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Supreme Court of Indiana
Division of State Court Administration
30 S. Meridian Street, Ste 500
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Dr. Elizabeth R. Osborn
Coordinator for
Public History and
Education Programs
Pho: 317.233.8682
elizabeth.osborn@courts.IN.gov
Sarah Kidwell
Outreach Coordinator
Pho: 317.234.3055
sarah.kidwell@courts.IN.gov
2011 Outstanding Public
History Project Award
from the National Council
on Public History
Justice Mark S. Massa
(One hundred seventh Justice)
Mark S. Massa was appointed to the Indiana Supreme Court by Governor Mitch Daniels in March 2012.
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1961, Justice Massa moved to Indiana to pursue his education. He is a graduate of Indiana University (B.A. 1983) and Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law (J.D. 1989).
Justice Massa worked as a reporter for The Evansville Press after graduating from Indiana University. While attending law school, he worked as a speechwriter and deputy press secretary for Governor Robert Orr.
Prior to his appointment to the Indiana Supreme Court, Justice Massa served as the Executive Director of the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute. Among his other notable accomplishments include his tenure as General Counsel to Governor Mitch Daniels from 2006 to 2010 and his role as Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Indiana. He also served as Chief Counsel to the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office from 1995 to 1998 and again from 1999 to 2002. At the start of his law career, Justice Massa worked as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in Marion County, as a law clerk for then Indiana Chief Justice Randall Shepard and as an associate in private practice.
Justice Massa is a member of the American Bar Association, the Indiana State Bar Association, the Indianapolis Bar Association, and the Sagamore American Inn of Court.
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