Karen Freeman-Wilson
| Karen Freeman-Wilson | |
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| 19th Mayor of Gary | |
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Assumed office January 1, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Rudolph M. Clay |
| 40th Indiana Attorney General | |
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In office June 8, 2000 – January 14, 2001 |
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| Governor | Frank O'Bannon |
| Preceded by | Jeff Modisett |
| Succeeded by | Steve Carter |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Karen Marie Freeman October 24, 1960 Gary, Indiana, United States |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Carmen Wilson (m. 1982) |
| Residence | Gary, Indiana |
| Alma mater | Harvard College (B.A), Harvard University (J.D.) |
| Profession | Attorney |
Karen Marie Freeman-Wilson (born October 24, 1960) is an American attorney, former judge, former Indiana Attorney General, and current Mayor of Gary, Indiana.
Freeman-Wilson was born in Gary, Indiana, and is a graduate of Harvard Law School.
She served as a presiding judge of the Gary City Court from 1995 to 2000. In 2000, she was appointed Indiana Attorney General by Governor Frank O'Bannon to serve the remaining eleven months of the term of Jeff Modisett, who resigned to become Deputy CEO and General Counsel to the Democratic National Convention.
As the incumbent, Freeman-Wilson ran for Indiana Attorney General in 2000 but lost to Republican Steve Carter.
State auditors later found that the former Attorney General Freeman-Wilson issued more than $700,000 in grants without approval from the Governor and various agencies during her eleven months in office. The Indiana State Board of Accounts discovered this when it filed the annual audit of this office in 2001. The State Board found that Freeman-Wilson issued grants from the $1.39 million payment Indiana received for work on the national tobacco settlement. A $500,000 grant to the Indiana Minority Health Coalition was also issued without approval from the Governor and agencies under his control. Freeman-Wilson acknowledged, "mistakes were made." She stated to the Indianapolis Star, "I'm not going to criticize Mr. Carter and I don't think he should criticize me." Attorney General Carter responded, "We can only clean up the office from this point forward."
After leaving office, Freeman-Wilson went on to become CEO of the nonprofit National Association of Drug Court Professionals. While there she helped get a trial of Prometa, a treatment for methamphetamine addiction, launched in the Gary drug court. In July 2007, Hythiam Inc., the company licensing the Prometa protocol, named Freeman-Wilson to its board of directors. Other executive posts held by Freeman-Wilson include Executive Director of the National Drug Court Institute and director of the Indiana Civil Rights Commission.
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