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# Christopher M. Goff

Indiana Supreme Court · Justice

## Profile

- Court: Indiana Supreme Court
- State: Indiana
- Role: Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### electronic evidence presentation

Scope: statewide

Indiana Rule 2.17 lets a judge authorize electronic or photographic means for evidence presentation, record perpetuation, or judicial administration.

Evidence excerpt: a judge may authorize: (1) the use of electronic or photographic means for the presentation of evidence

[Indiana Code of Judicial Conduct Rule 2.17: Prohibiting Broadcasting of Proceedings](https://rules.incourts.gov/Content/judicial-conduct/rule2-17/current.htm)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### photography recording

Scope: statewide

Indiana courtroom broadcasting, recording, digital streaming, and photography require judicial authorization under Rule 2.17.

Evidence excerpt: No broadcast of a court proceeding is allowed without authorization from the judge.

[Indiana Code of Judicial Conduct Rule 2.17: Prohibiting Broadcasting of Proceedings](https://rules.incourts.gov/Content/judicial-conduct/rule2-17/current.htm)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### remote non testimonial proceedings

Scope: statewide

Indiana courts may conduct non-testimonial hearings or conferences remotely on request or on the court's own order.

Evidence excerpt: a court may, upon request or on its own order, conduct the hearing or conference as a remote proceeding

[Indiana Administrative Rule 14: Remote Proceedings](https://rules.incourts.gov/Content/admin/rule14/current.htm)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### remote testimonial proceedings

Scope: statewide

Indiana testimonial proceedings are presumptively in person unless good cause is shown or the parties agree to remote participation.

Evidence excerpt: A court must conduct all testimonial proceedings in person except that a court may conduct the proceedings remotely

[Indiana Administrative Rule 14: Remote Proceedings](https://rules.incourts.gov/Content/admin/rule14/current.htm)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### camera request process

Scope: statewide

Indiana's public cameras guidance states that local judicial officers have discretion to authorize news-media cameras in non-confidential trial-court proceedings.

Evidence excerpt: Judicial officers around the state have the authority to allow news media into their courtrooms

[Indiana Judicial Branch: Cameras in Indiana Trial Courts](https://www.in.gov/courts/cameras/)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.in.gov/courts/supreme/about/)
- [Official roster](https://www.in.gov/courts/supreme/about/)
- [Indiana Judicial Branch official judicial roster](https://www.in.gov/courts/supreme/about/)
- [Indiana Code of Judicial Conduct Rule 2.17: Prohibiting Broadcasting of Proceedings](https://rules.incourts.gov/Content/judicial-conduct/rule2-17/current.htm)
- [Indiana Administrative Rule 14: Remote Proceedings](https://rules.incourts.gov/Content/admin/rule14/current.htm)
- [Indiana Judicial Branch: Cameras in Indiana Trial Courts](https://www.in.gov/courts/cameras/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Christopher M. Goff is an American judge and the Associate Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, appointed in 2017 and retained by voters in 2020
- From 2005 to 2017, Goff held the role of a Wabash County Superior Court judge, where he established the Wabash County Drug Court, Family Recovery Court, and Reentry Court.
- Named Huntington County Pro Bono Attorney of the Year in 2001 and 2002
- Official site: Indiana Supreme Court – Justice Christopher M. Goff
- He also held the role of Huntington County Public Defender for two years, leading to the creation of the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program
- He became a partner at Mills, Northrop & Goff after just 18 months.

### Education

- He later received an LL.M. from Duke University School of Law in 2025.
- Indiana University Maurer School of Law in — J.D. (1996)

### Additional information

- In May 2020, he became Chair of the Indiana Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council (JRAC)
- Born in 1972 in Wabash, Indiana, Goff graduated summa cum laude from Ball State University in 1994
- After law school, Goff practiced law in Huntington, Indiana
- handling criminal defense, domestic relations, personal injury, and small business cases.
- On the Indiana Supreme Court, Goff led a statewide effort to expand Family Recovery Courts, nearly tripling their number in two years.
- He is also a graduate of the Indiana Judicial College and the Indiana Graduate Program for Judges