Erin Durnell
EDurnell@BKRLaw.com
Erin Durnell has been a member of the Family Law Group since her admittance to the Indiana Bar in 2005. Erin’s experience includes custody proceedings, marital estate divisions, child support matters, and paternity actions. She also has represented clients in adoption matters, including stepparent adoptions, and has worked with clients in securing grandparent visitation, protective orders, prenuptial agreements, and estate planning documents. Erin endeavors to resolve domestic relations matters through informal negotiations, mediation, and the use of parenting coordinators, but appears regularly in central Indiana courts to advocate her clients’ positions at trial. Prior to joining Broyles Kight & Ricafort, Erin worked for the Indianapolis Bar Association; Girls, Inc.; the Association of Fraternity Advisors; and Midwest Reproductive Medicine, P.C. She is married with two children.
Professional Associations and Distinctions
Indianapolis Bar Association
- IndyBar Review Director of Marketing & Sales, September 2008-April 2009
- Bar Leader Series Graduate, 2008
- Bar Leader Series Steering Committee, June 2008-present
- Family Law Section Member, 2005-present
- Law Student Division Executive Committee, 2004-2006
Indiana State Bar Association
American Bar Association
Hamilton County Bar Association
Selected for inclusion 2010 and 2011 SuperLawyer Rising Star
Bar Admissions:
Indiana
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana
U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit
Education:
Purdue University, B.A., 1996
Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, J.D., 2005
Civic Organizations and Volunteerism
Hamilton County Lawyers Helping Families Volunteer
Marion County Modest Means Program Provider
Indianapolis Bar Association Legal Line Volunteer
Indiana State Bar Association, 2008 Indiana Kids’ Election Volunteer Speakers’ Bureau
Seminars and Speaking Events
IndyBar Review Lecturer, 2006-2010
2010 Indiana Legal Education Conclave Panelist, “Technology in Practice: Friend & Foe for the Indiana Practitioner”
