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  Michael Elliot Uslan

  When Michael Uslan was a boy, his dream was to write Batman comics. The Bayonne, New Jersey, native amassed an incredible collection of comic books, a passion that spawned an extraordinary career in film and entertainment.

  Uslan's journey to producing Batman films is aptly characterized as super heroic. At Indiana University, he earned three degrees (B.A.1973; M.S.1975; J.D. 1976) and taught the first accredited college course on comic books. The course drew international media attention and led DC Comics to invite Uslan to write his dream comic, Batman. His childhood ambition realized, Uslan decided to bring the Caped Crusader to the big screen. Knowing Hollywood’s doors would be impenetrable without proper credentials, Uslan undertook the study of law and upon graduation became a production attorney for United Artists, where his film projects included Apocalypse Now and Raging Bull.

  Four years later, Uslan acquired the rights to Batman and left United Artists. Every major motion picture studio turned down Uslan, who was intent on portraying a dark, serious Batman faithful to the character in the original comics. Nearly a decade later, in 1989, Batman was released by Warner Bros. and became the highest grossing movie of the year.

  President of Branded Entertainment, Uslan has produced a long list of acclaimed films and series, including Batman Begins, Batman Returns, Constantine, the Emmy Award-winning Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?, the PBS miniseries Three Sovereigns for Sarah., and the second highest grossing film of all time, The Dark Knight. He is the author of more than 30 books on the history of comics and rock-and-roll, the celebrated children's book Chatterbox: The Bird Who Wore Glasses, and the memoir, The Boy Who Loved Batman.

  Uslan was inducted into the Maurer School of Law’s Academy of Alumni Fellows in 2006.

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  Susan Karen Carpenter

  Susan Karen Carpenter was born in Orleans Parrish, Louisiana. Raised in Terre Haute, Indiana, she graduated from Honey Creek High School in 1968 and then enrolled at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She graduated from Smith with a AB degree, magna cum laude, with honors in English, in 1973. Carpenter enrolled at Yale University to pursue graduate studies in English, but soon realized her passion was the law. She enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law during the summer of 1974 and received her JD degree in 1976.

  Carpenter’s legal career began as a Deputy State Public Defender in Wayne County, Indiana. She soon rose to be Wayne County Public Defender, before the Indiana Supreme Court appointed her Public Defender of Indiana in 1981. She would serve in the position for the next 30 years. As Public Defender, she is credited with reinforcing and strengthening the state's longstanding appellate defense standards, creating a top-notch capital defense unit, and ensuring representation for indigent prison inmates and persons challenging convictions and sentences.

  Carpenter is the recipient of the Indiana State Bar Association 2000 Achievement Award, was a member of the Court’s Commission on Race and Gender Fairness and the Indiana Public Defender Commission. She also served on the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute’s Board of Trustees. Carpenter previously served on the Governor’s Juvenile Code and Youth Gang Study Commission, National Center for State Courts Special Drug Court Advisory Board and Sentencing Policy Evaluation Committee. Carpenter was awarded the Indiana University School of Law’s Distinguished Service Award in 2013.

  Upon her retirement, Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard said, “As chief advocate for the rights of indigent defendants, Susan Carpenter has made Indiana a place of greater justice. She has been both zealous and elegant in one of the toughest jobs in government, and she makes me proud to be lawyer.”

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  Frank Sullivan, Jr.

  Frank Sullivan, Jr., was born in South Bend, Indiana. A graduate of Dartmouth College (A.B., 1972) in New Hampshire, Sullivan returned to Indiana to serve as a caucus assistant in the Indiana House of Representatives. He then traveled to Washington, D. C., where he served as a legislative assistant to Representatives Edward Roush (1974) and John Brademas (1974-1979). He returned to Indiana again to attend the Indiana University School of Law, receiving his J. D. in 1982. Sullivan joined the firm of Barnes and Thornburg, in Indianapolis, where he practiced corporate and securities law for the next seven years. In 1989 Governor Evan Bayh appointed Sullivan Indiana State Budget Director, a position he would hold until his appointment as the governor’s fiscal policy adviser in 1992.

  On November 1, 1993, Bayh appointed Sullivan the 102^nd justice of the Indiana Supreme Court. In addition to his duties on the court, Sullivan has served as Chair of the American Bar Association’s Appellate Judges Conference, and as Chair of the ABA Judicial Clerkship Program. Sullivan has also been the Chair, “and principle steward,” of the state of Indiana’s Judicial Technology and Automation Committee, a committee that was formed to “provide leadership and governance regarding the use of technology in Indiana Courts.”

  Always looking for new challenges, Sullivan received a master’s of law degree from the University of Virginia in 2001 and in 2007 began teaching a course on the legal aspects of government finance at the Indiana University McKinney School of Law. Throughout his term on the court Sullivan spoke at public forums and wrote articles on legal issues in scholarly and bar related publications. Sullivan retired from the bench in 2012 and became Professor of Practice at the McKinney School of Law.

  Sullivan is currently a member of the Maurer School of Law's Board of Visitors.

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  John Daniel Tinder

  John Daniel Tinder was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is a graduate of Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School (1968), Indiana University (B.S., 1972) and the Indiana University School of Law (J.D., 1975). Tender clerked for the U.S. Attorney in Indianapolis in 1974 and then the Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana through 1977. That same year he entered into private practice in Indianapolis, which he continued in until 1984 when he returned to the United States Attorney Office in Indianapolis, this time as its leader. Tinder also served as a public defender from 1977-1978 for the Marion County Criminal Court. From 1979 to 1982, Tinder was chief trial deputy for the Marion County Prosecutor's Office.

  In 1987 Tinder was nominated to a judgeship on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, by President Ronald Reagan, to replace Judge James Noland. The U.S. Senate confirmed him on August 7, 1987. On the recommendation of Indiana U.S. Senator Dick Lugar, Tinder was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit by President George W. Bush on July 17, 2007, to a seat vacated by Judge Daniel Manion. Tinder was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 18, 2007, and received commission on December 21, 2007. He assumed senior status on February 18, 2015, and retired on October 9, 2015.

  Tinder was inducted into the Law School’s Academy of Alumni Fellows in 2007.

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  John David Walda

  John David Walda was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Walda graduated (1968) from Concordia Lutheran High School in Fort Wayne, before enrolling at Indiana University. Active in student government as an undergraduate, Walda served as class president from 1968-1970, and again in 1972. Upon receiving his B.A. degree (1972) in English and Political Science, Walda enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law, where he received his JD in 1975.

  After law school, Walda spent twenty-six years with the Fort Wayne law firm of Barrett & McNagny. Walda served as the Chairman of the Indiana State Lottery Commission from 1989 to 1990. From 2002 until 2004 he served as Indiana University's Executive Director of Federal Relations and Corporate Partnerships. In 2005 he became a partner at Bose McKinney & Evans and Senior Vice President for Federal Relations of Bose Treacy Associates, LLC. In 2006 he became the President and CEO of the National Association of College and University Business Officers, a position he would hold until his retirement in 2018.

  Walda has served Indiana University in many capacities including twelve years on the Board of Trustees (President, 1992-1993 and 1994-2001). He has served on the boards of numerous professional and civic organizations and has been a member of the Stetson University Board of Trustees since 2011. Walda received the 1999 award of merit from the Indiana Hospital and Health Association and a presidential citation from the Indiana State Bar Association. John David Walda was inducted into the Indiana University Maurer School of Law Academy of Law Alumni Fellows in 2019.

