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Ryan HatfieldDEMDemocrat State Representative, District 77
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Ryan David Hatfield (born June 8, 1986) is an American attorney and politician serving as the State Representative for Indiana House District 77. Hatfield is the Assistant Democratic Whip for the Indiana House Democrats. He serves as Ranking Democrat of the Indiana House Judiciary Committee as well as the Indiana House Employment, Labor and Pensions Committee. Hatfield is also a member of the Indiana House Public Health Committee and the Indiana House Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications Committee.Outside of state politics, Hatfield is an attorney in private practice working at Hatfield Law Office, LLC in Evansville, Indiana. He has also worked as an adjunct faculty member at Ivy Tech Community College and as an instructor at the Southwest Indiana Law Enforcement Academy.

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Education4 - 4 of 2
Southern Illinois University
JD Law
2010 - 2012
Purdue University
BA Political Science/Entrepreneurship and Innovation/History
2005 - 2010
Past Positions1 - 16 of 16
Assistant Democratic Leader
Indiana State House of Representatives
2023 - Current
Assistant Democratic Whip
Indiana State House of Representatives
2021 - 2023
Representative
Indiana State House of Representatives
2016 - Current
Former Assistant Democratic Floor Leader
Indiana State House of Representatives
Adjunct Professor
Ivy Tech Community College
2015 - 2017
Attorney
Hatfield Law, Limited Liability Company
2016 - Current
Deputy Prosecutor
Vanderburgh County Prosecutor's Office
2013 - 2016
Former Instructor
Southwestern Indiana Law Enforcement Academy
2013
Summer Aide
United States House of Representatives
2011
Summer Aide
United States House of Representatives
2012
Summer Law Clerk
United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
2011
Summer Law Clerk
Hatfield Law Office
2010
Commissioner
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
Former Member
Vanderburgh County Veterans Court
Former Member
Vanderburgh County Treatment Court
Legal Services
Southern Illinois University Civil Legal Clinic
Other Experience1 - 17 of 17
Member
Southwest Indiana Leadership Council
2014 - Current
Member
Leadership Evansville
2014 - Current
Board Member
Project Reveal
Coach
Evansville Youth Hockey League
Committee Member
Advisory Committee, Criminal Justice, Human Services, and Paralegal Programs, Ivy Tech Community College
Former Advisory Board Member
Evansville-Vanderburgh Correctional Facility
Member
Evansville Downtown Quarterback Club
Member
Indiana Department of Child Services Child Protection Team, Vanderburgh County
Member
Kiwanis International
Member
Saint Mary’s CARE Conference
Board Member
Domestic and Sexual Violence Commission, Evansville-Vanderburgh County
Former Member
Courts and Criminal Code Committee, Indiana State House of Representatives
Former Ranking Minority Member
Elections and Apportionment Committee, Indiana State House of Representatives
Member
Advisory Committee, Criminal Justice, Human Services, and Paralegal Programs, Ivy Tech Community College
Minority Member
Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications Committee
Minority Member
Public Health Committee
Ranking Minority Member
Judiciary Committee