Professional Qualifications
Education
- Bloom Township High School, Chicago Heights, IL; 1966, salutatorian
National Honor Society
Elks Merit Scholarship winner - Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa; 1970, BA with honors
Student Council President, 1969 - Indiana University School of Law; 1977, JD with high honors
Editor, Iustitia law journal, 1977
Legal Professional Experience
- Riester and Strueh, Attorneys, Partner, Bloomfield, IN; 1992 to date
- Karen R. Strueh, Sole practitioner, Bloomfield, IN; 1988-1992
- Runnells and Strueh, Partner, Bloomfield, IN; 1980-1988
- Greene County Public Defender (contractual); 1980 to date
- Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Greene County; 1979-1980
- Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Owen County; 1977-1978
Other Business and Professional Experience
- Co-owner Greene County Abstract Company; 1996-2006
- Co-owner Greene County Real Estate Company; 1993-2001
- Editorial Assistant, Kinsey Institute for Sex Research; 1973-1975
- Researcher and Research Director, Compton’s Encyclopedia; 1971-1973
- Editor, Southern Illinois University Press; 1970-1971
Legal Memberships
- Admitted to Indiana Bar and US District Court; 1977 to date
- Indiana State Bar Association since 1977
- Greene County Bar Association since 1979
President, 1980-81, 1988-89
Vice-President, 1987-88
Secretary, 1979-80, 1986-87, 1999-2000
Professional Memberships and Licenses
- State Board of Law Examiners, Committee on Fitness and Character; 1988 to date
- Member, Board of Directors, Legal Services Organization of IN; 1979-1983
- Member, Bloomfield Chapter National Association of Business and Professional Women; 1979-1990
President, 1988 - Greene County Community Corrections Board; 1990-2005
- Board of Directors, Indiana Legal Services; 1979-1983
- State Licensed Real Estate Broker; 1993-2006
- Member, Greene County Board of Realtors; 1993-2001
- State Licensed Title Insurance Agent; 1996-2006