Kendra G. Gjerdingen

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Phone: 812-332-5000

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Kendra G. Gjerdingen

Kendra G. Gjerdingen chairs the firm’s Appellate Law Group and handles the legal needs of private and business clients in civil litigation and family law.  Her concentration includes family law and jurisdiction, interstate and international custody disputes, appeals, and civil litigation.

Kendra is a leading family law and appellate lawyer in Indiana.  She also has extensive experience in jurisdictional disputes.  She has represented many clients in Hague Convention cases, as well as those involving interstate custody disputes, in addition to assisting fellow practitioners and members of the judiciary in understanding the complexities involved when parents live in different states or countries.

Kendra utilizes the Family Law Group’s team approach to assure that a client’s needs are addressed quickly and efficiently. Kendra is a successful litigator with extensive courtroom experience.  She also brings her compassion and knowledge to each case, as well as her attention to detail and dedication to civility in the practice of law.  Kendra is an advocate of alternative dispute resolution, especially in family law, understanding the importance of reducing conflict in order to reach desired results.

Kendra is a Registered Family Law Mediator and a Certified Family Law Specialist, by the Family Law Certification Board.  She is a past-chair of the Indiana State Bar Association Appellate Practice Section, and currently serves as the chair of its continuing education committee.  She is also on the council of the Family and Juvenile Law Section of the ISBA.

Kendra is married to a law professor at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, and they have two children and a granddaughter.

Practice Areas:
Civil Litigation, Family Law and Jurisdiction, Interstate and International Custody Disputes, and Appeals

Bar Admissions:
Indiana, Minnesota, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, U.S. District Court for the Northern and Southern District of Indiana and Central District of Illinois

Education:
J.D., cum laude, William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1978
Editor, William Mitchell Law Review, Editor

M.B.A., Kelly School of Business, Indiana University-Bloomington, 1990
Major: Finance

B.A., University of Iowa, 1972
Phi Beta Kappa

Honors and Awards:
Indiana Super Lawyers, Family Law since 2009
Indiana Bar Foundation Pro Bono Publico Award, 2005

Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association, Monroe County Bar Association, Indiana State Bar Association

ATTORNEYS

D. Michael Allen

Lisa A. Anderson

Carrie L. Batalon

Garry L. Founds

Kendra G. Gjerdingen

Geoffrey M. Grodner

Katherine A. Harmon

Adam L. Hill

Andrew C. Mallor

Dustin L. Plummer

Jennifer L. Romaniuk