Rodolfo Lozano

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Rodolfo "Rudy" Lozano (July 10, 1942 – July 11, 2018) was a United States district judge in the Northern District of Indiana. He was born in East Chicago, Indiana, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana University Bloomington in 1963 and a Bachelor of Laws from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 1966. Lozano served in the United States Army Reserve from 1966 to 1973 and then worked in private practice in Merrillville, Indiana, from 1966 to 1988.

He was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on December 4, 1987, to a seat vacated by Judge Michael Stephen Kanne. Lozano was confirmed by the Senate on February 25, 1988, and received his commission on February 26, 1988. He served as a judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana until he assumed senior status on July 10, 2007, continuing in that role until his death on July 11, 2018.

In 2021, a courtroom in the U.S. Courthouse at 5400 Federal Plaza in Hammond, Indiana, was named "The Judge Rodolfo 'Rudy' Lozano Courtroom" in his honor.