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  John Frederick "Jeff" Richardson

  John Frederick "Jeff" Richardson was born in Superior, Wisconsin. Richardson was raised on Long Island, where he graduated from Paul D. Schreiber High School (1968) in Port Washington, New York. He then enrolled at Indiana University where he received his A.B. in History (1973). As an undergraduate, he served on the Union Board, the Indiana Daily Student Board of Publications, the Arts and Sciences Policies Committee, as well as being elected Vice President and then President of Indiana University Student Government. Richardson enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law, after receiving his undergraduate degree, and received his JD degree in 1977. In addition, Richardson holds the distinction of being the first full-time student elected to the Bloomington City Council, serving while in law school.

  Richardson began his professional career at Eli Lilly and Co. (1981-83). In 1981 he received his MPA in Public Affairs Management from Indiana University. After working for former Bloomington mayor and U.S. Representative Frank McCloskey (JD 1971) he became Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Human Services and then Secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (1989-1993). From 1993 until 1995 he served as Executive Director of GMHC (Gay Men's Health Crisis), a not-for-profit organization that provides social services, education and advocacy for people living with HIV/AIDS in the New York City area. In 1995 he started a five year stent as Managing Director of Burson-Marsteller, a global communications and public affairs firm and in 2000 he became Vice President of the Abbot Fund, a global philanthropic program focused on HIV/AIDS in the developing world. He then became the Vice President of Abbott’s AbbVie Foundation, where he oversaw its international grants program.

  Richardson has taught health policy classes at the City College of New York, at Northwestern University, and at Indiana University. Richardson has received numerous honors, including a Sagamore of the Wabash, induction into the Indiana University President’s Circle, Distinguished Alumni awards from both the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the the Maurer School of Law, as well as the University’s 2017 Distinguished Alumni Award. John Frederick Richardson was inducted into the Indiana University Maurer School of Law Academy of Law Alumni Fellows in 2010. In 2019, Richardson was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award by the Indiana University Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, and Others Alumni Association.

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  Larry A. Mackey

  Larry A. Mackey was born in Evansville, Indiana. Raised with five siblings, the Mackey family struggled to get buy financially. To help his family, Mackey began working as a caddie at the Evansville Country Club when he was 10 years old. Along the way, he picked up the game of golf and played on the Evansville Central High School golf team. After graduation in 1968, Mackey became the first person in his family to attend college when he received the Western Golf Association's Chick Evans Caddie Scholarship allowing him to attend Indiana University. He spent two years at IU before transferring to the University of Evansville. He received his B.A. from Evansville in 1973 and then enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law, receiving his JD in 1976.

  Mackey began his legal career as an appellate lawyer for criminal indigents in Illinois. A few years later, the United States Attorney General appointed Mackey Assistant US Attorney for the Central District of Illinois. For most of the next two decades, Mackey was a federal criminal prosecutor, serving as the First Assistant US Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, Chief of the Criminal Division for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Illinois, and Special Assistant to the Attorney General. For service as a member of the Department of Justice’s select first trial team responsible for the investigation and prosecution of the Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, Mackey was awarded the highest achievement awards from both the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

  In 1998, Mackey moved back to Indiana where he became a partner at Barnes & Thornburg where he leads the firm’s White Collar and Investigations Practice Group. Mackey is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Evansville, and was presented an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by the University in 1999. Larry A. Mackey was inducted into the Indiana University Maurer School of Law Academy of Law Alumni Fellows in 2017.

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  Luis Felipe Sanchez

  Born in Sahuayo, Mexico, Luis Felipe Sanchez arrived in Lake County, Indiana with his parents and siblings as a six-year old. After receiving his JD in 1976, Sanchez was an Indiana Public Defender in Lake County, Ind. for two years. He was Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago for 25 years, all in the criminal division where he successfully prosecuted hundreds of criminal cases for federal crimes. He appeared before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit a dozen times on appellate matters and tried in excess of 60 cases in the U.S. district courts, including an organized crime trial with 14 defendants that lasted nearly five months. Since his retirement from the Department of Justice, Sanchez has continued his legal career in private practice as a criminal defense attorney and has been instrumental in encouraging other Latine students to pursue a legal education at the Maurer School of Law.

