Justice Frank Sullivan, Jr.
(One hundred second Justice)

Frank Sullivan, Jr., was appointed to the Indiana Supreme Court effective November 1, 1993, by Governor Evan Bayh. During his tenure on the Court, he has authored more than 400 majority opinions dealing with issues of administrative, commercial, constitutional, corporate, criminal, environmental, family, real estate, tax, and tort law. Sullivan has also been active in the administrative work of the Supreme Court. He chairs the Court's Judicial Technology and Automation Committee and has been a frequent participant in bench, bar, and legal education activities.

Sullivan came to the state's highest court with a background in government service and private law practice. He served as Indiana State Budget Director from 1989 through 1992. Prior to state service, he practiced law in the Indianapolis office of Barnes & Thornburg.

Sullivan is a member of the American Law Institute and an adviser to its “Restatement of the Law Third Economic Torts and Related Wrongs” project. Sullivan is Chair-elect of the Appellate Judges Conference of the American Bar Association Judicial Division. From 2002-2005, he co-chaired the ABA's Judicial Clerkship Program that encourages minority law students to seek judicial clerkships. He is the recipient of the Indiana State Bar Association's 2002 Rabb Emison Award for “significant contribution made in advancing opportunities for minority lawyers in legal employment and the legal profession.” 

Sullivan is a native of South Bend. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College (A.B. cum laude in 1972), Indiana University School of Law – Bloomington (J.D. magna cum laude in 1982), and the University of Virginia School of Law (LL.M. in 2001). He is married to Cheryl G. Sullivan; they are the parents of three sons. An avid runner, Sullivan competed in the 2003 Boston Marathon.