--- title: "Matthew Paul Brookman | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/matthew-paul-brookman" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-03" --- # Matthew Paul Brookman U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern 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 - American judge serving on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana since April 3, 2023 - Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of Indiana, 2002-2016 - Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of IN (2002–2016), where he led the Drug and Violent Crime Unit and the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force - Adjunct professor, constitutional law, University of Evansville, 2011-2015 - Instructor, basic criminal trial advocacy, National Advocacy Center, U.S. Department of Justice, Columbia, South Carolina, 2010-2015; lecturer, sentencing guidelines seminar, 2014 - Adjunct professor, business law, University of Southern Indiana, 2008-2010 - Special assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Missouri, 1999-2002 - Assistant prosecuting attorney, Jefferson County, Missouri, 1994-1997 - Lecturer at the U.S. Department of Justice National Advocacy Center and Southwest Indiana Law Enforcement Academy ### Education - Washington University School of Law — J.D. (1993) - DePauw University — B.A. (1990) ### Additional information - Magistrate, District Court, S.D. Indiana, 2016-present - Lecturer and legal curriculum developer, Southern Indiana Law Enforcement Academy, 2005-2011 - Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri, 1993-1994, 1997-1999 - Date of birth: 1968 - Birth place: St. Louis ## 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/13481986) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13481986) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13481986) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9248/matthew-brookman/) - [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) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9248/matthew-brookman/) - [Judge Matthew Paul Brookman](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13481986) - [Wikidata: Matthew P. Brookman](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115790501) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/matthew-paul-brookman", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/matthew-paul-brookman", "name": "Matthew Paul Brookman | KnowJudges", "description": "Matthew Paul Brookman, U.S. District Court for the Southern 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.