Christine M. Douglas Of Counsel

Contact Info

Phone: (317) 636-8000
Fax: (317) 955-7172
Email: cdouglas@rbelaw.com
Assistant's Name: Gail Scott
Assistant's Email: gscott@rbelaw.com
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Christine Douglas practices solely in the area of family law and is a Certified Family Law Specialist, as certified by the Family Law Certification Board.  Christine helps individuals resolve a variety of issues that arise in non-traditional and traditional families.  Her practice includes: adoptions, custody disputes, domestic partnership agreements, divorces, grandparent visitation, guardianships, parenting time enforcement, paternity cases and premarital agreements.  She has extensive mediation and trial experience and completed the American Bar Association’s Family Law Trial Advocacy program in Denver, Colorado. 

Awards

Community Involvement

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  • Immaculate Heart of Mary
  • Indiana Historic Landmarks Society
  • Indianapolis Humane Society
  • We the People
  • Kappa Kappa Gamma (Indianapolis Chapter)
  • Operation Standby (providing legal assistance to military service members)

Associations

  • Indianapolis Bar Association (Chair, Family Law Section, 2008; Chair, Women in the Law Section, 2007)
  • Indiana Bar Association (General Practitioner, Family Law, and Women in the Law Sections)
  • American Bar Association (Law Practice Management and Family Law Sections)
  • Sagamore American Inn of Court (Executive Committee, Membership Chairman)

Seminars

Christine is a frequent lecturer on various family law topics:

  • The Inaugural “REALITY” CLE; A Unique Retreat for Newer Practitioners and Those That Drive in the Small Practice Lane, May 1, 2013
  • Effectively Arguing Contempt Issues, July 23, 2012
  • Qualified Domestic Relations Orders, April 24, 2012
  • Organization and Time Management Strategies for Paralegals, August 24, 2007
  • Family Law in Indiana, January 16, 2004
  • Handling Indiana Divorce Cases from Start to Finish, October 15, 2003
  • Indiana Family Law Practice for Paralegals, September 19, 2003
  • An Introduction to Family Law, December 13, 2002
  • Setting Up a Guardianship in Indiana, October 22, 2002
  • Custody Issues in Indiana, November 16, 2000

Education

  • Purdue University, West Lafayette, B.A., 1990
  • Valparaiso University School of Law, J.D., 1996

Bar Admission

  • Indiana (1997)
  • U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana