Ms. Berfanger is an IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law adjunct professor. She teaches courses on the First Amendment and Legal Writing and Analysis for LLMs. She has also taught “Media Law and Ethics” and “News Editing” to journalism students at Ball State University for many years. Ms. Berfanger earned her MS degree from Northwestern University Medill School and her J.D. degree from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.

Katherine E. (“Kate”) Flood is a distinguished G. Kent Frandsen scholar and a cum laude graduate of the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. As a family law lawyer, Ms. Flood has concentrated her practice on dissolution, legal separation, relocation, child custody, paternity, parenting time/visitation, spousal maintenance/alimony, and guardianships. In dissolution actions, she concentrates on child-related matters, taking a very active and engaged role when it comes to her clients and their children. Ms. Flood also places great emphasis on the financial matters that accompany divorce: analyzing, valuing, dividing, restructuing and protecting marital assets. Her experience extends to the application and drafting of prenuptial and post-nuptial agreements, protective orders, restraining orders, post-secondary education issues, and all post-dissolution matters. She is certified in Collaborative Law. Ms. Flood has a breadth of litigation experience, including representing clients at evidentiary hearings and trials before paternity courts, IV-D Support Enforcement courts, and family law courts in counties throughout central Indiana. She also has experience with alternative dispute resolution both as counsel representing clients involved in the mediation process, and as a civil mediator. In addition, Ms. Flood has co-authored appellate legal briefs submitted before the Indiana Court of Appeals. As a student of the IU McKinney School of Law, she was active within the Dean’s Tutorial Society, being selected as the Director of the One-on-One Tutoring Program during her third year. Ms. Flood was also a faculty research assistant, and served as the Spanish language translator/interpreter for the law school’s Civil Practice and Health & Human Rights Clinics. Ms. Flood holds the distinction of being named a G. Kent Frandsen scholar, and was prominently featured in the premier issue of “The McKinney Lawyer,” the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney Alumni Magazine. During law school, Ms. Flood also worked as law clerk to the Honorable Judge William Hughes of the Hamilton Superior Court, performed transactional work for the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, and she participated in a medical-legal partnership initiative with Wishard Health Services, wherein healthcare providers and legal professionals worked together to provide comprehensive patient care to low-income individuals in Indianapolis. Ms. Flood is a Butler University alumna, earning a degree in English Literature cum laude as well as a degree in Spanish with high honors. While attending Butler, she earned the Elaine Blaine Rudolph Scholarship Award, was named to Butler University’s Top 100 Students in 2006, and was inducted into a number of academic honor societies. Ms. Flood is admitted to all Indiana Courts, as well as the Northern and Southern District Courts of Indiana.

Ms. Jacobucci has practiced family law since 2004. Since her admission to the bar, she has handled various types of family law matters, including but not limited to, divorces, paternity cases, third party custody cases, guardianships, adoptions, and prenuptial negotiations, and regularly addresses issues related to legal custody, physical custody, child support, parenting time, property valuation, division of the marital estate, spousal maintenance, and other issues that arise in the context of family law. In addition to her role as an attorney in various family law matters, she has routinely served as a guardian-ad-litem in complex custody and parenting time proceedings. Ms. Jacobucci is a certified family law specialist, certified by the Family Law Certification Board, and practices exclusively in the area of family law. She has served or is serving as a board member for various non-profit organizations that provide services for families and/or children in her area, including but not limited to Dunebrook, Inc., and Stepping Stone Shelter for Women, Inc.

Ms. Jarrett is a Martinsville High School graduate who has since spent her entire professional career practicing in Morgan County. She attended Indiana University-Bloomington and Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis. During her law school career, she spent time as an intern for the federal and public defender’s agency; earned a certificate in criminal law; and spent time teaching law and public policy to students at Shortridge High School. In 2019, Ms. Jarrett was named Top 40 Under 40 Family Law Attorney by the American Institute of Trial Lawyer as well as Top 40 Young Lawyer by the National Alliance of Women in Law. In 2018, she was named Top 40 Under 40 by the Association of American Trial Lawyers. In 2017, She was named National Ranked Top 10 Under 40 by the National Academy of Family Law Attorneys. Ms. Jarrett was selected as a Rising Stars Honoree from 2020-2023 by Super Lawyers. She focuses her work primarily in family law, guardianships, protective orders, criminal defense, and has been known for her compassion for victims of domestic violence. As one of the attorneys for Morgan County, she spends a lot of her time advocating for juvenile rights, CHINS cases, and handles numerous adoptions, both private and through the Department of Child Services. Ms. Jarrett finds her most rewarding work with adoptions and represents foster parents all over the state of Indiana. In addition to practicing law, she is a certified family law mediator and has been trained to work as a Guardian at Litem.

Ms. Lacy has more than 20 years of experience in family and probate law. As a trained guardian ad litem, domestic relations mediator, family law arbitrator, and parenting coordinator, she has helped many families resolve their legal problems. In 1997, Ms. Lacy earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Hanover College, double majoring in English and Secondary Education, and her Juris Doctor from the South Carolina School of Law in 2000.

Ms. Schaefer practices exclusively in the area of family law. She received her Juris Doctorate from the IU McKinney School of Law. Ms. Schaefer also has a bachelor of science degree from Ball State University in Legal Administration and an Associate Degree from Vincennes University in Paralegal Studies.She is a Certified Family Law Specialist as certified by the Family Law Certification Board. Ms. Schaefer is a member of the AFCC as well as the Indianapolis and Indiana Bar Associations and their family law sections. She currently serves on the Pro Bono Standing Committee for the IBA and was formerly chair of this Committee. Ms. Schaefer has been named as a Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters since 2007 has been named in the top 25 Women for the past 7 years. She is also actively involved at her church and currently serves on the pastoral council.