Delaware County, Indiana

Information about the Current Prosecutor - Eric M. Hoffman

Originally from South Bend Indiana, Eric attended and graduated St. Matthew Cathedral Elementary School and Mishawaka Marian High School.  Eric obtained a Bachelor of Science from Ball State University.  He then graduated Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis.  Eric joined the Delaware County Prosecutor’s Office in 2001 as a law clerk.  In 2003, he was hired as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney.  In 2012, Eric was appointed Chief Trial Deputy.  On November 6, 2018, Eric was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Delaware County to succeed Jeff Arnold.  Eric is licensed to practice law in every trial court in Indiana, the Indiana Court of Appeals, the Indiana Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.  He currently prosecutes homicide cases and other selected crimes of violence.  He also defends all of Delaware County’s criminal convictions in post-conviction relief actions.  As Prosecuting Attorney, Eric is responsible for training and supervising the criminal division as well as the child support division of the Prosecutor’s Office.

In the past, Eric  lectured at seminars providing continuing legal education for prosecutors.  Some of the topics include the Indiana Rules of Evidence, child abuse and neglect, the insanity defense, and cross-examination.  In recent years, Eric has become active in both enforcing and improving Indiana's failure to report child abuse and neglect statute.  Eric currently serves as President of the Ball State University Advisory Board for the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology and as a member of the Delaware County Community Corrections Advisory Board.      In the past, Eric has served on the advisory boards for the Delaware County Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program, Delaware County Mental Health Association, and the Ball Memorial Hospice Program.  Eric lives in Muncie Indiana with his three children.