Application & Instructions

The Allen County Judicial Nominating Commission is beginning the process of selecting a new superior court judge. Judge David Avery will retire effective December 13, 2024, creating a vacancy on the Allen Superior Court.

Candidates should prepare their application materials to be submitted electronically through the Indiana Courts Portal using the "Upload a document feature." If you are not sure how to sign in, see the help topic on signing in or creating an account.

Please sign into the portal well in advance of submitting your application in case you need assistance with your login or password. Do not wait until the final submission day to sign into the portal.

After the application deadline passes, the Committee will publicly announce the names of all candidates for the vacancy. Applications of candidates for judicial appointment are public records.

Please direct any questions about the application process to Kathryn Dolan at Kathryn.Dolan@courts.in.gov.

Eligibility

To be qualified to serve as a judge of the Allen Superior Court, a person must be domiciled in Allen County (at the time of application and throughout the term of office) and be an attorney admitted to the bar of Indiana with at least five years of active practice. In addition, eligible candidates must not have a previous felony conviction or have had any disciplinary sanction imposed upon them by the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission or any similar body of another state. Ind. Code § 33-33-2-10 and § 33-33-2-40.

Application checklist

To apply, prepare the following application materials

1. Application | Download MS Word
2. Waiver, Release, and Consent | Download PDF
3. Statement of Economic Interests | Download PDF
4. Photograph
5. Supplemental Materials

Required Supplemental Materials include:

• Military service documentation (if applicable)
• Writing sample

Instructions for application

Your application must be submitted through the Indiana Courts Portal by the deadline above. To apply for the position, you should submit five files through the Indiana Courts Portal using the "Upload a document" feature. Files must not exceed 15mb in size.

Sign into the Indiana Courts Portal at portal.courts.in.gov. From the dashboard, in the section labeled "My Tools & Settings" click "Upload a document."

1 - Application for Allen Superior Court

• Once completed, save as a PDF. Do not print and scan this document.
• From the Secure Document Uploader, select the document type "Allen JNC 2401 - Application"

2 - Statement of Consent

• The Statement of Consent requires a signature. Print, sign, and scan this file as a PDF.
• From the Secure Document Uploader, select the document type "Allen JNC 2401 - Consent"

3 - Statement of Economic Interests

• The Statement of Economic Interests may require additional pages. Combine the completed form and additional pages into a single PDF file.
• From the Secure Document Uploader, select the document type "Allen JNC 2401 - SEI"

4 - Current photograph

• Make sure your photograph has a resolution of at least 300dpi and is saved in JPG format
• From the Secure Document Uploader, select the document type "Allen JNC 2401 - Photo"

5 - Supplemental materials (outlined in the checklist above)

• Combine additional materials to submit with your application into a single PDF file. If the file exceeds 15mb, try compressing it or splitting into multiple parts.
• From the Secure Document Uploader, select the document type "Allen JNC 2401 - Attachment"

Additional instructions for preparing and uploading documents may be found at the Portal help website.

Letters of Recommendation

The Allen County Judicial Nominating Commission will consider on behalf of each applicant a reasonable number of letters of recommendation. Letters of recommendation may be sent to allenjnc@courts.in.gov. (Judges and other judicial officers are not prohibited under the Code of Judicial Conduct from writing on behalf of candidates on the basis of personal knowledge of the candidates' qualifications.)

Letters sent to individual Commission members will be distributed to all other members.

Letters of recommendation must be received by the date above.