About Dakota
Currently I maintain the placement of Judge of Morgan County Superior Court 1 as appointed by using Governor Eric Holcomb in December of 2022.
I am licensed beneath Indiana Bar and am graduate of Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 2015. I became a Deputy Prosecuting Lawyer with the Marion County Prosecutor s Office from June 2015 to January 2018. I worked inside the Juvenile Division both misdemeanor and main prison, the Adult Misdemeanor Division, the Adult Mental Health Court, the Level 6 Felony Division, after which specialised with the STRIKE Team (Narcotics, Guns, and Gangs Unit). I control a excessive caseload, dealing ordinarily with drug instances and narcotics dealing instances. I became a Public Defender in Clay and Vigo Counties from August of 2022 - January of 2023 dealing with major criminal and Child in Need of Services cases. In 2020 I opened VanLeeuwen Law, LLC servicing southern Indiana’s litigation wishes. My historical past is in criminal regulation, family law, municipal regulation, and estates.
I am also an I.L.E.A. graduate of the 2011 elegance and Officer at Indiana University Police Department from April 2010 - October of 2015.
I am licensed beneath Indiana Bar and am graduate of Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 2015. I became a Deputy Prosecuting Lawyer with the Marion County Prosecutor s Office from June 2015 to January 2018. I worked inside the Juvenile Division both misdemeanor and main prison, the Adult Misdemeanor Division, the Adult Mental Health Court, the Level 6 Felony Division, after which specialised with the STRIKE Team (Narcotics, Guns, and Gangs Unit). I control a excessive caseload, dealing ordinarily with drug instances and narcotics dealing instances. I became a Public Defender in Clay and Vigo Counties from August of 2022 - January of 2023 dealing with major criminal and Child in Need of Services cases. In 2020 I opened VanLeeuwen Law, LLC servicing southern Indiana’s litigation wishes. My historical past is in criminal regulation, family law, municipal regulation, and estates.
I am also an I.L.E.A. graduate of the 2011 elegance and Officer at Indiana University Police Department from April 2010 - October of 2015.