Curriculum Vitae

LORINDA MEIER YOUNGCOURT

Youngcourt Law Office, P.O. Box 205, Huron, Indiana, 47437-0206
(812) 849-9852
LMYoungcourt@INCrimLaw.org

EDUCATION

Indiana University Law School at Indianapolis
J.D. 1988

Indiana University, Bloomington
B.A. Criminal Justice 1985

ATTORNEY POSITIONS

Youngcourt Law Office, Huron, Indiana
Owner/Senior Attorney
All stages of criminal law, including trial, appeal, and post-
conviction relief. Clients charged with death penalty, murder, rape,
child molest, drugs, battery, domestic crimes, and drunk driving.

Marion County Public Defender Agency, Indianapolis, IN
Part-time Public Defender 1993 – 1999
Major felonies in Superior Court 4 (Judge Patricia Gifford) &
Superior Court 5 (Judge Gary Miller).

Evans, Dowling & Youngcourt, Indianapolis, IN
Managing Partner Dec 1992 – Jan 2000
Criminal law & family law in Marion and surrounding counties

State Public Defenders Office, Indianapolis, IN
Capital Unit, Deputy Public Defender Aug 1988 – Dec 1992
Representing indigent defendants sentenced to death in Indiana in
post-conviction relief proceedings.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

National Criminal Defense College, Mercer Law School, Macon, Georgia
Faculty teaching trial practice to lawyers from across the United States 1992 – present

Darrow Death Penalty College, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
Faculty teaching capital trial practice to lawyers from across the U.S. 2009 – present

Indiana Trial Practice Institute, Indiana Public Defender Council
Faculty teaching trial practice to lawyers from across Indiana 2000 – present

Litigation Persuasion Institute, Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy 2005 – present

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Indiana Public Defender Council, Board of Directors 2001 – present
Co-chair of the Indiana Trial Practice Institute (2010)
Chair of Technology Committee (2008-2010)

Lawrence County Drug Court Team Member 2009 – present
Providing intensive supervision as an alternative to incarceration to
qualifying defendants suffering from drug addiction.

Lawrence County Community Corrections, Board of Directors 2009 – present