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Valparaiso Law alum elected president of Indiana Supreme Court Public Defender Commission
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Mark W. Rutherford has been elected president of the Indiana Public Defender Commission. An attorney at Thrasher Buschmann Griffith & Voelkel, P.C. in Indianapolis, he is a graduate of Wabash College and the Valparaiso University School of Law.
His current areas of practice include Business Law and Litigation, Criminal Law for Businesses, their Owners and their Families, Election Law and Mediation. He joined the Indiana Public Defender Commission in 2007.
He is a member of the Indiana State Bar Association, Valparaiso University School of Law National Council; Central Indiana Tennis Association Board of Directors, and Indiana Civil Liberties Union, Lawyers Council.
Rutherford also serves on the National Federation of Independent Business, Indianapolis Advisory Council and Atlas!PAC, Inc., Board of Directors. He is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys; United States Tennis Association and Indianapolis Racquet Club and served as Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Indiana from 2000 - 2007.
The Indiana Public Defender Commission recommends standards for indigent defense in capital cases, adopts guidelines of salary and fee schedules for individual county reimbursement eligibility, and reviews and approves requests for reimbursement in capital cases
In 1993, the responsibility of the Commission was expanded to include the adoption of guidelines and standards for county reimbursement eligibility in non-capital cases.
More information about the Indiana Supreme Court Public Defender Commission is available online at www.in.gov/judiciary/pdc/
Source: Indiana Supreme Court Public Defender Commission
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