Christopher Michael Goff

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Christopher Michael Goff was born in Wabash County, Indiana, and raised in the Wabash-Huntington area. Goff is a summa cum laude graduate of Ball State University (1994). After Ball State, he enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law, where he received his J.D. degree in 1996. From 1997 to 1999, Goff was an associate with Mills & Northrop, in Huntington, Indiana. In 1999, he became a partner in the firm (Mills, Northrop, & Goff) and remained with the firm until 2005. Goff also served as a public defender in Huntington County.

In 2005, Goof was appointed to serve as Wabash Superior Court Judge. While serving as Superior Court Judge, Goff implemented two courts to help the community address the devastating effects of drug abuse in the community – the Wabash County Drug Court, and the Family Drug Treatment Court. Goff was reelected to the position in 2014. In 2017, Goff was appointed by Governor Eric Holcomb to serve as Indiana’s 110^th Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court. At age 45, Goff was, at the time of his appointment, the youngest member of the court by almost a decade.

Keywords

Maurer Alumni, Indiana Supreme Court, Indiana Judges

Disciplines

Judges | Law | Legal Biography | Legal Profession

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Learn more about Christopher M. Goff at the following sites:

• "Holcomb Praises Justice Pick's 'Sharp Legal Mnid.'" Indiana Lawyer article, 6/12/2017
• Indiana Court Biography
• "Welcome Justice Goff," Indiana Court Times article, v.26 no.3 (Autumn 2017)

Recommended Citation

"Christopher Michael Goff" (1972). Maurer Notable Alumni. 77.
https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/notablealumni/77