Timothy J. Rushenberg was appointed commissioner of the Department of Local Government Finance by Governor Mitch Daniels on December 15, 2008. Prior to that appointment, Tim had served as the DLGF General Counsel for the DLGF since August 2007. As the agency’s general counsel, he assisted in drafting legislation included in Daniels’ 2008 property tax package approved by the General Assembly earlier this year that has resulted in average homeowner property tax decreased of more than 30 percent. He is a certified Level Two assessor-appraiser in Indiana.
Before starting with the Department in 2007, Tim worked as an associate attorney with the law firm of Sanders Pianowski LLP in his native Elkhart, Indiana. Prior to working with Sanders Pianowski LLP, Tim served on active duty in the United States Air Force as a judge advocate where he was as a prosecutor and defense counsel in military courts-martial, civil law and legal assistance attorney, and contracts attorney with the Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps. Tim was stationed at Davis–Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona and Minot AFB in Minot, North Dakota. He was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal (first oak leaf cluster) and the Air Force Achievement Medal (first oak leaf cluster) for his active duty service. Prior to joining the Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps, Tim worked as an attorney in the Office of Corporation Counsel for the City of Elkhart.
Tim received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Indiana-University-South Bend and graduated with his law degree from Valparaiso University School of Law. Tim is licensed to practice law in Indiana (active) and Washington, D.C. (inactive). Tim has published numerous articles on several issues, including HIPAA and international law.
From DLGF website, http://www.in.gov/dlgf/