Attorney General Greg Zoeller
Greg Zoeller was elected Indiana's 42nd Attorney General November 4, 2008 and sworn into office January 12, 2009. Before being elected Attorney General, Zoeller served as the chief deputy to Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter and also as chief of the litigation division and of advisory services, a position he held 7 years. In this capacity he directed the overall administration of legal services of the office and served as the delegated representative of the office in carrying out its statutory authority. As the managing attorney for the office of 140 lawyers he directed all litigation areas and work performed by outside counsel, leading the Office's efforts in achieving reform for several non-profit entities and fighting public corruption. As chief deputy he served as the senior advisor to the Attorney General to all agency heads and departmental counsel represented by the office and as liaison to the National Association of Attorneys General for Carter who had served as president of the association.
Zoeller served as the Assistant to Vice President Dan Quayle in the White House from 1989-1991. He had previously served then-Senator Quayle in both Washington and Indiana in legislative and executive capacities since 1982. In these governmental positions Zoeller provided legislative and political counsel and managed five statewide offices. He served as Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney General, Richard Thornburg in 1988 and as Senior Counsel to the House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform and Oversight in 1998.
He was awarded a Sagamore of the Wabash by Governor Robert D. Orr in 1988 for his work for Senator Quayle representing the State of Indiana. He was selected to serve on the U.S. delegation to NATO in Brussels, Belgium as the Vice President of the Indiana Council of World Affairs in 1992 and led Airlift Indiana, a private relief mission, to Bangladesh and another relief mission to Honduras following natural disasters in those countries.
Zoeller has served as an adjunct faculty member, teaching at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis in the political science department. He has been a delegate to the Republican National Convention and worked on numerous state and national political campaigns including the successful Bush-Quayle campaign in 1988.
An attorney licensed to practice in Indiana and Washington DC, Zoeller is certified as a mediator and had previously maintained a private practice representing corporate and business clients as outside counsel in strategic corporate planning, project and business development and international law.
A native of New Albany, Indiana, Zoeller graduated from Indiana University School of Law at Bloomington in 1982. He is married to Kerrie (Turner) and has three children, Gretchen, Katherine, and Michael. They are members of Christ the King Catholic Church.
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