ANDREW P. RODOVICH
OFFICE ADDRESS:
5400 Federal Plaza, Ste. 3400
Hammond, IN 46320
(219) 852-6600
EMPLOYMENT
August 2013 to Present:
Distinguished Jurist-in-Residence & Director, PreTrial and Trial Skills Programs
Valparaiso University School of Law
Professor teaching Evidence and Criminal Law
March 2013 to Present:
United States Magistrate Judge (Re-call status)
May 1982 to February 2013:
United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern
District of Indiana, Hammond Division
Duties: Responsible for all preliminary criminal
proceedings including search and arrest warrants,
initial appearances, setting of bonds, and
arraignments; handling of civil cases including
pretrial conferences, disposition of pending
motions, bench and jury trials.
1985 to 2013:
Valparaiso University School of Law
Adjunct Professor teaching Trial Practice II
1979 to May 1982:
Chief Deputy Prosecutor, Lake County, Indiana
Duties: Supervisory authority over all felony and
misdemeanor deputies including support personnel;
responsible for grand jury proceedings and review
of felony cases; disposition of felony cases
including felony jury trials.
1973 to 1978:
Hand, Muenich and Rodovich, Hammond, IN
Duties: General practice including civil trials,
probate, domestic, and corporate work.
1978:
Referee, Hammond City Court, Hammond, IN
Duties: Responsible for the civil docket and
substitute for the city judge when necessary on the
criminal docket.
EDUCATION
1966 to 1970
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana
B.A. 1970- Major: Government
(Graduated with Senior Honors)
(Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Honor
Society)
1970 to 1973
Valparaiso Law School, Valparaiso, Indiana
J.D. 1973
(Graduated with Distinction)
BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
Indiana Bar Association
Lake County Bar Association
Federal Magistrate Judges Association
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Indiana Supreme Court 1973
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
Indiana 1974
U.S. Court of Appeals (7th Circuit) 1977
HONORS
December 2002
Sagamore of the Wabash
(In recognition of 20 years as a federal judge)
April2004
Phi Beta Kappa
(Alumni Charter Member)
Named Trial Court Judge of the Year in 2013 by the Indiana
Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates
NITA PUBLICATIONS (case files)
State v. Jordan
State v. Matthews
State v. Patterson
Strange v. Wrigley
James v. Colt
Taylor v. Pinnacle Packing Products, Inc.
Ted Jarvis v. Columbia Breweries, Inc.
Cosmopolitan Life Insurance v. Jordan