Eric A. Koch

Eric has been engaged in the private practice of law since 1989. He is a member of the Monroe and Lawrence County Bar Associations, the Indiana State Bar Association, the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and founded and served as the first President of the Indiana Creditors Bar Association.

In 2002, he was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives, where he served until being elected to the Indiana State Senate in 2016. His legislative service has been recognized by, among others, the Indiana Judges Association (Champion of Justice Award), the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (Legislator of the Year 2008 and 2015), the Indiana Pro Bono Commission (Randall T. Shepard Award), Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher (Kentucky Colonel), and Indiana Governor Mike Pence (Sagamore of the Wabash).

He is a registered civil mediator, having earned a civil mediation certificate from the Indiana University McKinney School of Law, studying under ADR expert John Krauss. Eric enjoys using the combination of his mediation skills and litigation experience to help parties settle cases and resolve disputes.

Eric is frequently appointed by judges to serve as a court-appointed fiduciary with responsibilities such as a trustee, federal multidistrict litigation plaintiffs’ steering committee member, special administrator, and personal representative.

A licensed Indiana title insurance producer, he founded Indiana Title Insurance Company in 2015 and served as its President. His business experience also includes real estate, as President of White River Properties, Inc.; agriculture, as a member of Koch Farms LLC; and healthcare, as a former board member and Chairman of the Board of Dunn Memorial Hospital and St. Vincent Dunn Hospital.

• Indiana University McKinney School of Law – J.D., 1989
• Indiana University McKinney School of Law – Civil Mediation Certificate
• University of Idaho, College of Business and Economics – Graduate Certificate in Energy Policy Planning
• Southern Methodist University – Certificate, Community Bank Directors Program
• Georgetown University, B.S., 1987

• Indiana

• Chairman, Senate Utilities Committee
• Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary and Commerce & Technology Committees
• Member, Senate Corrections & Criminal Law Committee
• Member, Executive Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures
• Former Co-chairman of the Energy Supply Task Force of the National Conference of State Legislatures
• Former Member, Executive Committee of the National Council on Electricity Policy
• Former Member, Federal Communications Commission Consumer Advisory Committee (2018-2022)
• Former Member, Indiana Commission on Courts (2007-2011)
• Member, Indiana Probate Code Study Commission (2005-2007, 2013-2014, 2019-present) 
• Former Member, Indiana Military Base Planning Council (2005-2019)
• Former Member, Board of Trustees of the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (2006-2011)
• Member, Indiana Public Defender Commission (2017—present)
• Commissioner, The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (2018-present) 
• Member,  Indiana Supreme Court's Commercial Courts Committee (2019-present)
• Former Member, Indiana Supreme Court Innovation Initiative (2019-2023) 
• Faculty Member, Indiana State Bar Association and Indiana Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Forum
• Member, Boards of Directors of Mid-Southern Savings Bank, FSB and its holding company Mid-Southern Bancorp, Inc.
• Former Member, Board of Governors of the Society of Indiana Pioneers 
• Former Member, Executive Board of the Hoosier Trails Council of the Boy Scouts of America
• Former Member, Mitchell Urban Enterprise Association Board
• Former Member, Georgetown University Alumni Admissions Committee