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The Marion County Judicial Selection Committee is beginning the process of selecting two new superior court judges. Judge John Hanley (D) and Judge Mark Stoner (D) will retire effective December 31, 2024, creating vacancies on the Marion Superior Court.

Following local court rules, the Marion Superior Court Executive Committee offered any sitting judge the opportunity to transfer courts. The transfer period has closed. These vacancies will be in Major Felony and Family. The Executive Committee will assign the new judges to their divisions after the Governor makes the appointments.


Letter to Governor Holcomb [PDF, 300 KB]
November 1, 2024

Selection Committee names finalists for Marion County judicial positions
October 29, 2024

Marion County judicial applicant interviews October 28-29
September 23, 2024

Public Notice of September 16, 2024 Executive Session
September 11, 2024 | Announcement

28 candidates applied for the vacancies
September 11, 2024

  1. Magistrate Ross Anderson
  2. J. Derek Atwood
  3. Judge Kimberly J. Bacon
  4. Magistrate Pauline A. Beeson
  5. Judge Andrew R. Bernlohr
  6. Magistrate Andrew J. Borland
  7. Senior Judge Eleanor K. Finnell
  8. Katreana Gaither
  9. Matthew A. Gerber
  10. Judge Garland E. Graves
  11. Kevin E. Green
  12. Shelley Gupta
  13. Valerie L. Harvey
  14. Matthew Kochevar
  15. Magistrate Virginia Lawrence
  16. Jeffrey Macey
  17. Jayson W. McGrath
  18. Magistrate Tara Y. Melton
  19. Lun Pieper
  20. Magistrate Katharine Melnick Sahlein
  21. Magistrate Travis Sandifur
  22. Magistrate Joel A. Schneider
  23. Magistrate James K. Snyder
  24. Magistrate Ian Stewart
  25. Magistrate Terrance Tharpe
  26. Daniel S. Tomson
  27. Amanda R. Wishin
  28. David J. Ziemba

Applications available for vacancies on Marion Superior Court
August 6, 2024 | Press Release

Applications & Instructions
August 6, 2024