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  Barbara Jean Kelley

  Barbara Jean Kelley was born in Memphis Tennessee. In 1966 she came to Bloomington, Indiana, to attend Indiana University. She graduated in 1970 with a B.A. in history, and immediately enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law, where she received her J.D. in 1973.

  Kelley began her professional career with the Denver Legal Aid Society, before moving into private practice. She would eventually become a partner with the Denver firm Kamlet Reichert, where she headed the firm’s secured transactions practice area. In 2009 she was appointed by the Governor to serve as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies. Upon her retirement in 2015, Governor Hickenlooper said, “Barbara was instrumental in amending and cutting thousands of unnecessary rules and regulations for business across the state, creating a pro-business environment that has been a building block for growing our economy. We are indebted to Barbara for her service and know she will continue to be successful in her future role.”

  Since 2016 Barbara Kelley has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Black Diamond Group. Barbara J. Kelley has received many professional and civil honors and was inducted into Indiana University School of Law’s Academy of Alumni Fellows in 2004.

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  Clarine Riddle (Nardi)

  Clarine Riddle was born in the small Indiana town of Clinton. She graduate from Clinton High School in 1967 and enrolled at Indiana University. Majoring in math, she received the Herman B Wells Award for Outstanding Senior Student. She received her A.B. degree in 1971 and immediately enrolled at the I.U. law school. While in law school she served as Senior Editor of the interdisciplinary law journal Iustitia; coordinator of the Women’s Law Caucus; the sole student member of the IU Campus Planning Committee; and was a founding member and Treasurer for the Board of Directors of the Student Legal Services. Riddle received her J.D. degree in 1974.

  After graduation, Riddle became a staff attorney with the Indiana Legislative Service Agency (1974-78). In 1979, she was hired as Assistant Counsel to the Senate Majority of the Connecticut General Assembly. From 1980 to 1983, she served as Deputy Corporate Counsel for the City of New Haven. In 1983, she became Staff Counsel to the Connecticut Attorney General and in 1986 became Deputy Attorney General. In 1989, she became the first woman, and the youngest person, to hold the position of Connecticut Attorney General. In 1991, Riddle was appointed Superior Court Judge for the State of Connecticut. Since 1993, Riddle has held numerous positions in both government and the private sector including Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the National Multi Housing Council. In 2013, she joined the D.C. offices of Kasowtiz Benson Torres where she chairs the firms Government Affairs and Strategic Counsel Practice Group.

  Riddle has received numerous honors including the Connecticut History Maker award (1989), Woman of the Year Award from the Greater Hartford Federation of Business & Professional Women (1990), and the Annual Award for Contributions to Women and the Law in Connecticut (1993). Additionally she was presented with a Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Saint Joseph College in 1991. She has had a close relationship with the law school, as both a member of the Alumni Association and through a dozen years of service on the Board of Visitors. Clarine Nardi Riddle was inducted into the Indiana University School of Law Academy of Law Alumni Fellows in 1999.

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  Donald Robert Lundberg

  Donald Robert Lundberg was born in Cadillac, Michigan. Raised in Goshen, Indiana, he graduated from that city’s Goshen High School in 1967. Lundberg initially attended Purdue University, but transferred to Goshen College in 1968, ultimately graduating in 1971 with a B.A., with honors, in Religion. After college, Lundberg worked for two years at Goshen’s city engineering office as a draftsman and records researcher. He enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law in the fall of 1973. In law school, Lundberg received the Hornbook Award for the highest scholastic average in his class for each of his three years. He received his JD degree, Summa Cum Laude, Order of the Coif, in 1976.

  After law school, Lundberg began working for the Indiana Legal Services, Inc., a not-for-profit law firm and the largest provider of free civil legal assistance to eligible low-income people throughout the state of Indiana. He spent 15 years working with the ILS, ultimately rising to become Director of Litigation. In 1991, Lundberg became the Chief Legal Counsel and Executive Director of the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission. In 2010 he became a litigation partner and Deputy General Counsel with the Indianapolis law firm, Barnes & Thornburg. In 2016, Lundberg opened his own firm, Lundberg Legal, concentrating on representing legal professionals in wide range of legal matters.

