Deanna L. DiPetta joined Zashin & Rich in February 2000. She has over 17 years of experience in divorce and dissolution, custody and visitation litigation and adoption. She brought recognized experience to the firm's domestic relations practice. Deanna has received the highest legal ability and ethical standards rating from Martindale-Hubbell (a national directory of attorneys).

Deanna received her undergraduate degree from Cleveland State University and earned her law degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.

She is a member of several committees of the Cuyahoga County Bar Association and is a member of the Board of Trustees. She is also a past member of the Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court's Local Rules Committee where she helped to re-write the domestic relations local rules. She frequently lectures on many family law topics including Guardian ad Litem, custody and alienation and other domestic relations issues. She has also appeared numerous times on television and radio as a guest commentator on various domestic relations issues. Deanna has been an adjunct professor at Notre Dame College of Ohio teaching Domestic Relations law.

In addition to her legal practice, Deanna is active in the Make-a-Wish Foundation and Hospice of the Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio.