U.S. Attorney
On April 28, 2008, Timothy M. Morrison was appointed as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana by U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey. This followed Mr. Morrison's service as Acting United States Attorney beginning October 1, 2007, upon the resignation of United States Attorney Susan W. Brooks. Morrison has been with the Department of Justice for more than 19 years and has served as First Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Indiana for most of that time. On two previous occasions, he served as interim U.S. Attorney, once in October, 1993 and for twenty months from February, 2000 to October, 2001.
As United States Attorney, Morrison supervises a staff of 30 lawyers, who serve as Assistant United States Attorneys and a support staff of about 40 persons. The United States Attorney is the legal representative of the United States Government for both civil lawsuits and criminal prosecutions and serves as an official spokesperson for the Department of Justice with relation to activities occurring in the Southern District of Indiana.
Morrison served as Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Monroe County, Indiana between 1975 and 1981. He worked as a supervising deputy prosecutor in Marion County, Indiana, in the 1980's, where he prosecuted sex crimes and homicides, including two death penalty cases.
Originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana, Morrison obtained an undergraduate degree in political science from Indiana University in 1971 and a law degree from Indiana University-Bloomington in 1974. He is admitted to practice in Indiana state courts, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. He is a member of the Indiana State and Seventh Circuit Bar Associations, the National Association of former United States Attorneys and the Sagamore Inn of Court in Indianapolis.