Judge Ezra H. Friedlander
(Second District)

416 State House
Indianapolis, IN  46204
(317) 232-6892

Ezra H. Friedlander, the Presiding Judge of the Court of Appeals' Second District, was appointed to the Court of Appeals by Governor Evan Bayh in January 1993. A native of New Jersey, Judge Friedlander graduated from Indiana University in 1962 with a BA in History and Government. He earned his law degree from Indiana University School of Law in 1965.

Judge Friedlander practiced law for 27 years before being appointed to the bench. His practice was primarily in the area of civil law, but he also served as a deputy prosecutor in Lake and Marion counties and as corporate counsel to the Secretary of State’s Office.

Judge Friedlander is chair of the Indiana Supreme Court’s Commission on Race and Gender Fairness. He is a member of the Indiana State and American bar associations; American Judicature Society; the Indiana Judges Association; and the Indiana Court of Appeals External Relations Committee. He is a graduate of New York University’s Appellate Judges Institute of Judicial Administration. Judge Friedlander is a past member of the Board of Managers of the Indiana State Bar Association and past chair of the its Young Lawyers Section. He is also a Fellow of the Indiana State Bar Foundation. He has previously been active in the American Bar Association’s Judicial Division as well as many other areas of the bar, including the Indianapolis Bar Association and the Indianapolis Bar Foundation.

Judge Friedlander stays actively involved at his alma mater by serving on the Dean’s Advisory Board of the College of Arts and Sciences, including as chairman of the Committee on Directors. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Indiana University Foundation, chairs its Committee on Directors, and is a member of the Foundation’s Executive Committee. Judge Friedlander was honored by the IU School of Law as a member of its Academy of Law Alumni Fellows.

Judge Friedlander also remains actively involved in Hamilton County community efforts. He was a member of the local organizing committee for the 2005 Solheim Cup; the 2002 World Basketball Championships; and is a founder of the Carmel Youth Soccer Association.

Judge Friedlander, who was retained on the Court of Appeals by election in 1996 and 2006, is married and has three children.