Tanya Walton Pratt
Personal
Birthday:
1959
Birthplace:
Indianapolis, IN
Race or Ethnicity:
African American
Gender:
Female Prior Employment:
Private practice, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1984-1996
Judge, Marion County [Indiana] Superior Court, 1997-2010; Criminal Division, 1997-2008; Probate Division, 2009-2010
Education
Name of School:
Spelman College
Degree:
B.A.
Degree Year:
1981
Name of School - Second:
Howard University School of Law
Consistent with providing the professional leadership necessary to advocate and defend the rights of all, but particularly of African-Americans and other minorities, it is the Law School's mission to: Educate and enable students to develop their highest capabilities and skills as lawyers; Engage as an institution in the active pursuit of solutions to domestic and international legal, social, economic and political problems that are of particular concern to minority groups; and Imbue its students with dedication to excellence and commitment to the solutions to those problems.
Degree - Second:
J.D.
Degree Year - Second:
1984 Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana
Court Name:
Indiana Southern District Court
President Nominating:
Barack Obama
Party Affiliation of President:
Democratic
Commission Date:
6/15/2010