Bart L. Arnold was born in Anderson, Indiana in 1970. He was admitted to practice law in Indiana in 1997. He attended college at Indiana University and earned a bachelor's degree in Telecommunications and English in 1992. He attended the Valparaiso University School of Law and earned his Juris Doctor degree in 1997. He is currently serving part-time as a public defender for juvenile delinquency cases for the Allen County Public Defender's Office. He formerly worked as a part-time public defender in the Allen County Misdemeanor Court. Prior to practicing law, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Superior Court Judge Daniel Heath in the Allen County Superior Court. He is admitted to practice law before the U.S. District Court in the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. Principal areas of practice are: Criminal Defense; Traffic Law and Juvenile Delinquency.

His honors and associations are as follows:

• 2008 Chair of the Allen County Bar Association Criminal Defense Section
• 2006 Distinguished Service Award, Mental Health Association of Allen County
• 2003 Volunteer Lawyer Program Award for Representation of Individuals with Mental Illness
• Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Member, Indiana State Bar Association
• Member, National College of DUI Defense
• Member, Allen County Bar Association
• Member, Indiana Public Defender Council 
• Certificate of Competency, BAC DataMaster and Basic Science of Evidential Breath Alcohol Testing
• Certificate of Attendance, National College for DUI Defense
• Certificate of Attendance, American Legal Education Blood and Urine Testing
• Certificate of Attendance, American Legal Education Standardized Field Sobriety Testing
• Certificate of Attendance, National Child Abuse Defense and Resource Center