Judge Nancy Vaidik is an advocacy teacher of considerable experience and reputation. She has been a judge of the Indiana Court of Appeals since February 2000.  Before her elevation to the appellate court, she served for 7 years as a trial court judge in Valparaiso, Indiana.

She began her legal career as a prosecutor before practising general civil law.  While practising law, she tried nearly 100 jury trials.

Her Honour teaches regularly throughout the United States for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA). She also runs the Mid-Central Regional Trial Skills program. She is an adjunct professor of law at Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington.

Judge Vaidik is the former president of the Indiana Judges Association and former chairperson of the Indiana Judicial Education Committee.

She also has taught for the National Judicial College, the Hong Kong Institute for Trial Advocacy, the Irish Law Society and is currently a visiting professor of law at the College of Law of England and Wales. In 2006 Nancy Vaidik won the Robert E. Keeton Award for Outstanding Service as a NITA Faculty Member. She has taught arbitration advocacy for Linklaters in Prague and Barcelona, and for CMS Legal Services in Vienna.

Her Honour has a wealth of judicial and training experience but she is also approachable and light-hearted. To a lot of people with whom Her Honour comes into contact, particularly women lawyers, Judge Vaidik is a role model.