Judicial Nominating Commission selects nominees to fill Indiana Tax Court vacancy

October 28, 2010

Indiana: Yesterday, Indiana's Judicial Nominating Commission chose three finalists to send to Governor Mitch Daniels for consideration.

• Martha B. Wentworth, a tax director with a private law firm (Click here (dead link) to read her application);

• Karen M. Love, a judge of the Indiana Superior Courts (Click here (dead link) to read her application); and

• Joby Jerrells, a Deputy Attorney General in the Indiana Attorney General's Office (Click here (dead link) to read his application).

The nominees aim to succeed Thomas G. Fisher, who will retire from the court on January 1, 2011. Fisher has served as the only judge on the Indiana Tax Court since the Indiana General Assemby created the court in 1986. The responsibility falls to Governor Daniels to appoint a successor.