  Lundberg writes the popular "Ethics Curbstone” column in the Indiana State Bar Association’s Res Gestae magazine. He is a member of the Indiana Supreme Court Coalition for Court Access, has served as an adjunct faculty member at Maurer Law teaching courses in legal ethics, and was selected as one of twenty-five inaugural fellows of the National Institute for Teaching Ethics and Professionalism (2006). Lundberg was named a recipient of an Indiana University Maurer School of Law Distinguished Service Award in 2019.

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  Frank Seales, Jr.

  Frank Seales, Jr., was born in Daytona Beach, Florida, where he graduated from Campbell Senior High School in 1967. He then attended Tennessee State University in Nashville, receiving his B.S. degree in Political Science in 1971. Seales enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law in the fall of 1971 and received his J.D. in the spring of 1974.

  Seales began his legal career as a trial attorney for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (1975-1989). He then moved into state government serving eight years as Senior Assistant Attorney General and Chief of Antitrust and Consumer Litigation for the State of Virginia. In 1998, President Clinton appointed Seales Chief Counsel of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration – the first African-American to hold the position. In 2001, Seales became the General Counsel of the District of Columbia Department of Transportation.

  In addition to his service in state and federal government, Seales has served as Treasurer of the National Bar Institute, Vice President of the National Bar Association, General Counsel for the National Coalition of Black Meeting Planners, and Vice President for the Friends Association for Children. Frank Seales, Jr., was inducted into the Indiana University School of Law Academy of Law Alumni Fellows in 2006.

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  John Everett Seddelmeyer

  John Everett Seddelmeyer was born in Hammond, Indiana. After graduating from Hammond High School, in 1967, Seddelmeyer enrolled at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. He received his A.B. degree, in History and Philosophy, in 1971. In the fall of 1971, Seddelmeyer enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law. While in law school, Seddelmeyer served as a Notes Editor for the Indiana Law Journal (v.49) and authored the note, “The ABCD’s of Indiana Legitimation Law” (see below). Seddelmeyer received his JD degree from Indiana, Cum Laude, in 1974.

  Seddelmeyer’s legal career began in Houston, Texas, working in the law department of Exxon Company, USA. He would remain with Exxon for his entire career, working in legal positions of increasingly responsibility. He retired in 2014 as ExxonMobil’s Senior Counsel for Legal Policy. During his long career with the company, Seddelmeyer managed hundreds of attorneys working on complex issues ranging from the Valdez oil spill to the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. After retiring, he became an adjunct faculty member at the Southern Methodist Dedmans School of Law in Dallas, as well as becoming a consultant and legal advisor.

  An avid opera fan, Seddelmeyer has hosted annual visits to the Indiana University opera for IU law students. For more than a decade, he served as a member of the school’s Environmental Law Advisory Board. In 2014, the Indiana University Maurer School of Law presented Seddelmeyer its Distinguished Service Award.

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  Maryann Middlebrook Mukete

  Born in Okolona, Mississippi, Maryann Middlebrook Mukete was raised in South Bend, Indiana, where she attended Washington High School. In 1967, she enrolled at Indiana University and graduated with a B.A. in Sociology (1971). She then enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law and received her J.D. (1974).

  Mukete began her legal career working as an Equal Opportunity Officer for the city of Bloomington, but it is in West Africa where she excelled in public service. She spent nearly twenty years serving as the Cameroon Labour Administrator for the Divisional Delegation of Labour and Employment, analyzing and interpreting labour laws and engaged in dispute resolution and conflict management. She then served as the first permanent Director of the Women’s Empowerment Centre (1996-2004), creating and managing programs dedicated to the education, empowerment, and protection of women and young girls.

