--- title: "Theresa Lazar Springmann | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/theresa-l-springmann" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Theresa Lazar Springmann 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: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official judge-specific and circuitwide procedural guidance has been located for this profile. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, N.D. Indiana, 2003-present - Senior U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana, appointed in 2003 and elevated to senior status in 20 - U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, 1995-2003 - Law clerk, Hon. James T. Moody, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, 1980-1983 ### Education - Notre Dame Law School - Indiana University ### Additional information - Private practice, Indiana, 1984-1995 - Date of birth: 1956-01-01 ## 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 ### courtroom technology Scope: judge specific Judge-specific source Evidence excerpt: Judge Springmann's courtroom is equipped with the following technology: . Evidence presentation system (1080P high definition evidence presentation system); 1080P HD document camera . HD laptop evidence presentation inputs from counsel tables and presentation cart ((2) HDMI, (1) VGA (1) 3.5mm Audio) . [Judge Theresa Lazar Springmann | Northern District of Indiana | United States District Court](https://www.innd.uscourts.gov/judges-info/TLS) Source checked: 2026-07-24 ### 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/1391871) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1391871) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1391871) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3061/theresa-lazar-springmann/) - [Judge Theresa Lazar Springmann | Northern District of Indiana | United States District Court](https://www.innd.uscourts.gov/judges-info/TLS) - [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/3061/theresa-lazar-springmann/) - [Wikidata: Theresa Lazar Springmann](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7782875) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/theresa-l-springmann", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/theresa-l-springmann", "name": "Theresa Lazar Springmann | KnowJudges", "description": "Theresa Lazar Springmann, 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.