WABASH — Gov. Eric J. Holcomb today announced Benjamin D. Vanderpool as his appointment to the Wabash County Superior Court to succeed Judge Amy Conner Cornell who passed away earlier this year.

Vanderpool has been in private practice in Wabash and Warsaw since graduating law school. 

Vanderpool earned his Bachelor of Science from Purdue University and his law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Vanderpool will be sworn in as the judge of the Wabash County Superior Court on a date to be determined.