About
I turned into admitted to practice law for the duration of the nation of Indiana in 1998. As a popular practice legal professional, I actually have enjoy in each criminal and civil regulation. I practiced law for over 14 years and constructed a a hit personal exercise before serving as a judicial officer in Marion County, Indiana for three.five years. As a judicial officer, I changed into assigned to the Arrestee Processing Center (APC) and predominant criminal drug court docket where I targeted my efforts on hassle solving and lowering recidivism through perpetrator training efforts. Returning to non-public exercise in October, 2016, I expecs to comprise the instructions I discovered from the judiciary in assessing the strengths and weaknesses of my customer’s instances. I have important felony trial & appellate advocacy revel in. While many legal professionals will spend a whole profession and in no way have the possibility to argue before the Indiana Supreme Court, I ve achieved so 3 (three) times. Those decisions have helped form Indiana law inside the regions of Operating a Vehicle whilst Intoxicated and Habitual Traffic Violator offenses. In 2013, I retired as a field grade officer in the U.S. Army Reserves after serving for 25 years. Originally enlisting as a private out of high college in 1988, I changed into later commissioned via ROTC as a Second Lieutenant within the Military Police and finished the U.S. Army’s Airborne school. I served as a commander of the 384th MP HHC in Fort Wayne, IN, earlier than transferring to the Judge Advocates General (JAG) Corps in 2000 wherein I served the remainder of my Army profession as a navy legal professional. In 2003, I deployed to Iraq as a JAG officer with the 800th Military Police Battalion in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. I turned into assigned to the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in the Iraqi Ministry of Justice wherein I served as the “ombudsman” for juvenile and girl detainees. I earned the Bronze Star during my deployment for a whole lot of accomplishments. › ›
Location
Legal Issues
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- DUI & DWI
- Juvenile Law
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- White Collar Crime
- Traffic Tickets
- Suspended License
- Military Law
- Veteran s Benefits
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father s Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
Costs
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Certificates
Indiana State Bar
Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
Accepted Jurisdictions
Experience
- Lawyer (Of Counsel)
CATE, TERRY, AND GOOKINS, LLC
2016 - Adjunct Professor- Substantive Criminal Law
Indiana University - Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis
2016 - Judicial Officer (Commissioner)
Marion County Courts
2013 - Lawyer (Of Counsel)
GARRISON LAW FIRM, LLC
2005 - Lawyer
STRODTMAN & SEITER
2004 - Judge Advocate Officer
US Army (OIF)
2003 - Lawyer
STRODTMAN & ASSOCIATES
1998 - Bailiff
Marion County Superior Court 10 (Judge Richard Huston)
1995
Educations
Graduation year: 1994
Graduation year: 1990
