Andrea L. Ciobanu
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Andrea L. Ciobanu
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Andrea focuses her practice in Civil Litigation, Family Law and Domestic Relations, Civil Rights and ADA Compliance, as well as Appellate Law. Andrea also has experience in complex fraud and white collar crime litigation. Andrea has argued before the Indiana Northern and Southern District Federal Courts, as well as the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Andrea has Indiana Appellate Court experience, including engaging in oral argument before the Indiana Appellate and Supreme Courts. Further, Andrea is a registered civil and domestic mediator as well as a foreclosure facilitator. Andrea is also an adjunct professor of law at Indiana University Purdue Indianapolis. She is a graduate of the inaugural Indiana State Bar Association Leadership Development Academy, FBI Citizens Academy, Stanley K. Lacy Leadership Series, as well as the inaugural Columbia Club Impact Community Program. She has been ranked as a Rising Star SuperLawyer every year since 2012. She is AV rated from Martindale-Hubbell. She is a frequent speaker and writer on such topics as mediation, domestic relations, including adoption, civil rights, including ADA Compliance.
Andrea is committed to public interest and serving the community. She has served on various boards throughout the community, including, but not limited to: Indianapolis Bar Association Steering Committee; Indianapolis Law School Repayment Program Host and Standing Committees, Indiana University Alumni Board; Indiana University Purdue Indianapolis Paralegal Advisory Board, and has served as Past-President of the Indianapolis Equal Justice Works Division. Andrea is also very active within her local, city, state, and national bar association, serving in a wide array of leadership positions within those bar associations.
In addition to providing the highest degree of representation to the firm's clients, Andrea is dedicated to public interest law and serving the underprivileged. Andrea has volunteered at various organizations throughout the community which serve the underprivileged and pursue equal access to justice, including, but not limited to: Disability Legal Services of Indiana; Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Indiana Protective Order Pro Bono Project; Ask A Lawyer; Indiana Pro Bono Commission; Center for Victim and Human Rights; and other such organizations.
Andrea is fluent in American Sign Language and utilizes this skill to pursue her passion of meeting the legal needs and challenges of the Deaf Community throughout Indiana.
In addition to Andrea's unique skill set and community-oriented approach to the practice of law, Andrea has helped form Ciobanu Law, PC to provide the firm's clients with the highest quality of legal representation while maintaining cost effective representation and unparalleled client communication.
Bar Admission
Supreme Court of Indiana
U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Indiana
Other Affiliations
ABA National YLD Scholar, 2013 - 2014
YLD Public Education Committee Chair, 2013 - 2014
American Bar Association, 2015 - Present (Public Service Project Vice Chair)
Family Law Section of the American Bar Association, 2014 - Present (Executive Board and Mediation Vice Chair)
Indianapolis Bar Association, 2012 - 2014 (Women & the Law Division Executive Board)
Indianapolis Bar Association Networking Section, 2012 - 2016 (Executive Board as Past Chair)
Indianapolis Bar Association’s Family Law, 2016 - Present (Executive Board Committee)
American Bar Association Professional Development, 2015 - Present (Executive Board)
Indiana State Bar Association’s Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2014 - Present (Chair, Immediate Past Chair)
Indiana State Bar Association’s Service Committee, Solo & Small Firm Conference and Long Term Development Committees
State Bar Governance Committee by Presidential Appointment
Indiana State Bar Association’s PLEADS Section, 2015 - Present (Executive Board)
Indiana State Bar Association’s Young Lawyer’s Section Council, 2010 - Present
Indiana State Bar Association’s Young Lawyer’s Section Council, 2010 - Present (Education and Wellness Chair)
National Association Of Professional Women, 2010 - 2016
Disability Legal Services, 2011 - 2016 (Indiana’s Executive Board )
American Indianapolis Inn of Court, 2008 - Present (Associate )
IUPUI Alumni Board and advisor to the IUPUI Paralegal Board, 2012 - Present
National Mentoring Women’s Network Executive Board (Chief Legal Counsel and Legal Advisor)
