Linda Chezem, LLC.

From 1976-1998, Linda Chezem served as a judge in the state of Indiana. She served first as a trial court judge then became a judge on the Indiana Court of Appeals. During her trial court tenure, Judge Chezem was appointed as a special judge in over 300 cases serving twenty-five different counties. Judge ChezemÕs trial court jurisdiction ranged from traffic to felony-murder, marriage dissolution, probate, juvenile and unlimited civil and criminal dockets. Her appellate level work consisted of review of cases from trial courts in all 92 counties, civil and criminal.

Judge Chezem wrote over 1,000 majority cases and participated in over 3,000 cases during her service on the Indiana Court of Appeals. She now serves as a Senior Judge by the appointment of the Indiana Supreme Court.

In 1998, Linda accepted the position of Professor and Department Head of 4-H Youth in the School of Agriculture at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, holding the department head position until Feb.1, 2000. Linda also serves on the boards of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership, Fairbanks Hospital, and Indiana Youth Institute. In December of 1999, Governor Frank OÕBannon named Linda to the Indiana Youth Development Legislative Study Committee. Linda has received numerous honors and awards in her work as judge and professor. She has dedicated much of her time outside of these professions to community projects and community service.