Jodi M. Terzich

Jodi M. Terzich is a partner at Terzich & Ort, LLP, where she focuses her practice exclusively on family law matters from her office in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Providing representation to clients throughout Hennepin County and other parts of the state, she handles divorces and related issues such as child custody and visitation, property division, alimony and child support, through both litigation and mediation. Ms. Terzich also has experience in paternity disputes, domestic violence and post-order modifications.

A native of Minnesota, Ms. Terzich attended the University of Minnesota Duluth and received a Bachelor of Arts cum laude in criminology in 1991. After spending several years as a program coordinator with a Minnesota nonprofit organization that assists women in crisis or transition, she subsequently pursued her legal education at what was then known as William Mitchell College of Law and was awarded her Juris Doctor cum laude in 1997. Upon graduation, Ms. Terzich served a year's clerkship for a judge on the 3rd Judicial Circuit of the Minnesota Judicial Branch before entering private practice. She is admitted to practice before all Minnesota state courts.

Ms. Terzich mentored law students at the University of St. Thomas School of Law between 2006 and 2009. She has also led semiannual seminars at the Maple Grove Community Center on the subject of the dissolution process and other family law matters. Ms. Terzich is an active participant in several legal organizations, including the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the Minnesota State and Hennepin County bar associations. Highly regarded by her fellow professionals, she has received a "Superb" peer review rating through Avvo.