Holly Wanzer is a founding attorney of Wanzer Edwards, P.C. where she focuses her practice in family law, including collaborative divorce, family mediation, parenting coordination, appeals and representation of children as a guardian ad litem.
Ms. Wanzer earned her Juris Doctor summa cum laude from the Indiana University Robert McKinney School of Law. She graduated magna cum laude from Ball State University, earning her Bachelor of Science degree in English and advertising.
Ms. Wanzer was the founding President of the Board of Directors for the Central Indiana Association of Collaborative Professionals, which provides innovative alternatives to litigating divorce and family law matters, with an emphasis on co-parenting and resolving cases without court intervention. She has presented numerous seminars regarding collaborative law including a two-day basic training for attorneys, mental health practitioners and financial professionals in interdisciplinary collaborative law, an educational teleseminar on Collaborative law for the National Business Institute called “Collaborative Law in Family Law Disputes”, and seminars on the Collaborative family law process for the ICLEF Masters Series program and Indiana State Bar Association’s Solo & Small Firm Conference. She authored the book Introduction to Collaborative Divorce, released by James Publishing in 2014.
Ms. Wanzer is a registered family mediator and trained parenting coordinator providing services to families facing the changing circumstances which accompany dissolution of marriage, custody and parenting time modifications, child support modifications and paternity determinations. Her commitment to the private resolution of family issues, the preservation of positive working relationships within families, and her calm demeanor and sensitivity in the face of emotional challenges make her the ideal choice as a mediator or parenting coordinator for family law matters. Ms. Wanzer is a frequent speaker and presenter on issues involving mediation and mediator ethics.
Ms. Wanzer serves as a guardian ad litem representing the interests of children in courts across central Indiana. She passionately advocates for the best interests of children while at the same time seeking to shield them from the need to personally participate in the legal process.
Ms. Wanzer has been selected as a Super Lawyer by Superlawyers Magazine from 2017-the present. She is a past president of the Indianapolis Bar Foundation which she continues to support as a Distinguished Fellow and Life Fellow. She volunteers her time as a Guardian ad Litem in the Marion County Superior courts and with the Marion County and Hendricks County Modest Means Mediation programs.
Posts
Top Resolutions for Family Law Attorneys for 2020
Founding Wanzer Edwards attorney, Elisabeth Edwards, is serving as the 2020 Chair of the Indianapolis Bar Association Family Law Section. Ms. Edwards prepared a blog post for Family Law Section attorneys regarding attorney best practices and how to better serve family law clients. The post has also been published in the April 1, 2020 print edition of the Indiana Lawyer. Top Resolutions for Family Law Attorneys: Indianapolis Bar Association Newsletter, April 2020
Should You Call the Police?
If you have ever arrived for a parenting time exchange only to find that the exchange will not be taking place, you know that it is a frustrating thing. Inevitably, in your moment of frustration you have considered what action you can take to make the scheduled parenting time exchange happen. When considering your options, you may have thought about calling the police. But should you?
