Voelz Announces Candidacy For Prosecuting Attorney
Voelz Announces Candidacy For Prosecuting Attorney
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Voelz Announces Candidacy For Prosecuting AttorneyBrad Voelz filed his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Kosciusko County prosecuting attorney in the May primary election.
Voelz has served the past five years as chief deputy to Prosecuting Attorney Dan Hampton, who is completing his 12th year as prosecuting attorney and is not seeking re-election, according to a news release from Voelz.
Voelz began his law enforcement career as a deputy prosecutor in the Allen County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. During his tenure there, Voelz handled a wide variety of cases including misdemeanor, felony and child support enforcement. He eventually achieved the position as one of the lead trial attorneys assigned to serious felony cases.
In 1999, Voelz chose to take on a new challenge when he moved to Warsaw with his wife, Gina, and their two daughters to start the law firm Hampton & Voelz with Dan Hampton. Hampton & Voelz provided legal services in a wide variety of areas, including family law and criminal defense. In 2003, when Hampton became Kosciusko County chief deputy prosecutor, Voelz maintained his legal practice in Warsaw for nearly 13 more years as a solo practitioner. During that time, Voelz also served as the chief public defender for Whitley County.
In 2015, he returned to his prosecutor roots and accepted the chief deputy prosecutor position with Prosecuting Attorney Dan Hampton. Shortly afterward, former Kosciusko County Deputy Prosecutor and current Whitley County Superior Court Judge Douglas Fahl, an officer in the Indiana National Guard, was called to deployment. Accepting his appointment to the bench by the Indiana Supreme Court, and with support of his family and colleagues, Voelz temporarily left his position here to fill in for Judge Fahl until his return from active duty approximately one year later.
Voelz said of his time there, “It was an honor to serve for Judge Fahl while he was doing important work for our country.”
Over the past 30 years working in the criminal justice system as a prosecutor, judge and defense attorney, Voelz has served as lead attorney in well over 100 jury trials, covering every area of criminal law from misdemeanors to property crime to sexual assault to murder. While serving as chief deputy prosecutor, Voelz helped establish both the Kosciusko County Sexual Assault Response Team and the Kosciusko County Teen Court. He also worked to align the Kosciusko County courts with the Whitley County Veteran’s Treatment Court.
Voelz said, “My mission is to serve. Whether it’s working with law enforcement to help crime victims by strictly prosecuting those who harmed them, helping kids who’ve started down the wrong path, or helping veterans who need a hand up, I’ll do all I can to help make Kosciusko County a safer and better place to live. Dan has devoted his career to that mission, and I hope to carry on the legacy.”
Voelz is a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, is on the Board of Directors for the Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club and serves as Board of Directors vice president for Parkview Whitley/Parkview Warsaw. His wife, Gina, is the owner of the Pottery Bayou in the Village at Winona.
Brad and Gina’s daughters each graduated from Warsaw Community High School, which prepared them well for their futures, the release states. Their oldest, after graduating from the University of Dayton, is completing her final year of Optometry School in Michigan, and their youngest, after graduating from UIndy, is now working for the Colts organization in Indianapolis.
