Market data
Criminal defense in Indiana: market data
What public records say about the market for criminal defense in Indiana: how much demand the courts and agencies count, how many law offices serve it, how many people need help in Spanish, and the ad rules that apply. Every number links to the record it comes from.
Demand: what courts and agencies count
Counts of filings, crashes, complaints and enforcement in the records each agency keeps. A count shows where problems were recorded, not how many people will hire a lawyer.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal criminal defendants charged | 852 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Indiana state | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:state-IN:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal drug defendants | 238 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Indiana state | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:state-IN:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal fraud defendants | 112 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Indiana state | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:state-IN:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal immigration-offense defendants | 68 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Indiana state | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:state-IN:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal criminal defendants charged | 470 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Northern District of Indiana federal district | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:INN:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal drug defendants | 96 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Northern District of Indiana federal district | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:INN:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal fraud defendants | 73 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Northern District of Indiana federal district | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:INN:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal immigration-offense defendants | 43 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Northern District of Indiana federal district | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:INN:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal criminal defendants charged | 382 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Southern District of Indiana federal district | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:INS:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal drug defendants | 142 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Southern District of Indiana federal district | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:INS:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal fraud defendants | 39 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Southern District of Indiana federal district | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:INS:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal immigration-offense defendants | 25 defendants | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Southern District of Indiana federal district | criminal-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206 record criminal-filings:INS:2026-06-30 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Rising or falling
The change between the last two periods each source publishes. No threshold and no smoothing.
| Measure | Before | Latest | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal criminal defendants charged Indiana · record criminal-filings:state-IN:2026-06-30 | 736 2025-12-31 | 852 2026-06-30 | rising (+15.8%) |
| Federal drug defendants Indiana · record criminal-filings:state-IN:2026-06-30 | 227 2025-12-31 | 238 2026-06-30 | rising (+4.8%) |
| Federal fraud defendants Indiana · record criminal-filings:state-IN:2026-06-30 | 80 2025-12-31 | 112 2026-06-30 | rising (+40%) |
| Federal immigration-offense defendants Indiana · record criminal-filings:state-IN:2026-06-30 | 67 2025-12-31 | 68 2026-06-30 | rising (+1.5%) |
Lawyer supply
How many law offices and lawyers the federal statistics count here.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New lawyers admitted | 778 lawyers a year | 2025 | Indiana state | bar-pipeline v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443 record in-bar-pipeline · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties under 1 law office per 10,000 residents | 8 counties | 2026-Q1 | Indiana state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-18 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties with no law office | 2 counties | 2026-Q1 | Indiana state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-18 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Residents living in those low-office counties | 2.1 percent of residents | 2026-Q1 | Indiana state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-18 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Employer law firms | 2,203 firms | 2022 | Indiana state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-in-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Receipts of employer law firms | 3,117,750,000 US dollars | 2022 | Indiana state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-in-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Law offices per 10,000 residents | 3.71 per 10,000 residents | 2026-Q1 | Indiana state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-18 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Self-employed lawyers (nonemployer firms) | 3,300 firms | latest Nonemployer Statistics year | Indiana state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-18 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Private law offices | 2,584 establishments | 2026-Q1 | Indiana state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-18 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Lawyers employed (wage-earning, BLS OEWS) | 8,970 jobs | May 2025 | Indiana state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:IN:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Median annual wage of employed lawyers | 126,860 US dollars a year | May 2025 | Indiana state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:IN:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Spanish-language demand
People who speak Spanish and speak English less than very well, and the lawyers who speak Spanish, from the Census Bureau survey (with margins of error).
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawyers who speak Spanish at home (ACS) | not published lawyers | 2020-2024 | Indiana state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:IN:lawyers-spanish · status U · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English per Spanish-speaking lawyer | not published people per lawyer | 2020-2024 | Indiana state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:IN:lep-per-spanish-lawyer · status U · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English (ACS) | 143,205 ±3,896 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | Indiana state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:IN:spanish-lep · status P · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English | 143,205 ±4,092 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | Indiana state | legal-need v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886 record legal-need-in · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Ad rules that apply
The rules a law firm's ads in Indiana have to meet, summarized from the official texts. The full rules, with quotes, are on the state page.
