Steinmetz, Deetta Harmon

Current Employment Position(s)

Senior Counsel

Year Joined Organization: 2010

Lawyer Overview

Deetta Steinmetz concentrates her practice in the area of family law. Since attaining her law degree in 1987, Ms. Steinmetz has devoted her career to representing clients in dissolution and post-dissolution matters. She has tried dissolution of marriage, child custody, parenting time, child support, relocation, property division and modification cases in most counties in central Indiana. Prior to joining Cohen Garelick & Glazier in 2010, Ms. Steinmetz practiced family law with the Indianapolis firms of Pennamped and Associates and Cohen & Malad. Deetta has an AV Peer Review rating from Martindale-Hubble.

Ms. Steinmetz received her Bachelor of Science degree with a double major in English and Speech Communication from the Honors College at Ball State University in 1984. She received her Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis in 1987.

Ms. Steinmetz is among a small number of Indiana attorneys trained in the practice of Collaborative Law, and is a member of the Central Indiana Association of Collaborative Professionals and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.  She has been a registered domestic mediator since 1993. She has served as a lecturer and writer on family law topics at numerous Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum ("ICLEF") seminars, in addition to being a guest lecturer on family law for undergraduate classes at Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis ("IUPUI"). She previously taught an Introduction to Law class in her role as an adjunct professor for the political science department at IUPUI.  Deetta served on the Executive Committee of the Family Law Section of the Indianapolis Bar Association for six years and remains a member of the Family Law Section of the Indianapolis and Indiana Bar Associations.

Areas of Practice

• Family Law

Representative Cases

• Larkins v. Larkins, 685 NE2d 88 (Ind. App. 1997)

West Practice Categories

Collaborative, Family Law

Bar Admissions

• Indiana, 1987
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 1987

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Indianapolis Bar Association, 1991 - 1997 (Member, Family Law Executive Committee)
• The Indianapolis Bar Association (Chair, Committee Responsible for Planning Family Law Seminars)
• Indiana Bar Association (Family Law Section)
• Central Indiana Association of Collaborative Professionals
• International Academy of Collaborative Professionals

Honors and Awards

• Martindale-Hubbell Attorney Rating: AV
• Registered Domestic Mediator, 1993 - Present

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, Family law, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (ICLEF) Family Law Mediation Training Seminars, 2001 - 2008
• Prepared or Assisted in the Preparation of Written Materials, (Presenters Bruce Pennamped and Kathryn Burroughs), ICLEF, 2002 - 2009
• Lecturer, An In Depth Analysis, The Indiana Child Support Guidelines, ICLEF, 1993
• Adjunct Professor, Introduction to Law Class, Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis, (IUPUI), Department of Political Science, 2001
• Frequent Guest Lecturer, Family Law, Undergraduate Classes at IUPUI, 1997 - 2004

Pro Bono Activities

• Member, Castleton United Methodist Church
• Volunteer, Interfaith Hospitality Network
• Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Indianapolis

Past Employment Positions

• Cohen and Malad, Associate Attorney, 1991 - 2001
• IUPUI, Adjunct Professor, 2001
• Pennamped & Associates, 2002 - 2009

Education

• Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1987
  Doctor of Jurisprudence
• Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1984
  B.S.
  Honors: Dean's List
  Major: English and Speech Communication

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Beta Phi
• Phi Delta Phi

Address

8888 Keystone Crossing Boulvard
Suite 800
Indianapolis, IN 46240-4616

Phones

800-624-7370
317-573-8888

Faxes

317-574-3855

Websites

http://www.cgglawfirm.com