Larry Jim McKinney (July 4, 1944 – September 21, 2017) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.

Born in South Bend, Indiana on July 4, 1944,[1] McKinney received a Bachelor of Arts degree from MacMurray College in 1966 and a Juris Doctor from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 1969.

He was a deputy state attorney general of Indiana from 1970 to 1971.

He was a Circuit Judge of Johnson County, Indiana from 1979 to 1987.

[2] McKinney was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on May 5, 1987, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana vacated by Judge William Elwood Steckler.