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56 Ind. L. Rev. 1 (2022-2023)

handle is hein.journals/indilr56 and id is 1 raw text is: Indiana Law Review Volume 56 2022 Number 1 TRIBUTES POST-IT NOTES, CHECKLISTS, AND OTHER STUFF! JUSTICE STEVEN H. DAVID* After forty years as a lawyer, which included twenty-eight years as an attorney for the Army, and twenty-eight years as a Judicial Officer presiding over 20,000 cases as a trial judge, authoring 166 majority opinions and fifty-one non- majority opinions as a Supreme Court Justice, it is time to leave the Supreme Court to start anew and do something just a bit different. You might wonder what that might be, but I prefer to save that for the end. Instead, I would like to start by expressing my gratitude and appreciation. First, I want to thank the legal profession in the State of Indiana-the World's Finest Bench and Bar! Thank you to the Robert H. McKinney School of Law not only for a great legal education, but for a fabulous job of producing so many great Indiana lawyers and judges. I would also like to thank those that I have practiced with throughout my career as an active-duty solider in the United States Army and after I returned from my tour of duty to practice law in Bartholomew County before I left to work in the corporate world for six years. And thank you to the many wonderful people in Boone County who helped to elect me as Circuit Court Judge in 1994, 2000 and, again, in 2006. I had the honor and privilege of serving the residents of Boone County with some of the finest people I have ever known. They made me a better lawyer, a better judge, and a much better person. In 2010, Justice Ted Boehm announced his retirement from the Supreme Court. It may come as no surprise to you that no one reached out and asked me to apply for the vacancy on the Indiana Supreme Court. Indeed, most people I spoke with were very honest, to say the least. Some responses were something like: Gee, I think you would be a good Supreme Court Justice, but you really don't have a chance. There are a lot of different moments when it would have been easy to allow doubt to deter me. But I've worked hard at keeping those thoughts at bay by using post-it's and check-lists. These are my reminders to myself and things I've learned along the course of my life and career. I hope they will help you, too. Let's start with the first post-it (which I encourage everyone to have one like this prominently displayed for themselves): * Thank you to my legal advisor, Colleen M. Morrison, for assisting in writing this article.

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