US: Indy antitrust attorney named to Supreme Court

Indianapolis attorney Geoffrey Slaughter was appointed to the Indiana Supreme Court by Gov. Mike Pence on Monday.

Pence announced his pick of Slaughter from among three finalists selected in March by the state’s Judicial Nominating Commission.

Slaughter’s appointment fills a vacancy on the five-member court and is Pence’s first appointment to the court.

The 53-year-old Slaughter succeeds former Justice Brent Dickson, who retired last month before he reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 in July.

Twenty-nine people applied for a chance to replace Dickson. The commission chose 15 semifinalists before selecting as finalists Slaughter, St. Joseph Superior Judge Steven Hostetler and Boone Superior Court Judge Matthew Kincaid.

Slaughter graduated in 1989 from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. After a two-year stint as a law clerk for a federal judge, he joined a Chicago law firm and worked there for five years.

From 1995 to 2001, Slaughter was special counsel to Indiana’s attorney general’s office. He’s been a partner since 2001 with an Indianapolis law firm, handing securities-fraud claims, environmental disputes, antitrust class actions and other cases.

Slaughter was a finalist for the state Supreme Court in 2012, when then-Gov. Mitch Daniels tapped Loretta Rush for the bench. Pence cited Slaughter’s experience in antitrust law and other legal matters for his selection.

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