Nissa Ricafort
NRicafort@BKRLaw.com

 

Nissa Ricafort is one of the three founding partners of Broyles Kight & Ricafort, PC.  Nissa has considerable experience assisting families through difficult transitions, including high-conflict custody proceedings, international custody disputes, complicated marital estate divisions, child support disputes, and paternity matters.  She also has represented parents in child abuse and neglect (CHINS) actions, has worked with both birth parents and adoptive families in adoption proceedings, and has assisted clients with grandparent visitation issues, protective orders, prenuptial agreements, cohabitation agreements and estate planning documents.   Her practice philosophy is to achieve the best result for her client while minimizing both emotional and financial expense.  She has successfully resolved domestic relations matters through mediation and the use of parenting coordinators, but also has successfully tried numerous cases in many county courts in central Indiana. Nissa also serves as a Parenting Coordinator and as a private Guardian ad Litem.

 

Prior to founding Broyles Kight & Ricafort, PC in 2002, Nissa worked as an associate as a full service law firm in Indianapolis and also served as law clerk to the Honorable David F. Hamilton, United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of Indiana.

 

Professional Associations and Distinctions:

Indianapolis Bar Association

• Board of Managers, Secretary
• Board of Managers, Member, 2008-2010
• Pro Bono Committee Chair, 2009-2010
• Bar Leader Series Graduate, 2006
• Family law section member

Indianapolis Bar Foundation

• Distinguished Fellow

Indiana State Bar Association

• Family law section member

Sagamore American Inn of Court, 2002 to 2004
Executive Women International, Indianapolis Chapter, 2001 to 2006

Bar Admissions:

Indiana
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana
U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit

 

Education:

DePauw University, B.A., cum laude, 1994
Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis, J.D., summa cum laude, 1999

 

Civic Organizations and Volunteerism

CUMNS Kids, Board Member
Guardian ad Litem, Child Advocates, Inc.
Guardian ad Litem, Kids Voice
AmericorpsVISTA Volunteer, Prevent Child Abuse Indiana, 1995-96

 

Seminars and Speaking Events

Till Death, Divorce or Deportation Do Us Part: When Immigration and Family Law Issues Intersect, 2009
Immigration Issues in Family Law, 2008
Adoption Law in Indiana, 2008
Adoption Law in Indiana, 2007
Adoption Law in Indiana, 2006
Family Law Developments, 2003
Family Law in Indiana, 2003
Indiana Family Law Practice for Paralegals, 2003
Misconception Jeopardy, 2000

 

Published Cases

Weedman v. Smith, 892 NE2d 166 (2008), as Judge Pro Tem

 

Honors

Named 2011 Indiana SuperLawyer
Named as one of the Top 25 Women Attorneys in Indiana SuperLawyers for 2011
2009 President’s Award for Service to the Indianapolis Bar Association
2009 Board of Directors’ Award for Contributions to the Indianapolis Bar Association 

 

Trainings
 Parenting Coordination, 2008