Brian G. Poindexter, Judge of Carmel City Court, has announced that he will seek re-election in 2019. Judge Poindexter has served the community as the Judge of Carmel City Court since Governor Mitch Daniels appointed him to the bench in 2008 and following his re-election in 2011 and 2015.
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Judge Poindexter has worked diligently to provide the citizens of Carmel and Hamilton County with a well-administered and efficiently-run court where each individual litigant is assured that they will be treated fairly, impartially and that all proceedings are conducted in a respectful and dignified manner. Judge Poindexter is committed to ensuring that all individuals, regardless of their personal circumstances or station in life, have equal access to justice.
Judge Poindexter has been an active member of the community for more than 25 years. He has invested both his time and energy in securing the future our community by volunteering with various youth programs, a host of civic groups and charitable organizations. Judge Poindexter lives in Carmel with his wife, Anne Hensley Poindexter, a founding partner with the law firm of Altman Poindexter & Wyatt LLC. Their daughter is a graduate student at the University of Indianapolis.
Judge Poindexter said, “My three terms in office have coincided with an extraordinary period of change in the courts with the introduction of new technology and information systems. Indiana Courts have adopted a unified case management system and have implemented mandatory electronic filing for most new criminal and civil lawsuits, and subsequent case-related paperwork. This ability and technological upgrade is provided free of charge by the State of Indiana to Carmel City Court.
“Carmel City Court was the first city court in the State of Indiana to make the transition to this “paperless” environment. I committed the staff resources to make this possible at the local level. This was both an environmentally responsible decision as well as a fiscally sound decision. Under the old business model millions of pages of paper documents were created and filed in courts, each and every year, all across the State of Indiana. There was an environmental cost to our forests attached to that old business model. The documents were then warehoused for decades at an additional monetary cost to the public.
“By introducing better business practices and securing advances in court technology, I have increased the ability of the court to serve the public while simultaneously identifying funding sources resulting in reduced costs to the taxpayer. Carmel is an extraordinary community. It is not only where I have chosen to live and raise a family but where I recognize that I can best serve the public.”