Brucker Kocher appointed Superior Court Judge

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Published: Saturday, 15 July 2017 02:46

INDIANAPOLIS - Crystal Brucker Kocher was sworn in Friday afternoon (July 21) as the new judge of the Pulaski Superior Court by Circuit Court Judge Michael Shurn. 

Her appointment to the bench was announced a week earlier by Gov. Eric J. Holcomb Friday to fill the vacancy which opened with the resignation of Judge Patrick Blankenship earlier this spring.

Kocher has extensive experience in both the civil and criminal arenas, having served not only as the juvenile magistrate in the Tippecanoe County Court system for several years, but also as a public defender in Tippecanoe County - and more recently as the chief deputy prosecutor in Pulaski County.

Crystal Brucker Kocher was sworn in Friday afternoon (July 21) as the new judge of the Pulaski Superior Court by Circuit Court Judge Michael Shurn. A group of about 50 friends and family attended the ceremony in the Superior Court courtroom in Winamac.

Kocher has also engaged in the private practice of law, with significant experience in the areas of family law, probate, municipal, juvenile, collections and criminal law.

She is a member of the Pulaski County Bar Association (past secretary) as well as the Indiana Bar Association and the American Bar Association. She has served with the Pulaski County Community Foundation. Kocher attended Marion College and Purdue University for her undergraduate degree and received her law degree from Indiana University McKinney School of Law.