Published on: Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Mario Garcia will become the first person of Hispanic heritage to serve as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. (article available here). He will fill a new magistrate judgeship created for the district by the Judicial Conference of the United States.

Born in Bloomington, Garcia is a 1995 graduate of Ball State University. He studied law at Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis, where he graduated in 1999. After law school, Garcia joined the law firm that is now Brattain Minnix Garcia. He has extensive courtroom experience in both civil and criminal law.

U.S. magistrate judges are appointed by the judges of the U.S. District Court for a term of eight years and are eligible for reappointment to successive terms.

Garcia's appointment will be effective no earlier than April 1, 2021, upon completion of required IRS and FBI background investigations.