Retired Vanderburgh County Superior Court Judge Rich D’Amour Has Been Selected As A 2021 “Community Service Award Winner”
The City-County Observer is excited to announce that the Honorable Vanderburgh County  Superior Court Judge Rich D’Amour has been selected as an “Outstanding Community Services Award” winner for 2021.
Judge D’Amour has earned the repetition of being fair, impartial, and objective while adhering to the letter of the law. Judge D’Amour is an extremely personable person. He’s very well respected not only by his peers but by practicing attorneys alike.
He has served on numerous state judicial committees including the domestic relations committee where he helped draft the Indiana Child Support Guidelines, the Parenting Time Guidelines, and the Parenting Time Calendar. In 2013
Judge D’Amour established the Alternative Dispute Resolution Fund in Vanderburgh County which helps provide mediation services to low-income litigants. In 2016 he was one of six judges in Indiana chosen to start the new Indiana Commercial Court, a system of courts specifically developed to address business and commercial litigation. These courts are now permanently established in Indiana and are being adopted by other counties throughout the state.
Judge Rich D’Amour moved to Evansville in July of 1981 after getting his undergraduate degree from Notre Dame and his law degree from Indiana University. He practiced law over a period of 24 years. During that time he had the pleasure of practicing with such fine partners as Bob Zoss, Randy Craig, Steve Krohn, Edward Johnson, and Brian Carroll among others.
His areas of practice were primarily as a deputy prosecutor for 19 years, serving under Prosecutors Jeff Lantz, Bob Pigman, and Stan Levco and as a family law attorney. Rich estimates he has tried over 150 criminal jury trials and done several thousand divorces.
Happily, Rich has been married 45 years to Holly, a retired executive with Bristol-Meyers Squibb. In 2005, seeking a change from the hectic practice of law, Rich was appointed as Magistrate in the Vanderburgh Superior Court. He served in that position until 2011 when he was fortunate enough to be elected Judge in the Vanderburgh Superior Court, a position he holds to this day.
After nearly 40 years in the legal profession, Judge D’ Amour plans on retiring in the spring of 2021 and will be moving to Asheville, North Carolina with Holly to begin his next adventure in retirement
Joining Judge Rich D’Amour as a”CCO Outstanding Community Services Award” winners for 2021 are; former Vanderburgh County Treasurer and County Clerk Susan Kirk, State Senator Vaneta Becker, the popular three-term Mayor of Evansville  Lloyd Winnecke, prominent attorney, and community activist Charles L. Berger, retired Vanderburgh County Superior Court Judge Richard G. D’Amour, and the Co-Chairpersons of the “Feed The Hungry” collation of Vanderburgh County, Lisa Vaughn, and Evansville City Council member Alex Burton.
This event is scheduled for October 20, 2021, at Bally’s-Evansville Walnut rooms A and B at 12:00 noon.
FOOTNOTE: Because of the Covid-19 virus concerns we are currently re-assessing our plans to hold our annual award luncheon scheduled at Bally’s-Evansville on October 20, 2021. We will be making an announcement during the first week of October, 2021 concerning our decision about holding this event.