| Topic | Status | What it says |
|---|---|---|
| Ad filing or review | P primary source | Ads are not filed. The lawyer keeps a copy or recording of each ad for six years after it runs (7.2(c)). Targeted written, recorded or electronic solicitations are filed with the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission at or before sending, with a $50… official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Required content | P primary source | Every ad includes the name and office address of at least one lawyer or law firm responsible for its content (7.2(c)). Targeted solicitations also carry the words "advertising material" on the envelope and at the start of the letter, and at the start and end… official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Waiting periods for contact | P primary source | 30 days: a lawyer may not solicit about a personal injury, wrongful death or other accident or disaster involving the person or a relative until more than 30 days after it, by in-person, written, recorded, audio, video or electronic means (7.3(b)(3)). official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Claims and results | P primary source | Comment [2] to Rule 7.1 lists communications that violate the rule absent special protections: statistics or past-performance information, results references that create an expectation of similar results, testimonials or endorsements likely to create an… official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Paying for referrals | P primary source | A lawyer may not give anything of value for recommending or advertising the lawyer's services, except to pay ad costs, the usual charges of a legal service plan or a not-for-profit or qualified referral service that meets Rule 7.3(d), a practice sale, and… official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Call recording | P primary source | One-party consent: interception means recording a communication by someone who is not a sender or receiver, without the consent of the sender or receiver (IC 35-31.5-2-176). official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Texting | P primary source | A caller that violates Indiana's automatic dialing-announcing device chapter (IC 24-5-14) commits a deceptive act that the Attorney General may pursue under IC 24-5-0.5-4. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Drug and device injury ads (state statute) | P primary source | Ind. Code ch. 24-5-26.5, "Deceptive Lead Generation" (H.E.A. 1125, 2021) (effective 2021-07-01): Indiana regulates "lead generation": commercial communications in any medium (written, oral, broadcast, internet and more) that draw interest in legal services… official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Ad filing or review | P primary source | Indiana: general ads are not filed, but targeted solicitations must be filed, by the time the ad first runs. The standard fee is $50 per ad. official source · filing v1.2.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721409 · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Paying for referrals | P primary source | Lawyers in different firms may split a fee in proportion to the work each does, or if each takes joint responsibility for the matter, as long as the total fee is reasonable. official source · referral v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23747113 · checked 2026-10-27 |
Prices and pay (national)
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jobs in legal services (seasonally adjusted) | 1,249 thousand jobs | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:CES6054110001:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| CPI-U: legal services | 230 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:CUUR0000SEGC01:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| PPI: offices of lawyers | 338 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:PCU541110541110:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| PPI: criminal legal services | 102 index | 2023-03 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:PCU541110541110B:2023-03 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
What is missing
Datasets linked to this practice that have no figure here, and values the source withholds. We never fill these in.
- state-courts (demand): the dataset has no records for Indiana (it covers other places)
- ca-courts (demand): the dataset has no records for Indiana (it covers other places)
- firm-web-census (supply): the dataset has no records for Indiana (it covers other places)
- language (spanish): Lawyers who speak Spanish at home (ACS) (Indiana): value withheld by the source (status U)
- language (spanish): Spanish speakers with limited English per Spanish-speaking lawyer (Indiana): value withheld by the source (status U)
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The rows behind this page, with every dataset, version, DOI, record id and check date.
Cite as: Probative Growth, The new-lawyer pipeline by jurisdiction: bar exam pass rates and new admissions, 2025 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443); Federal criminal cases by offense and district (U.S. Courts Tables D-1, D-2 and D-3) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744206); Legal deserts: law offices and lawyers per resident in every U.S. county v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430); Spanish-speaking demand vs Spanish-speaking lawyer supply, by state and metro v1.1.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758); Law firm size, solos and receipts, by state: Census SUSB 2022, Nonemployer Statistics 2024 and Economic Census 2022 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997); Law offices, jobs and pay by county, with solo-practice counts: BLS QCEW, Census CBP and Nonemployer Statistics v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415); Lawyer, paralegal and legal-staff pay by state and metro (BLS OEWS) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840); Legal need by county: who may need a lawyer, from the American Community Survey v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886); Legal-services prices and jobs, monthly (BLS CPI, PPI and CES) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854); CC BY 4.0. https://probativegrowth.com/markets/indiana/criminal-defense/
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How this page is built
Each figure is copied from one record of the dataset named with it, joined to this state and practice through the open practice and place crosswalk. Nothing is estimated. Methods, inputs and limits.