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A former Johnson County judge has been suspended from the practice of law after being found guilty of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a Level 6 felony.
Jeffrey Eggers is suspended from the practice immediately following a request for suspension from the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission.
He did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Eggers was appointed as Johnson County Superior Court Judge in 1983 and later moved to the Circuit Court in 1987. He left for private practice in 1994.
Last summer, Eggers was found guilty of OWI and sentenced to home detention, according to online court records.
It was not the first time Eggers has faced OWI charges.
In August 2023, he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and endangering a person following an unrelated incident that happened in February 2023. In that case, Eggers was sentenced to a year in jail, 357 days of which were suspended to probation. He was also given credit for several days served.
In December 2022, he was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, endangering a person and operating a vehicle with alcohol concentration equivalent to 0.15 or more. Those charges were later dismissed, according to MyCase.
At the time of his those charges, Eggers had recently been serving as judge pro tempore of Morgan Superior Court for Court of Appeals Judge Peter Foley, who was appointed to the appellate court in October 2022. A week before his charges were filed, an order was issued by the state Supreme Court saying he would no longer be available to serve.
Eggers’ interim attorney suspension will continue until further order of the Indiana Supreme Court. He must fulfill the duties of a suspended attorney according to Admission and Discipline Rule 23(26).
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