Awards

Bicentennial Medal - 2020

About John E. Colin

John E. Colin is a partner and an attorney at law at Simpson Thompson & Colin, LLC in Corydon. His area of practice includes wills, trusts, estate planning and business law. He received his Bachelor of Arts in political science from IU Southeast in 1993. While in college, he served as student government president and chairman of the All University Student Association, representing the nearly 90,000 students of Indiana University. During college, he also served as an aide to former Congressman Lee Hamilton. After college, Colin worked as a field representative for Indiana Farm Bureau, Inc. prior to going to law school.

Colin received his Juris Doctorate from Western Michigan University Cooley Law School in 1999. From 2002 to 2010, Colin served as chief prosecuting attorney in Harrison County. He has also served as county attorney for both Harrison and Crawford counties. Currently, he serves as chairman of the board of First Savings Financial Group and First Savings Bank in Clarksville. He is a member of the IU Southeast Board of Advisors (2019-2022) and is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Harrison County Chamber of Commerce.

John Colin received the IU Bicentennial Medal in June 2020 in recognition of his distinguished service to Indiana University Southeast.