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The Marion County Judicial Selection Committee has begun the process of selecting two new superior court judges due to upcoming retirements.
Democratic Judges John Hanley and Mark Stoner will both retire on Dec. 31 creating vacancies in the major felony and family divisions.
The applicant pool is split in half of judges and attorneys.
The following candidates are:
- Magistrate Judge Ross Anderson
- J. Derek Atwood
- Judge Kimberly J. Bacon
- Magistrate Judge Pauline A. Beeson
- Andrew R. Bernlohr
- Magistrate Judge Andrew J. Borland
- Senior Judge Eleanor K. Finnell
- Katreana Gaither
- Matthew A. Gerber
- Judge Garland E. Graves
- Kevin E. Green
- Shelley Gupta
- Valerie L. Harvey
- Matthew Kochevar
- Magistrate Judge Virginia Lawrence
- Jeffrey Macey
- Jayson W. McGrath
- Magistrate Judge Tara Y. Melton
- Lun Pieper
- Magistrate Judge Katharine Melnick Sahlein
- Magistrate Judge Travis Sandifur
- Magistrate Judge Joel A. Schneider
- Magistrate Judge James K. Snyder
- Magistrate Judge Ian Stewart
- Magistrate Judge Terrance Tharpe
- Daniel S. Tomson
- Amanda R. Wishin
- David J. Ziemba
The committee led by Justice Derek Molter will be meeting on Sept. 16 for executive session to discuss the applicants.
Interviews will be held on Oct. 28 and 29. Following the interviews the committee will go into executive session and then publicly vote to select two separate panels of three nominees each to send to Gov. Eric Holcomb for appointment.
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