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Bench Law Office is client-oriented and dedicated to providing legal representation, service and advice when you need it most. We are also there when you need questions answered from a source you can trust.

Mr. Bench began practicing law in 1977, graduating from Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis. While a student, Mr. Bench won the "American Jurisprudence Award", for excellent achievement in the study of criminal procedure.

From 1977 until 1987, Mr. Bench practiced law with an association of attorneys on the Southside of Indianapolis. This association was known as Jackson Borgmann and Bench, prior to Mr. Bench establishing the Bench Law Office in July, of 1987, concentrating in criminal, domestic and civil trial practice.

Mr. Bench is presently a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; the Indiana Bar Association; Indianapolis Bar Association; and is now and has been a past member of the American Bar Association, Brown County Bar Association; Indiana Public Defenders Council; American Trial Lawyers Association; United States District Court-Criminal Justice Panel and National Association of Trial Lawyers.

Mr. Bench was also a public defender in the Brown County Circuit Court from approximately 1999 thru 2003. In that capacity, he represented alleged criminal in misdemeanor and felony cases, and also represented indigent people in CHINS (Child in Need of Services) cases; juvenile cases and other matters. Mr. Bench also served as a precinct chairman in Brown County, and was slated by the Marion County Democratic Party for the position of Perry Township Small Claims Court Judge.

Mr. Bench has been the featured speaker at numerous continuing legal education seminars, and has authored written material for continuing legal education. Among the seminars for which material was presented; written materials were submitted and Mr. Bench was a featured speaker include: "Successful Outcomes in Criminal Defense (Wining Trial Strategies for Indiana Attorneys)"; "The Criminal Trial: Voir Dire to Closing";" Divorce Law: Guide from A to Z".

Mr. Bench has also appeared on the "Night Talk" TV show with Dick Wolfsie in Indianapolis on a panel discussion on criminal law and the adult entertainment business, and further appeared on " Indiana" in Indianapolis, a panel discussion entitled "Indianapolis Finest Criminal Defense Attorney's". Mr. Bench is also registered as a civil mediator in the State of Indiana.