--- title: "Gretchen Suzanne Lund | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/gretchen-suzanne-lund" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-03" --- # Gretchen Suzanne Lund U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana - State: Indiana - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - 2024–present: U.S. District Judge, Northern District of Indiana - Gretchen Suzanne Lund (née Hess) is a U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana, appointed by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the Senate in January 2024 - Judge, Elkhart County [Indiana] Superior Court, 2015-2024 - Adjunct professor, Indiana University South Bend, 2011-2014 - Adjunct professor, Goshen College, 2010-2014 - Judge, Goshen City [Indiana] Court, 2008-2014 - Deputy prosecutor, Elkhart County, Indiana, 2006-2007 - Law clerk, Hon. William T. Lawrence, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, 2002-2006 - Republican and has been active in local politics, winning two six-year terms as Elkhart County Superior Court judge ### Education ### Additional information - 15, 2023, President Biden nominated Lund to replace Jon DeGuilio, who took senior status in July 2023. - Private practice, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2001-2002 - Born in 1975 in Elkhart, Indiana, Lund obtained a B.A. cum laude from Butler University in 1998 and a J.D. summa cum laude from Valparaiso University School of Law in 2001. - On Nov. ## 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 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761461) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761461) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761461) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [Judge Gretchen Suzanne Lund](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761461) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/gretchen-suzanne-lund", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/gretchen-suzanne-lund", "name": "Gretchen Suzanne Lund | KnowJudges", "description": "Gretchen Suzanne Lund, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.