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Judge Robert R. Brown

Areas of Practice:
Mediation (both civil and domestic relations), Arbitration, and Senior Judge.

Practice Profile:
Judge Brown is a retired judge of the Jackson Circuit Court (40th Judicial Circuit of Indiana), having served in that capacity for 28 years. He served as the Prosecuting Attorney for Jackson County for 6 years prior to becoming judge. He has conducted over 400 successful mediations and several arbitrations throughout Southern and Central Indiana. He also serves as Senior Judge in many counties and has served as county attorney and later as counsel for the courthouse annex and courthouse renovation.

Education:
Franklin College (B.A., 1954)
Indiana University School of Law (J.D., With Honors, 1963)
National College of State Trial Judges, University of Nevada, 1971
American Academy for Judicial Education, University of Colorado, 1975
Indiana Judicial College, 1979

Bar Admissions:
Admitted to bar, 1963, Indiana
U.S. District Courts: Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana
Supreme Court of the United States

Legal Organizations:
Jackson County, Indiana, and American Bar Associations; Indiana Judge's Association (Past State President, 1979 & 1980); Indiana Representative to National College of State Trial Judges; Board of Directors of Indiana Judicial Center; Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission (Hearing Officer); and Indiana Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure.

Received "Excellence in Public Information and Education" Award from Indiana Judicial College; Franklin College's Alumnus Award for "Distinguished Service in the Legal Profession;" "Centennial Service Award" of the Indiana State Bar Association; and Fellow of the Indiana Bar Foundation.

Civic & Community Involvement:
Jackson County United Way; Board-American Cancer Society of Jackson Co.; Consulting member of Maude S. Welch Nurses' Training Scholarship Program; Greater Seymour Trust Fund Founder; Project Director of Jackson Co. Juvenile Home; Founder and Director of James T. Blevins Scholarship Fund; Organized Jackson Co. United Services Organization; Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board for Indiana Police Academy.

Judge Brown has been designated a "Sagamore of the Wabash" on 4 separate occasions.