Current Employment Position(s)

Attorney & Domestic/Civil MediatorFounding Member

Lawyer Overview

Ms. Jocham is a founding member of JOCHAM HARDEN DIMICK JACKSON, PC where she practices in the areas of family law and civil litigation. Ms. Jocham is also a registered domestic and civil mediator. She earned her Juris Doctor from the Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis and her undergraduate degree from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College.

Ms. Jocham is a member of the Hamilton County, Indianapolis, Indiana and American Bar Associations, and their family law and alternative dispute resolution sections. In 2008, she was named a Fellow of the Indiana Bar Foundation. Ms. Jocham is the Hamilton County Bar Association delegate to the Indiana State Bar Association Board of Governors. She is also a member of the Sagamore American Inn of Court, the Association for Conflict Resolution, the Women in Law Division of the Indianapolis Bar Association, the National Association of Women Lawyers and the Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis Alumni Association. She previously served as chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution section of the Indianapolis Bar Association and the Indiana State Bar Association's Pro Se Mediation Task Force. Ms. Jocham is also an executive committee member of the Indiana State Bar Association's Women in Law division.

She has spoken on topics of interest in the areas of family law and alternative dispute resolution as follows: Hot Tips from Hot Attorneys (June 2007); Family Law Arbitration (October 2006); Pro Se Mediation - A Mediator's Perspective (January 2006); Family Law - Beyond the Basics (December 2005) and Ethics of Pro Se, Recent Cases & A Look at Marion Superior Court (November 2005). She has also served as a mediation training coach (Public Policy Mediation Training, IU School of Law - Indianapolis, August 2005, January 2006 and August 2007). She has also spoken on radio programs to discuss various issues on divorce and family law.

Ms. Jocham chose to focus her practice in family law as a result of her personal experiences with divorce, both as a child whose parents divorced when she was a teenager, and after having been a party to a divorce with a child in her adult life. She understands the emotional toll and devastating effects that contentious family law battles can have on the parties and also their children. She approaches cases with compassion and empathy, and strives to minimize conflict whenever possible. She believes that parties are often in the best position to make decisions concerning their family. She sees herself as not only an advocate, but as a problem solver helping parties reach amicable resolutions to their disputes in a manner which makes sense for their individual circumstances, as opposed to having decisions imposed on them by a court.

Ms. Jocham's community involvement has included volunteering as a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate), a literacy tutor, as a courtroom advocate at a battered women's shelter, as a volunteer for the Indianapolis Bar Association's Ask a Lawyer and Legal Line programs and for a crisis intervention hotline. She has provided pro bono and reduced cost legal representation for clients through Heartland Pro Bono Council and the Indianapolis Bar Associations' Modest Means Program. She served her community for several years through the Junior Leagues of Evansville and Indianapolis and also as a board member of her neighborhood association. Ms. Jocham currently serves on the National Alumnae Board of her alma mater, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College.

Areas of Practice

• Family Law
• Domestic Mediation
• Civil Mediation
• Divorce
• Collaborative Law
• Arbitration
• Personal Injury

West Practice Categories

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Mediation, Family Law, Collaborative Law, Divorce, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Hamilton County Bar Association, Family Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution Sections (Member)
• Indianapolis Bar Association, Family Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution Sections (Member)
• Indiana Bar Association, Family Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution Sections (Member)
• American Bar Association, Family Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution Sections (Member)
• Indiana State Bar Association (Board of Governors)
• Sagamore American Inn of Court (Member)
• Association for Conflict Resolution (Member)
• Indianapolis Bar Association, Women in Law Division (Member)
• National Association of Women Lawyers (Member)
• Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis Alumni Association (Member)
• Indianapolis Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section (Chair)
• Indiana State Bar Association's Pro Se Mediation Task Force, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section (Chair)
• Indiana State Bar Association, Women in Law division (Executive Committee Member)
• Public Policy Mediation Training, IU School of Law - Indianapolis, 2005 (Mediation Training Coach)
• Public Policy Mediation Training, IU School of Law - Indianapolis, 2006 (Mediation Training Coach)
• Public Policy Mediation Training, IU School of Law - Indianapolis, 2007 (Mediation Training Coach)

Honors and Awards

• Fellow, Indiana Bar Foundation, 2008

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, Hot Tips from Hot Attorneys, 2007
• Speaker, Family Law Arbitration, 2006
• Speaker, Pro Se Mediation - A Mediator's Perspective, 2006
• Speaker, Family Law - Beyond the Basics, 2005
• Speaker, Ethics of Pro Se, Recent Cases & A Look at Marion Superior Court, 2005

Pro Bono Activities

• Heartland Pro Bono Council
• Indianapolis Bar Associations' Modest Means Program
• Junior Leagues of Evansville and Indianapolis
• Board Member, Neighborhood Association
• National Alumnae Board of Alma Mater, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
• Volunteer, Battered Women's Shelter
• Volunteer, Indianapolis Bar Association's Ask a Lawyer
• Volunteer, Court Appointed Special Advocate

Education

• Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2001
  J.D.
• St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, Indiana
  B.A.

Accepts Credit Cards

Address

11450 North Meridian Street
Suite 200
Carmel, IN 46032-4530

Office Hours

8:30 am - 5:00 pm, M-F

Phones

(317) 569-0770

Faxes

(317) 569-6775

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jhdj-law.com