Curtis T. Hill, Jr., has served as Elkhart County Prosecuting Attorney since January 1, 2003. Now into his second term as Prosecuting Attorney, Hill has transformed the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney into a model for professional prosecution enforcement. Under Hill's leadership, the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney has implemented the most sweeping changes in the history of the Elkhart County criminal justice system and has been recognized throughout the State of Indiana as a leader in aggressive law enforcement and child support collections.
Hill's plans for the continued revitalization of the Elkhart County criminal justice system has been the institution of county-wide criminal intelligence, county-wide organized criminal enforcement units, and a regional awareness that Elkhart County is a community that is intolerant to the ways of the criminal, inhospitable to the wanderings of predators and uninviting to those that don't share the commitment to family.
Under Hill's leadership, child support collections in Elkhart County have increased 55% during his first term in office. Hill was instrumental in revamping the former Elkhart County Drug Task Force and securing the resources and support for the Elkhart County Interdiction and Covert Enforcement Unit comprised of officers from the Elkhart , Goshen and Nappanee Police Departments, as well as the Elkhart County Sheriff's Department. Hill's office continues to be aggressive in its pursuit of murders and child abusers by working with investigators in the field to ensure quality cases that result in quality justice.
Hill's office has instituted training protocols for his deputies that include his DPA's attending training courses in Columbia , South Carolina , at the National College of District Attorneys, as well as continued updates through the Prosecuting Attorney's internal training program.
Hill not only provides administrative leadership to the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, but as one of Elkhart County's most successful trial prosecutors, Hill still personally prosecutes criminals and leads his Deputy Prosecutors by example in securing justice for the citizens of Elkhart County.
In addition to a variety of community involvements, Hill currently serves on the Board of the National District Attorneys Association, is a Trustee for the National College of District Attorneys, Board Member of the Association of Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys, Inc., Chairman of the Governor's Council on Impaired and Dangerous Driving, member of the Board of Trustees for the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, and is a member of the Indiana State Board of Law Examiners Committee on Character & Fitness.
Hill first joined the Elkhart County Prosecuting Attorney's Office in 1988. He served as a part-time Deputy Prosecuting Attorney while maintaining a private law practice in the City of Elkhart . Born in 1961, Hill has been a life-long resident of Elkhart County . He attended Indiana University , where he earned a Bachelor's of Science in Marketing Degree from the School of Business , and his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the Indiana University School of Law. Hill and his wife, Teresa, are the parents of five children.
