A Bargersville-based defense attorney will not be joining the Indiana Court of Appeals.
Criminal defense attorney Stacy Uliana was among the three finalists selected by the seven-member Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission in July to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Indiana Court of Appeals. The vacancy was created by the upcoming retirement of Judge Edward W. Najam Jr.
On Wednesday, Gov. Eric Holcomb announced that he selected Morgan County Superior Court Judge Peter Foley to be the next member of the Indiana Court of Appeals. Foley, a Morgan County-native, has played a pivotal role in helping those suffering from mental health and addiction, according to a news release from Holcomb’s office.
Foley also serves as a member of the Morgan County Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council which oversees the residential jail substance use disorder treatment program. In 2017, Foley was appointed to the Advisory Task Force on Remote Access to and Privacy of Electronic Court Records to help examine the release of court records while maintaining personal privacy in a digital environment, the news release said.
Uliana, a life-long Indiana resident, is the sole practitioner at Uliana Law, located in downtown Bargersville, which she has managed since 2005. Her practice focuses on representing criminal defendants around the state and in federal courts at the trial, appellate and post-conviction levels. Her legal work includes both criminal jury and bench trials, helping draft new court rules and contributing to legal journals and publications, according to her application.
She notably worked to help free David Camm, a former Indiana State Police trooper who was accused of murdering his wife and two children in 2000. Camm had said he was innocent but was convicted in two jury trials on the charges. However, both convictions were later reversed 13 years later.
Uliana is also an adjunct professor at the IU McKinney School of Law, where she has co-taught trial practice with seven other attorneys and an Indiana Court of Appeals Judge since 2017. Beginning this fall, she is also contracted to teach a course at IU Bloomington focusing on the interaction of mental health and the criminal justice system.
