Incoming Marshall County Prosecutor Names Chief Deputy Prosecutor

Marshall County Prosecutor-elect Nelson Chipman has appointed Tami L. Napier of Hancock County as the next chief deputy prosecuting attorney. Her appointment begins Jan. 1.

Tami Napier has been the chief deputy prosecutor in Hancock County for the last four years. Prior to that she served as a deputy prosecutor in Marion County for five years where she was assigned to major felonies, the sex crimes unit and the homicide division. She initiated programs like the Hancock County Child Fatality Review Team, the Hancock County Sexual Assualt Response Team and the Domestic and Sexual Assault Prevention Coalition.

Chipman feels that Napier will be a “great fit for Marshall County”.

Napier is a 2000 graduate of Valparaiso University School of Law and has been admitted to the practice of law by the Indiana Supreme Court and the United States District Courts of Indiana.