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Monday, December 12, 2005

Ind. Courts - Lake County's longest-serving judge dies in Florida [Updated]

The Indianapolis Star website is running this AP story this evening:

Superior Court Judge James Danikolas, Lake County's longest-serving judge, has died. He was 69.

Danikolas, who is from St. John, died Saturday of congestive heart failure while on vacation in Key West, Fla., his attorney, Andrew Giorgi, said Monday.

Danikolas' death came just three days after he was suspended for 60 days without pay by the state Supreme Court for firing a court employee in retaliation over her testimony in another misconduct case against him.

Earlier today the ILB posted this entry.

[Updated 12/13/05] Stories today on the death of longtime Lake County Judge James Danikolas, from the Gary Post-Tribune ("Controversy aside, Danikolas remembered as caring man") and from the Munster (NW Indiana) Times ("Judge Danikolas, 69, dies: Colleagues mourn 'great jurist,' despite recent difficulties"). The Times story includes:

Senior Civil Division Judge Gerald Svetanoff said Danikolas' magistrates Maria Luz Corona and Nanette Raduenz will conduct court business until the end of the year. Former Judge James Richards will help run the court next year until Gov. Mitch Daniels names a permanent replacement.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 12, 2005 08:47 PM
Posted to Indiana Courts