Hon. Mark S. Massa '89
Ex-Officio Member
Hoosier CLE Co-chair
Justice, Indiana Supreme Court
Indianapolis, IN
Justice Mark Massa was named to the Indiana Supreme Court in 2012 by Governor Mitch Daniels. He is a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and came to Indiana in 1979 to attend Indiana University. He graduated from IU in 1983 with a degree in journalism, and after internships at the South Bend Tribune and Milwaukee Sentinel, he joined the staff of The Evansville Press, where he was an award-winning sportswriter and covered the courts and local government. In 1985, he became a deputy press secretary and speechwriter for Governor Robert Orr; he later graduated from the evening division of the IU McKinney School of Law, clerked for Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall Shepard and joined the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office in Indianapolis.
After serving as a Deputy Prosecutor for 15 years, including 7 years as Chief Counsel to Prosecutor Scott Newman, Justice Massa was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Indiana, where he earned the Inspector General’s Integrity Award from the Department of Health and Human Services. He served as General Counsel to Governor Mitch Daniels, chaired the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission, served on the Indianapolis Marion County Police Merit Board and was Executive Director of the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute prior to his appointment to the Court.
Currently, he chairs the Lake County Judicial Nominating Commission and teaches at the Indiana University McKinney School of Law.
