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Purpose
The purpose of commercial courts is to
- establish judicial structures that will help all court users by improving court efficiency;
- allow business and commercial disputes to be resolved with expertise, technology, and efficiency;
- enhance the accuracy, consistency, and predictability of decisions in business and commercial cases;
- enhance economic development in Indiana by furthering the efficient, predictable resolution of business and commercial law disputes; and
- employ and encourage electronic information technologies, such as e-filing, e-discovery, telephone/video conferencing, and also employ early alternative dispute resolution interventions, as consistent with Indiana law.
Ten commercial courts are permanently established in Allen, Elkhart, Floyd, Hamilton, Lake, Madison, Marion and St. Joseph, Tippecanoe, Vanderburgh, and Vigo counties.
Materials
Search Commercial Court Documents
Commercial Court Treatise (2025)
Commercial Court Rules (effective June 1, 2019)
Indiana Commercial Courts Handbook and sample forms
Court Appointed Neutrals Directory
Pilot Project Final Report & Recommendations (November 2018)
Hon. Craig Bobay, Co-Chair
Allen County
Hon. Jon Brown
Hamilton County
Hon. Mark Dudley
Madison County
Hon. Maria Granger
Floyd County
Hon. Andrew Hicks
Elkhart County
Hon. Christina R. Klineman
Marion County
Hon. Daniel J. Moore
Tippecanoe County
Hon. Thomas Massey
Vanderburgh County
Hon. Lakshmi Reddy
Vigo County
Hon. John Sedia
Lake County
Hon. Stephanie Steele
St. Joseph County
Tracy Betz
Taft
Greg Bouwer
Koransky, Bouwer & Poracky, PC
Jim Casey
Ziemer, Stayman, Weitzel & Shoulders
Megan Craig
Craig Legal
Jason Cottrell
Stuart & Branigan
Josh Hollingsworth
Barnes & Thornburg
Sen. Eric Koch
Senator
Jim Johnson
Jackson Kelly LLC
John LaDue
SouthBank Legal: LaDue Curran Kuehn
Irwin B. Levin
Cohen & Malad
Jason Lopp
Church Langdon Lopp Banet
Andrew McNeil
Bose McKinney & Evans
Mike Michmerhuizen
Barrett McNagny
Justice Derek Molter
Indiana Supreme Court
Scott S. Morrison
Krieg Devault
Shane Mulholland
Burt Blee
Ryan C. Munden
Reiling Teder & Schrier, LLC
Bob Reiling
Reiling Teder & Schrier
Steven J. Scott
Hodges & Davis, PC
Penny Shoup
Airstream
Vanessa Sinders
Indiana Chamber of Commerce
Jonathan R. Slabaugh
Sanders Pianowski LLP
Rep. Greg Steuerwald
Representative
Frank Sullivan, Jr.
IU McKinney
Wayne Turner
Hoover Hull Turner
Hon. Heather Welch, Co-Chair
Senior Judge
Mike Wukmer
Ice Miller
Stephanie Rothenberg, Staff Attorney
Indiana Office of Court Services
317-232-1313
stephanie.rothenberg@courts.in.gov
Jeffrey Wiese, Director
Indiana Office of Court Services
317-232-2542
jeffrey.wiese@courts.in.gov
