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Thursday, March 08, 2007
Ind. Courts - Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard To Be Sworn in for Fifth Term
A press release issued by the Indiana Courts announces:
Evansville, Ind. – The Hon. Randall T. Shepard will be sworn in Tuesday, March 13th by Vanderburgh Superior Court Judge Mary Margaret Lloyd for a record fifth five-year term as Indiana's Chief Justice.The public swearing in ceremony will be held at 4 p.m. in the County Courts Building in Evansville in Room 110, one of the courtrooms where the Chief Justice presided when he was a Vanderburgh Superior Court Judge, from 1980 until 1985.
While serving as a Superior Court Judge, Governor Robert D. Orr appointed him an Associate Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court. He was previously elected Chief Justice by the Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission in 1987, 1992, 1997 and 2002.
Tuesday's ceremony reprises Chief Justice Shepard's first swearing in ceremony as the leader of Indiana's judiciary.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 8, 2007 08:16 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts