Judge Allen Sharp 124 Federal Building 204 S. Main Street South Bend, IN 46601 (574) 246-8170 Case Management           Scott Jackson       (574) 246-8171 Court Reporters           Joanne Hoffman       Loretta Spromberg       (574) 246-8038 Judge Allen Sharp 220 Federal Building 230 N. Fourth Street Lafayette, IN 47901 (765) 420-6260 Case Management           Cannie Inman       (765) 420-6250 Court Reporters           Joanne Hoffman       Loretta Spromberg       (574) 246-8038 Born    Washington, D.C.              February 11, 1932 Judge Sharp was appointed United States District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana on October 11, 1973 and entered duty November 1, 1973. He was Chief Judge from December 11, 1981 to December 31, 1996. He attended Indiana State Teachers College; George Washington University, receiving an A.B. degree in 1954; Indiana University, receiving a J.D. degree in 1957; and Butler University, receiving a Masters Degree in History in 1986. He received the Honorary Doctor of Civil Laws degree from Indiana State University in 1979. Prior to his appointment to the federal bench, Judge Sharp served as a Judge of the Appellate Court of Indiana (now Court of Appeals) from 1969 to 1973. He served in the United States Air Force Reserve from 1957 to 1984, achieving rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He practiced law in Williamsport, Indiana from 1957 to 1968, where he successfully argued Hopkins v. Cohen, 390 U.S. 530 (1968) before the United States Supreme Court. He has authored several historical articles, including Presidents as Supreme Court Advocates, The Supreme Court Historical Society Journal, Vol. 28, No. 2 (2003); An Echo of the War: The Aftermath of the Exparte Milligan Case, Traces, Summer 2003; Free at Last: How the Powell Fugitive Slave Family Became and Stayed Free, The Supreme Court Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 1 (1996); The Transcontinental Career of Edwin Crocker, Traces, Fall 1997; The Sequel to Milligan: The Civil Law Suit, The Supreme Court Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 1 (1998); and The Milligan Aftermath: A Celebrity Civil Rights Case, Litigation, Summer 1998, as well as an American Bar Association Journal article in 1968 on Social Security Cases; a Case and Comment article in 1983 on Post-Verdict Interviews with Jurors; and a 1980-81 Air Force Law Review article on Reservists Employment Rights. Judge Sharp has had extensive experience in the federal judiciary during the more than three decades of his service. He has presided in civil and criminal jury trials in seven different locations in four different U.S. districts. Additionally, he has sat by designation on three United States Appeals Courts in Chicago, Washington, D.C. and New Orleans, Louisiana. He is a member of the Indiana State Bar Association, the Bar Association of the Seventh Federal Circuit and the Indiana Judges Association. He serves as Adjunct Professor of History at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, at Indiana University South Bend, and at Milligan College in Milligan College, Tennessee. Publications Justices Seeking the Presidency Presidents as Supreme Court Advocate: Before and After the White House Benjamin Harrison: High-Priced Counsel

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