Indiana’s Association of Mediator’s Executive Committee, 2011 - 2016
Alternative Dispute Resolution Task Force & Rules Review Committee, 2013 - 2015
Marion County Bar Association’s, 2012 - 2013 (Social Chair)
Marion County Bar Association, 2014 - 2016 (Executive Board)
American Bar Association , 2015 - Present (Law Practice Division - Law Fellow, Women Rainmakers)
American Indianapolis Inn of Court
Association Family Conciliation Courts, 2008 - Present
Indianapolis Bar Association , 2008 - Present
Indiana State Bar Association, 2010 - Present
Indiana Association Mediators , 2010 - Present
Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, 2010 - Present
Marion County Bar Association , 2015 - Present
American Inn of Court, 2016 - Present (Barrister)
Sagamore Inn of Court, 2015 - 2017 (Associate Member)
Achievements
- Other Sources of Feedback About Andrea L. Ciobanu
- Included on the 2023 Indiana
Past Lists
- 2022 Indiana Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Indiana Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Indiana Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Indiana Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Indiana Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Indiana Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Indiana Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Indiana Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Indiana Super Lawyers list
Education
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Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2010 Juris Doctorate
Honors: Law Repayment Assistance Program, Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis’ Loan Repayment Assistance Program, Indianapolis Bar Association’s Women & the Law Division Executive Committee
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Indiana University, 2004 Bachelors of Liberal Arts degree
Honors: summa cum laude, With High Distinction, Volunteered for REAL Services, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Kid’s Peace, Robinson Learning Center, and the St. Joseph County Homeless Shelter, Major: Sociology and History
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Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA), 2006 Masters of Public Affairs concentrating in non-profit law and management
Honors: summa cum laude, With High Distinction
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Public Policy Mediation Training, 2009
Honors: Registered Mediator
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Leadership Development Academy, 2012
Honors: ISBA LDA Graduate
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Indiana Trial Advocacy Skills College, 2014
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Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, Indiana, 2007
Honors: Indiana Conference of Legal Education Opportunity (ICLEO) Program
Honers
- AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale Hubbell, 2014 - Present
- SuperLawyer Rising Star, 2013 - 2015
- Robert H. McKinney 2013 Early Career Achievement Award
- Indianapolis Bar Associations’ Appellate Section’s AEJI Scholarship Recipient , 2013 - 2014
- American Bar Association Young Lawyer Scholar and Fellow, 2013 - 2014
- Indiana 2014 Trial Advocacy Skills Workshop College Graduate & Scholarship Recipient
- Indiana State Bar Association’s Leadership Academy Graduate & Scholarship Recipient, 2012 - Present
- National Association of Professional Women–Woman of the Year Award, 2011 - 2012
- Emerging Pearls Foundation Social Justice & Activism Award, 2010 - Present
- Indianapolis Bar Association Family Law Section Bench & Bar Scholarship , 2011 - Present
- Young Lawyers Section, Indiana State Bar Association Annual Scholarship Recipient, 2010 - Present
- Norman Lefstein Award, 2010 - Present
- John Berlon Award, 2010 - Present
- Gold Pro Bono Award Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis, 2010 - Present
- Indianapolis Bar Association Pro Bono Award of the Year, 2010 - Present
- Equal Justice Works Summer Scholar and Roisman Scholar, 2009 - Present
- ICLEO Fellow, Indiana Supreme Court, 2007 - 2010
- HUD Fellow, Indiana University, 2004 - 2006
- First Place Speech Contest, Indiana University, 2000 - Present
- Guardian ad Litem
- Women on of the Year Award, 2011
- Indianapolis Bar Association’s Pro Bono Service Award, 2009
- National ABA Scholar, 2013 - 2014
- National ABA Law Practice Fellow, 2015 - 2016
- Stanley K. Lacy Leadership Series Recipient, limited to twenty-five (25) young professionals in the Central Indiana, 2015