Gene Brooks

Gene Edward Brooks (1931-2004) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.^[1]

Brooks was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on July 27, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629; he was confirmed by the Senate on October 4, 1979, and received commission the next day. From 1987-1994, he served as the chief judge. He served the Southern District of Indiana until his retirement on December 31, 1996.^[1] Brooks was succeeded in this position by Richard Young. Brooks died on April 19, 2004.

Early life and education[edit]

• Indiana State University, B.S., 1953
• Indiana University School of Law, LL.B., 1958^[1]

Professional career[edit]

• U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant, 1953-1955
• Private practice, Mount Vernon, Indiana, 1958-1968
• Prosecuting attorney, Mount Vernon, Indiana, 1959-1968
• Referee in bankruptcy, Southern District of Indiana, 1968-1973^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments[edit]

Southern District of Indiana=[edit]

Brooks was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on July 27, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629; he was confirmed by the Senate on October 4, 1979, and received commission the next day. From 1987-1994, he served as the chief judge. He served the Southern District of Indiana until his retirement on December 31, 1996.^[1] Brooks was succeeded in this position by Richard Young.

External links[edit]

• Judge Brooks's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes[edit]

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
Active judges	Chief Judge: Tanya Walton Pratt   •  Richard Young (Federal judge)  •  Jane Magnus-Stinson  •  James Sweeney (Indiana)  •  J.P. Hanlon
Senior judges	Sarah Barker  •  William Lawrence (Indiana)  •
Magistrate judges	Tim Baker  •  Craig McKee  •  Debra McVicker Lynch  •  Mark Dinsmore  •  Matthew Brookman  •  Van Willis  •  Doris Pryor  •  Mario Garcia (Indiana)  •
Former Article III judges	David Hamilton (Seventh Circuit)  •  Larry McKinney  •  John Tinder  •  Robert Baltzell  •  Gene Brooks  •  Samuel Dillin  •  Cale Holder  •  James Noland  •  William Steckler  •
Former Chief judges	David Hamilton (Seventh Circuit)  •  Sarah Barker  •  Larry McKinney  •  Richard Young (Federal judge)  •  Jane Magnus-Stinson  •  Gene Brooks  •  Samuel Dillin  •  James Noland  •  William Steckler  •

v • e Federal judges nominated by Jimmy Carter
1977	Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron
1978	Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler
1979	Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel
1980	Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams
1981	Heen