or her before or after the Commission interview outside the interview room.
  9. Members of the audience are requested to refrain from all other activities that might distract from the interview process. 
Media with questions can contact Supreme Court staffer David Remondini at (317) 233-8684 or dave.remondini@courts.in.gov. 
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Phone: 317-233-8684
Email: dave.remondini@courts.in.gov
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