Linley E. Pearson

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Linley E. Pearson
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Judge for the Clinton County Circuit Court
In office
December 1994 – December 2012
Preceded by Jack R. O'Neill
Succeeded by Bradley K. Mohler
37th Attorney General of Indiana
In office
January 12, 1981 – January 11, 1993
Governor Robert D. Orr
Evan Bayh
Preceded by Theodore L. Sendak
Succeeded by Pamela Carter
Clinton County Prosecutor
In office
January 1971 – January 1981
Preceded by Carol E. Grafton
Personal details
Born (1946-04-18) April 18, 1946 (age 78)
Long Beach, California
Political party Republican

Linley E. Pearson (born April 18, 1946) is an American politician, lawyer, and judge who served as the thirty-seventh Attorney General of Indiana from January 12, 1981 to January 11, 1993.[1][2][3]

Biography

Pearson was born in Long Beach, California. Pearson attended The Citadel (a senior military college in Charleston, South Carolina). Pearson obtained a master's degree from Butler University and a J.D. from Indiana University. Pearson is a former law clerk of Richard M. Givan, a Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court.[4]

Pearson, a resident of Frankfort, was elected Prosecutor of Clinton County in 1971.[5] Pearson is a Republican. When he was first elected, he was the youngest prosecutor in the state. He served as Prosecutor until 1980, when he was elected Indiana Attorney General, defeating Democratic challenger Robert Webster (an attorney from Indianapolis).[6] Pearson succeeded Theodore L. Sendak to the office and served as Attorney General in the administrations of Governors Robert D. Orr (a Republican) and Evan Bayh (a Democrat). Pearson was succeeded to the office by Pamela Carter, a Democrat.[7][4]

Pearson was the Republican candidate in the 1992 Indiana gubernatorial election, losing the race to incumbent Governor Evan Bayh.[3]

Pearson became Judge for the Clinton County Circuit Court in 1994, after he defeated the incumbent, Jack O'Neill, in the Republican primary.[3][8] He left in December 2012.[9]

In an interview with The Indiana Lawyer in 2021, Pearson criticized Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita.[10]

References

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Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for Indiana Attorney General
1980, 1984, 1988		 Succeeded by
Timothy L. Bookwalter
Preceded by Republican nominee for Governor of Indiana
1992		 Succeeded by
Stephen Goldsmith
Political offices
Preceded by Indiana Attorney General
1981-1993		 Succeeded by
Pamela Carter

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