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The Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission is seeking applications to fill a vacancy on the Indiana Court of Appeals that will be created this summer when Judge Patricia Riley retires.
Riley will step down after serving on the state’s second-highest court since 1994, when she was named by then-Gov. Evan Bayh.
Candidates to succeed her must be an Indiana resident living in the third appellate district which covers northern Indiana. Candidates must also be a member of the Indiana Bar for at least ten years or have served as an Indiana judge for five years. Candidates must provide pertinent background information, writing samples, references, and educational transcripts.
Applications are due by noon on June 7.
The commission will consider the applications and letters of recommendation and then conduct public interviews of qualified candidates. Interviews are expected to be conducted June 24-25 and July 22-23.
After deliberating in executive session, the commission will publicly vote to send the three most qualified names to Gov. Eric Holcomb. Holcomb will have 60 days to select Indiana’s next Court of Appeals judge from the three names submitted by the Commission.
Riley rose to the appellate court after serving as Jasper Superior Court judge from 1990 to 1993.
She earned her bachelor’s degree from Indiana University-Bloomington in 1971 and her law degree from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 1974
Early in her career, she served as a deputy prosecutor in Marion County and a public defender in Marion and Jasper counties before entering into private practice in Jasper County.
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