| Joseph C. Zakas | |
| State Senate: | Indiana |
| State: | Indiana |
| District: | 11th |
| Term Start: | November 3, 1982 |
| Term End: | November 7, 2018 |
| Preceded: | Daniel Anthony Manion |
| Succeeded: | Linda Rogers |
| Party: | Republican |
| Birth Date: | 7 November 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education: | University of Illinois (BA) University of Notre Dame (JD, MBA) |
| Spouse: | Anne |
| Children: | 4 |
| Residence: | Granger, Indiana, U.S. |
Joseph C. Zakas (born November 7, 1950) is an American attorney and politician who served as a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for the 11th district from 1982 to 2018.[1] [2]
Zakas was born in Chicago. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1972 and a dual JD–MBA from the Notre Dame Law School.[3]
Zakas worked as an attorney for Thorne Grodnik LLP in Elkhart, Indiana. He was first elected to the Indiana Senate in 1982, succeeding Dan Manion.[4] He was the Republican nominee for Indiana's 3rd congressional district in 1996, losing in the general election by Democrat Tim Roemer.[5] Zakas lost renomination to the State Senate in 2018.[6]