How do judges of the Supreme Court of Indiana reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.

Supreme Court of Indiana / Joined 2016 / Active

Geoffrey G. Slaughter

Justice, Supreme Court of Indiana

Geoffrey G. Slaughter is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana, serving since 2016. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2016 · 10 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2016	Supreme Court of Indiana	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Slaughter authored 26 published opinions for the court (2016–2026), plus 6 dissents and 3 concurrences. Most cited: In Re: The Matter of D.J. and G.J., Children in Need of Services Gr.J. (Mother) and J.J. (Father) v. Ind. Dept. of Child Services (115 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 35 of these were attributed to Slaughter by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2017	In Re: The Matter of D.J. and G.J., Children in Need of Services Gr.J. (Mother) and J.J. (Father) v. Ind. Dept. of Child Services†	68 N.E.3d 574	115
2018	Mathew W. McCallister v. State of Indiana†	91 N.E.3d 554	89
2017	KS&E Sports and Edward J. Ellis v. Dwayne H. Runnels†	72 N.E.3d 892	52
2017	Carltez Taylor v. State of Indiana· Concurrence†	86 N.E.3d 157	51
2016	In re the Marriage of: Thomas Todd Reynolds v. Tricia Reynolds· Dissent†	64 N.E.3d 829	37
2017	Bellwether Properties, LLC v. Duke Energy Indiana, Inc.†	87 N.E.3d 462	34
2018	In re the Adoption of E.B.F., J.W. v. D.F.· Dissent†	93 N.E.3d 759	33
2016	Cynthia Bell v. State of Indiana· Concurrence†	59 N.E.3d 959	28
2018	In the Matter of the Supervised Estate of Gary D. Kent John David Kent and Kevin Kent, as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Gary D. Kent Nicholas Kent and David Kent v. Cynthia Kerr· Dissent†	99 N.E.3d 634	26
2018	Elizabeth Roumbos v. Samuel G. Vazanellis & Thiros and Stracci, PC†	95 N.E.3d 63	25
2018	Dennis Garner v. Gregory S. Kempf and Clerk of Vanderburgh County (garnishee)†	93 N.E.3d 1091	21
2018	Nipsco Indus. Grp. v. N. Ind. Pub. Serv. Co.†	100 N.E.3d 234	19
2019	Town of Brownsburg, Indiana v. Fight Against Brownsburg Annexation†	124 N.E.3d 597	18
2018	B.T.E. v. State of Indiana†	108 N.E.3d 322	18
2017	Mary Price v. Indiana Department of Child Services Director of Indiana Department of Child Services†	80 N.E.3d 170	15

Showing the 15 most-cited of 35 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Supreme Court of Indiana reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court is Geoffrey G. Slaughter on?: Geoffrey G. Slaughter is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana.

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10 years on the Supreme Court of Indiana. Data as of 2026-07-02. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).