  Additionally, Mukete has been active in a variety of community service positions, including as a Board Member of the Ephphatha Institute for the Deaf (the first educational institution established in Cameroon expressly for hearing and speech-impaired children) and as a founding member of the Kumba Association of Women’s Groups. Maryann Middlebrook Mukete was inducted into the Indiana University School of Law’s Academy of Alumni Fellows in 2008.

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  Randy Miller Lebedoff

  Randy Miller Lebedoff was born in Washington, D.C. Born into a diplomatic family, she lived all over the world. She ultimately graduated from the American International School (High School) in New Delhi, India (1967). She returned to the United States to attend Smith College (Northampton, MA), where she recieved her B.A. in Government (1971). Lebedoff enrolled at the Rutgers University School of Law in 1972, before tranfering to the Indiana University School of Law in 1973. She received her JD degree from IU (Magna Cum Laude, Order of the Coif) in 1975.

  Lebedoff began her legal career in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the offices of Faegre and Benson. She would ultimately rise to be a partner in the firm, specializing in business litigation, with a focus on antitrust and other commercial litigation. In 1989 she became Vice President and General Counsel for the Minneapolis based Star Tribune Media Co., LLC. She left the Star Tribune in 2001, accepting a similar position at Twin Cities Public Television, but returned to the media company in 2001 as Senior Vice President and General Counsel.

  Lebedoff has served as President of the Minnesota Newspaper Association, as well as a board member of multiple Twin Cities nonprofits. Randy Lebedoff was awarded an Indiana University Maurer School of Law Distinguished Service Award in 2016 and was inducted into the Law School’s Academy of Law Alumni Fellows in 2021.

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  Randy Seger

  Seger is a partner in the Indianapolis office of Dentons Bingham Greenebaum, practicing in Indiana for 49 years in public utilities, energy, and agribusiness. His practice includes renewable energy clients in wind and solar, investor owned and municipal utilities, and agri-business in food production. Seger is a member of the Law School’s Board of Visitors and the IU Foundation board of directors. He and his family are also longtime supporters of the Kelley School of Business and the IU Varsity Club.

  Randy Seger was inducted into the Maurer Academy of Law Alumni Fellows in 2021.

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  Robert David Aronson

  Robert David Aronson was born in Chicago, Illinois. A 1967 graduate of Niles East High School, in Skokie, Illinois, Aronson enrolled at Indiana University and received his A.B. degree in Slavic Studies in 1971. After receiving his undergraduate degree, Aronson spent a year in Washington, DC, before returning to Indiana University where he would receive a Master’s degree in Russian Literature in 1974. With an eye towards international law, Aronson enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law, ultimately receiving his JD in 1976. While in law school he also recived a certificate in East European Area Studies. After law school, Aronson was a Fulbright Fellow at the Harvard University School of Law (1976-77), followed by another Fulbright Fellow (1977-78) at Moscow State University School of Law in the then Soviet Union.

  In 1981, Aronson began working for Minnesota based Control Data Corporation as their Soviet Country Manager, managing and directing all marketing, business, and technology-related activities for the Fortune 500 multinational computer company in the Soviet Union. From 1984 to 1986, Aronson served as Control Data’s International Legal Counsel. In 1986, he became an Associate Attorney at the Minneapolis law firm of Ingber & Aronson, P.A. He would remain with the firm, rising to Managing Attorney until 2007, when he joined the firm of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A, where he practices immigration law.

  Among the many awards Aronson has won are Indiana University Maurer School of Law’s Distinguished Service Award (2011), the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s inaugural Robert Freedman Lifetime Achievement Award (2015), and the Twin Cities Cardozo Society Barrows Lifetime Commitment Award (2017).

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  Sanford Michael Brook

  Sanford “Sandy” Michael Brook was born in South Bend, Indiana. Brook graduated from John Adams High School in South Bend in 1968, and immediately enrolled at Indiana University. As an undergraduate majoring in Political Science, Brook received the Elvis J. Stahr Award in recognition for scholarship, leadership and service to Indiana University. Upon his graduation with an A.B. degree, Brook enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law. He received his J.D. degree from the law school in 1974.

