Ellen M. Deeter is an Attorney at Law and Registered Civil Mediator in Indianapolis, after having spent most of the past 35 years working in bank trust departments. She retired from The National Bank of Indianapolis at the end of 2013, where she worked in various roles over 18 years, including serving as the Manager of the Personal Trusts and Estates Group and as Senior Trust Counsel. During her tenure at The National Bank of Indianapolis it grew from $35 million in assets under administration to $1.6 billion in assets.
Ms. Deeter earned her B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame in 1976 and her J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis (now known as the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law) in 1982. She also is a Registered Mediator, a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER certificant and a Certified Trust and Financial Advisor (CTFA). She started her career as an inheritance tax examiner for the Indiana Department of Revenue in 1978. Since that time Ms. Deeter has spent most of her career with bank trust departments, including Indiana National Bank, Wachovia Bank, N.A. and Merchants National Bank/National City Bank and The National Bank of Indianapolis, with responsibilities in the areas of fiduciary income taxation, estate and gift taxation, trust and estate administration, and serving as trust counsel.
Ms. Deeter is currently a member of the Indiana State Bar Association (Probate, Trust & Real Property Section), the Indianapolis Bar Association (Estate Planning and Administration Section), the Indianapolis Bar Foundation (past board member) the Estate Planning Council of Indianapolis (past president and board member) and the Financial Planning Association of Greater Indianapolis. She also served on the board of the Planned Giving Group of Indiana. Ms. Deeter is a frequent lecturer on estate planning, trust administration and taxation topics. She has been an instructor for the American Bankers Association National Graduate Trust School, the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, the American Institute of Banking, National Business Institute and the Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis, among others.