Short Bio for Kurt Snyder

Kurt Snyder holds a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis and a B.A. from Wabash College . He was admitted to the Indiana State Bar in 1996.

Most recently, Kurt was Director and Counsel of Trial Court Technology for the state of Indiana 's judicial branch of government. In this capacity, Kurt acted as the chief information officer and principal staff person for the Judicial Technology and Automation Committee (JTAC) and the state's presence on the Internet. Recently, the Court's website was recognized as the best court website in the world by the National Center for State Courts as announced at the 2005 CTC conference in Seattle , Washington . http://www.ncsconline.org/What'sNew/NewsAlerts/CTCWebSIte.html In August the website was recognized as the 3rd best website in the world by Justice Served. http://justiceserved.com/top10sites.cfm .

Kurt was responsible for modernizing the court system in Indiana and the largest project ever undertaken by the judicial branch. Kurt was a key leader and driving force in court technology initiatives, bringing Internet access and email to judges statewide; offering free computer training and online legal research access to all judicial employees; and coordinating the judiciary's efforts to acquire a 21st century case management system. He had responsibility for an annual budget in excess of several million dollars and influenced annual budgets in excess of $50 million.

Prior to working for the Court, Kurt was the Assistant Consultant on Legal Education to the American Bar Association; as such, he carried out the work of the ABA's Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar relating to legal education and bar admission matters, including the law school accreditation process. An avid proponent of technology, Kurt took the Section of Legal Education's Internet presence from a single web page to the most often visited website on the ABA Network in less than two years.

Kurt also serves on occasion as an adjunct professor for the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University teaching courses on business law and business computer applications.

During each of the past three years, Kurt has been fortunate to receive recognition both in Indiana and nationally for his efforts. In 2002, he was honored as one of the "Forty under 40", awarded annually by Indiana's most prestigious business magazine, Indianapolis Business Journal, to 40 individuals under the age of 40 that demonstrate excellence and leadership. In 2004, he was the recipient of Indiana 's "Collaboration Award," presented annually by Indiana 's Chief Information Officer to the individual that demonstrates an ability to collaborate and lead technology efforts in state government. And, in 2005, he was the recipient of Government Technology Magazine's "Top 25: Doers, Dreamers and Drivers," awarded annually by the nation's leading government technology magazine to the top 25 individuals in IT for government.

Kurt and his wife Debbie have two children—Summer and Bradley—and live in Carmel , Indiana .