2021 Installation Luncheon and Swearing In Ceremony

2021 Installation Luncheon and Swearing In Ceremony

Event presided over and Oaths of Office administered by     

Paul Felix began serving as Hamilton Circuit Court Judge in January 2009.  Judge Felix had been appointed Judge of the Carmel City Court by Governor Mitch Daniels in 2007. He was a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in the Johnson County Prosecutor’s Office from 1995 to the time of his appointment to the bench.  

During his prosecuting career, he created the county’s first Domestic Violence Unit, and led the prosecution of DV cases for three years. Afterwards, he focused on prosecuting major felony crimes when multiple Defendants were involved.

As the Hamilton Circuit Court Judge, Paul assists with presiding over the county’s Drug Court, helped create the Youth Assistance Program, and leads the county’s Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative which focuses on changing the juvenile delinquency system into an evidence-based, child-focused, result-oriented system.  Judge Felix is particularly proud of the Youth Assistance Program as it is one of the State’s only judicial programs that focuses on the prevention of crime by providing youth with mentors, tutors, and wrap-around services.  Additionally, Judge Felix frequently presents at judicial conferences on the topics of contempt, ethics, and the Indiana Trial Rules. He is a member of the Indiana Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, and Committee on Character and Fitness.