Background
Godich, John Paul was born on November 30, 1944 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
Godich, John Paul was born on November 30, 1944 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
AB cum laude, Princeton University, 1966; Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1969.
Associate, Barnes Hickam Pantzer & Boyd (now Barnes & Thornburg), Indiana, 1971-1973; law clerk, United States District Court (southern district) Indiana, 1969-1971; chief United States magistrate judge, United States District Court (southern district) Inc., since 1973; chief magistrate judge, United States District Court (southern district) Inc., 1986. Appointed to Judicial Conference United States committee Administration United States Magistrate Judges, 1987, 90, committee Local Rules southern district Indiana, since 1989, commission to Implement Civil Justice Reform Act, since 1991. Chairman Federal Judicial Center advanced seminar for United States Magistrate Judges, Warren, Vermont, 1991, Orientation seminar Newly Appointed United States Magistrates, 1988.
Member American Bar Association, FBA, American Judicature Society, Indiana State Bar Association, Indianapolis BarAssn., Federal Magistrate Judges Association, 7th Circuit Bar Association (member education committee since 1991, ad hoc commission on high cost of litigation, 1978-1979), Phi BetaKappa.
M. Suzanne Steffen Geringer, September 7, 1974.