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Steve Lancaster
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Martin DeAgostino
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Pho: 317.234-4859
Fax: 317.233.4627
martin.deagostino@courts.in.gov
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Clerk of the Appellate Courts
200 W. Washington St.
216 State House
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Court of Appeals Districts
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The 15 members of the Court of Appeals of Indiana represent five state districts:
- Three members of the Court must come from the 1st District, encompassing the southern third of the state;
- three from the 2nd District, the middle third; and
- three from the 3rd District, the northern third of Indiana.
Judges named from these districts stand for retention only in their districts.
- In 1978, a 4th District was created, consisting of three judges, one from each of the first three districts.
- Likewise, in 1991, a 5th District was added, also with judges from each of the first three districts.
Judges representing the 4th and 5th districts stand for retention statewide.
Presiding Judges of each District for 2012:
- 1st District - Judge Edward W. Najam, Jr.
- 2nd District - Judge Cale J. Bradford
- 3rd District - Judge Paul D. Mathias
- 4th District- Judge Patricia A. Riley
- 5th District - Chief Judge Margret G. Robb
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