Stephenie Jocham

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Congratulations to Stephenie Jocham for being selected a Rising Star by Super Lawyers:

Ms. Jocham is a founding member of JOCHAM HARDEN DIMICK JACKSON, PC, where she practices in the areas of family law and civil litigation and chairsthe firm’s Alternative Dispute Resolution section. Ms. Jocham is a registered domestic and civil mediator, and has focused her practice on family law mediation, arbitration and collaborative law. 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. As a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals and the Collaborative Family Law Association of Indiana, Inc., she is involved in the development of this innovative approach to “respectful divorce.”

Professional Memberships

She was named a Fellow of the Indiana Bar Foundation in 2008, and a Fellow of the Indianapolis Bar Foundation in 2010. She has served on the Indianapolis Bar Foundation’s Board of Directors since 2009. 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.

Seminars & Presentations

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: Rules of Evidence in Family Law Cases: Let it in or Keep it out? (June 2009); Mediating for Emotionally Impaired Parties (May 2009); 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). Ms. Jocham has also regularly served as a mediation training coach at the IU School of Law-Indianapolis since 2005. She has appeared on local television programs as well as local and nationally syndicated radio programs to discuss various issues of 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 children 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 for 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 currently serves on the Board of Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana, and has 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 also formerly served on the National Alumnae Board of her alma mater, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College.

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