  Brook returned to his hometown after graduation where he served as an Assistant City Attorney, before becoming Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in St. Joseph County. He then entered private practice where he was involved in over 100 jury trials. Beginning in 1986, Brook served twelved years as a judge on the St. Joseph Superior Court. In October of 1998, Brook was appointed to the Indiana Court of Appeals and in 2002, he was named Chief Judge. As a trial judge, Brook presided over 190 jury and 600 bench trials, and authored over 700 appellate opinions while on the Indiana Court of Appeals.

  Brook has taught at Indiana University School of Law, the University of Notre Dame Law School, the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, and legal education programs across the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom. Additionally, he founded the mock trial program at John Adams High School, the high school he attended in South Bend. Brook stepped down from the Appellate Court in 2004 and moved to Denver, Colorado, where he provides dispute resolution services for the Judicial Arbiter Group. In his semi-retirement, Brook has followed a lifelong passion for acting and regularly performs a one-man Clarence Darrow show.

  Sanford Michael Book was inducted into the Indiana University School of Law Academy of Alumni Fellows in 2003.

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  Sarah Michael Singleton

  Sarah Michael Singleton was born in in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She was raised in Hammond, Indiana, where she graduated from Hammond High School in 1967. She then enrolled at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, where she received her B.A. in June of 1971. Singleton then returned to Indiana to study law at Indiana University. While in law school, Singleton was on the editorial board of the Indiana Law Journal, served as an Associated Instructor in Civil Procedure and in The Dynamics of American Law, and served for two years as a Staff Assistant at the University’s Student Legal Services department. Singleton received her J.D. degree, with highest honors and Order of the Coif, from Indiana in 1974.

  Singleton’s legal career began when she accepted a position with the Appellate Division of the New Mexico Public Defender Department (1974-1976). She then began a 30-year legal career in private practice – culminating as a Partner at the New Mexico firm of Montgomery & Andrews. In 2009, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson appointed Singleton to the New Mexico First Judicial District Court. She won election in 2010 and was retain in 2014.

  Singleton has served as President of State Bar of New Mexico and is a fellow of both the New Mexico Bar Foundation and the American Bar Association’s Bar Foundation. She has served on numerous committees and taskforces of local, state, and national legal organizations. She is recipient of both the New Mexico State Bar’s Outstanding Service Award and its Outstanding Contribution Award. Singleton was inducted into the Academy of Law Alumni Fellows in 1996 and received the law school's Distinguished Service Award in 2008. Singleton retired in 2017.

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  Timothy Morrison

  Timothy Morrison was born in Troy, Ohio on February 1, 1949. In 1955, his family relocated to Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Morrison graduated from New Haven High School before attending Indiana University. He received an A.B. in Political Science in 1971, and a J.D. from the Indiana University, Bloomington School of Law in 1974. Morrison was a commissioned officer in the military intelligence branch of the U.S. Army and served in the U.S. Army Reserve for five years.

  From 1975-1981, Morrison served as chief deputy prosecutor in the Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office, and from 1981-1988 he was a supervising attorney in the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office. In 1988, Morrison began a 23-year career at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Indianapolis. During his time as a federal prosecutor, Morrison served as First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana and was interim leader of the office on three separate occasions. Morrison litigated violent crime, firearms, public corruption, white collar, and national security cases.

  Upon his retirement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 2011, Morrison become an adjunct professor at Indiana University’s Department of Criminal Justice, and in 2013 became a distinguished and valued adjunct faculty member at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. An instrumental part of Maurer’s criminal law program, Morrison taught classes in criminal law and criminal procedure. He also helped to spearhead the Bradley Fellows Program and to oversee the Bradley externship program.

  Timothy Morrison died on January 6, 2023.