Local Legends: Why the Best Justice Stories Don’t Make Headlines
Justice Without a Spotlight When people think of courtrooms, they often picture the high-stakes drama they see on TV: major trials, dramatic verdicts, lawyers shouting “Objection!” and judges banging gavels. But in the real world—especially in small-town Indiana—justice rarely plays out that way. In my years as a public defender, magistrate, and judge in Warrick […]
Running Past the Guilt: How I Learned to Rest in a Profession That Never Sleeps
The Weight We Carry Being a lawyer is demanding. Being a judge is even more so. For years, I carried a weight that I didn’t always know how to describe—a constant, low-level pressure that followed me home at night and showed up with me in the courtroom the next morning. Every case, every decision, every […]