Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 October 2002 — Page 4

IN 4 October 23. 2002

Meet the candidates

Several local candidates for public office have sent the P-O brief biographies, and we've gathered some additional information to help keep readers informed for the Nov. 5 election. Jim Osborn Jim Osborn, a Democrat running for Marion County prosecutor, is a graduate of Cardinal Ritter High School, IUPUI and a cum laude graduate of Indiana University at Indianapolis School of Law. He has nine years of law enforcement experience, having worked as an investigations clerk for the Marion

County Sheriff's Department, where he assisted detectives in case preparation and compiled the Uniform Crime Statistics for the FBI. Osborn served as deputy prosecutor under Jeff Modisett and Scott Newman and as chief investigator for Attorney General Karen Freeman-Wilson. He served as program director for the Public Employees Retirement Fund. He is married and has two sons.

Elizabeth White Elizabeth "Beth" White, Democratic candidate for Marion County clerk, has prac-

ticed law in Indianapolis for 12 years. Born in Bloomington, she holds a B.S. degree from lU-Bloomington and a law degree from Georgetown University. She is deputy corporation counsel for the City of Indianapolis. She formerly was chief counsel for the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, chief counsel for the Marion County Office of Family and Children and was a deputy prosecuting attorney under Prosecutor Jeff Modisett and an associate attorney at Barnes and Thornburg. She is a home-

owner in Irvington and is active at Central Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), in the Bar Association, and on the boards of the Julian Center and Training Inc. Louis Rosenberg Louis Rosenberg, a Democrat running for judge of the Circuit Court, is a member of the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation and currently presides over Magistrate Court 99, a court handling Dfelony cases. He served as managing attorney for litigation for the UAW Legal Services Plan.

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Mark D. Battles Mark D. Battles is a Democrat running for Marion County assessor. He is a lawyer in private practice with an emphasis on litigation, probate and business law. He has 30plus years of work experience in real estate and business management. Ted Sosin Ted Sosin, long an active member of the Jewish community, is a Republican running for Marion County Circuit Court judge. A Hammond native, he was graduated from IU Bloomington and completed his law degree at the IU School of Law in Indianapolis. He is married to the former Judy Leightman. Their children both attended pre-school and Hebrew school at the Bureau of Jewish Education. Now in private practice, he previously was employed by Legal Services Organization and Community Action Against Poverty. His experience includes service as chief counsel for the Indiana Civil Rights Commission. He has served as a member of Jewish Family and Children's Services board of directors, a Cub Scout leader, a Russian Resettlement volunteer and a Jewish Community Center youth soccer coach. In private practice for 30 years, he also has served for 18 of those years as a commissioner hearing civil cases for the Marion County Circuit Court.

Gary L. Miller Gary L. Miller is a Republican running for re-election as Superior Court judge. Miller presided in the court's criminal division, Room 5, from January 1991 until December 2000, handling more than 400 major felony jury trials. He now serves in the Civil Division. He received his B. A. degree from Indiana University in Bloomington in 1977 and his law degree in 1980 from the IU School of Law at Indianapolis. He has served as a deputy prosecutor and in private practice with the Hollingsworth and Meek law firm. He teaches professional responsibility as an adjunct professor of law at the IU School of Law in Indianapolis. He will serve as president of the Indianapolis Bar Association in 2003.