Education- Preparatory education, Indiana State University (B.S., 1974); University of Alabama - Masters in Criminal Justice 1977). Legal education- I.U.-Indianapolis (J.D., 1981). Member of the Hendricks County and the Indiana State Bar Associations.

Activities-

Avon United Methodist Church

Danville Chamber of Commerce

Prior to attending law school, Representative Steuerwald utilized his Masters in Criminal Justice by serving as a Probation Officer for two years. While attending Indiana University-Indianapolis, he served as an intern in the Hendricks County Prosecutor's Office. Upon graduation from law school, he joined his present law firm and has been there since 1981.

His firm has represented various units of local government including towns, libraries and townships. Rep. Steuerwald's law firm presently represents the Hendricks County Board of Commissioners, the Hendricks County Plan Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals, the Hendricks County Health Department, Hendricks Regional Health and the Hendricks County Solid Waste Management District.

In 1996, Rep. Steuerwald received the Hendricks County Outstanding Economic Development Award. He is a certified Probation Officer with the State of Indiana Department of Corrections. He is also a registered mediator and received a Certificate of Recognition in Family Mediation Training through the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum.

Rep. Steuerwald was born on September 12, 1952, in Terre Haute, Indiana and resides in Avon, Indiana. He has three grown children- Joshua Garver, D.D.S.; Jordan Gorgievski, and Adam Steuerwald.