Tanya Walton Pratt

Judge 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