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Two alumni of the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law were elected to the Marion Superior Courts Executive Committee. Judge Alicia Gooden, ’96, and Judge James Osborn, ’93, were chosen to serve as associate presiding judges. The associate judges are led by a presiding judge. A story about the new executive committee appears in Indiana Lawyer.

Judge Gooden served as a master commissioner before being appointed to Marion Superior Court in 2015. She presides over court 14, a Family Division court. She served on the executive committee during the 2019-2020 term, when she chaired the Family Operations Subcommittee. She was heavily involved in the creation of the court’s new Family Division, which began operating January 1. Judge Gooden is president-elect of the Indianapolis Bar Association and serves on the Supreme Court’s Family Law Taskforce. In addition, she represents Marion County on the Indiana Judges Association board of managers.

Judge Osborn was elevated to the bench in 2009 and now presides over Superior Court 21. He has served as an associate presiding judge, chairing the court’s Technology Committee, serving as the jury supervising judge and serving on the budget and juvenile court committees. He is also a member of the Supreme Court’s Strategic Planning Committee.