Members Listed alphabetically from A through L
DEBORAH R. AKERS
1515 The East Ohio Bldg.
1717 E. Ninth St.
Cleveland, OH 44114-2803
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Tel: (216) 623-9999 |
Fax: (216) 623-0629 |
| County of Cuyahoga. Member: ABA, Family Law Section; Ohio State Bar, Family Law Committee; Cuyahoga County Bar, Family Law Committee; Cleveland Bar, Family Law Committee. Previous Positions: Trial Advocate Inst., Faculty 1992-94, 1997; Ohio State Bar, Family Law Committee, Chair 1994-96; Council of Del. 1990-; Cleveland Bar, Family Law Committee, Chair 1989-90; Cuyahoga County Bar, Family Law Section, Chair 1992-93. Domestic Relations Journal of Ohio, Ed. Advisory Board. Frequent Lecturer and Author on Family Law. |
JAMES H. ALLISON
7737 Olentangy River Rd.
Columbus, OH 43235
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Tel: (614) 848-6500 |
Fax: (614) 848-6516 |
| Membership Comm., Ohio Chapter, AAML, 1988-present, Chairman, 1991-93. Family Law Committee, 25 years with American Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, Columbus Ohio Bar Association, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers and Franklin County Trial Lawyers. Chairman of Columbus Bar Association Family Law Committee, 1986-88 and Domestic Judges' Committee, 1985 to 1992. Author, "Court of Appeals Domestic Decision Summaries," 1980 to present.
E-Mail: jha@iwaynet.net
Website: www.jameshallison.com |
GERALD JAY BABBITT
Babbitt & Weis LLP.
The Worly Building
503 South Front, Suite 200,
Columbus, OH 43215
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Tel: (614) 228-4200 |
Fax: (614) 228-4224 |
Counties of Franklin, Delaware and Fairfield. Member, Family Law Section, American Bar Association, Executive Comm. Member; Law Practice Management, Family Law Practice and Committees. Member, Ohio State and Columbus Bar Association. Frequent Lecturer on issues of Matrimonial Law. Referee, Franklin County Court of Domestic Relations, 1983-86. Franklin County Juvenile Court, 1980-83, Chairman Family Law Committee, 1995-96; Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association, 1996-97, OSBA Certified Family Law Specialist.
E-Mail: GJBabbitt@BWFamilyLaw.com
Website: www.BWFamilyLaw.com
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JOYCE E. BARRETT
1370 Ontario Street. Suite 800
Cleveland, OH 44113
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Tel: (216) 696-1545 |
Fax: (216) 696-2104 |
| Past Chairperson, Specialization and Certification Committee of The Family Law Section of the ABA. Past Chairperson, Family Law Section of the Cuyahoga County Bar Association. Adjunct Professor of Law, Cleveland State University. Lecturer for Cleveland Bar Association; Cuyahoga County Bar Association; Ohio Academy of Trial Attorneys; Ohio Common Pleas Judges Association; Author "Mastering the Complexities of Family Law in 1994; named in the "The Best Lawyers in America."
E-Mail: joyceebarrett@earthlink.net |
WILLIAM R. BIVIANO
Second National Tower. 7th Fl.
108 Main Avenue S.W.
Warren, OH 44482-0790
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Tel: (330) 392-5000 |
Fax: (330) 393-0008 |
| Counties of Trumbull and Mahoning, american bar association family law section, Ohio state bar association family law committee, past president trumbull county bar association,mahoning county bar association, past and current chair trumbull
county bar association family law committee, seminar presenter ohio academy of trial lawyers, multiple seminar presenter Trumbull county bar association, osba certified family relations law specialist.
E-Mail: wrb@bivianolaw.com
Website: www.bivianolaw.com
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PHYLLIS G. BOSSIN
36 E. Fourth St. Suite 1210
Cincinnati, OH 45202
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Tel: (513) 421-4420 |
Fax: (513) 421-0691 |
| Counties of Hamilton, Clermont, Butler and Warren. Certified Family Law Specialist, AAML: Past President, Ohio Chapter. Member: IAML; Diplomate, American College of Family Trial Layers; ABA Family Law Section Chair, 2003-2004, Chair Elect 2002-2003, Vice-Chair, 2001-2002, Secretary, 2000-2001, Parliamentarian, 1998-1999; Member of Governing Council, 1992-1998; past chair Continuing Legal Education Committee; Board of Editors- "Family Advocate", 1997-2000. Faculty: ABA Family Law Section Trial Advocacy Institute (University of Houston Law School), 1999-2001. Member: Cincinnati Bar Association, Past Chair; Domestic Relations Committee. Best Lawyers of America 1995 to the present; CLE Participation; Frequent Lecturer at local, state and national bar and other continuing legal education organizations. Author: of several articles on various aspects of Family law.
E-Mail: pbossin@bossinlaw.com
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DOUGLAS BRILL
1551 West River Road North
Elyria, Ohio 44035-2713
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Tel: (440) 324-5353 |
Fax: (440) 324-6529 |
| Ohio State Bar Association, Family Law Committee (Chair Ohio Parenting Act Subcommittee), Council of Delegates 1997 - present, Lorain County Bar Association, Family Law Committee Chair, 1992-1995, Trustee 1997 - present, Ohio Chapter AAML, Ohio Supreme Court Task Force on Domestic Relations/Juvenile Parenting, present Lecturer, Ohio CLE, Professional Education Systems, Inc., Certified Mediator.
E-Mail: dmbrill20@hotmail.com
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ROBERT H. BROWN
Quaker Square 120 E. Mill Street, Suite 407
Akron, Ohio 44308
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Tel: (330) 376-3000 |
Fax: (330) 376-2906 |
PAUL J. BUSER
7633 East Acoma Drive, Suite 106
Scottsdale, AZ 85260-3486
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Tel: (480) 951-1222 |
Fax: (480) 951-2568 |
| Practice Areas: Community Property Law, Guardianship Law, Conservatorship
Law, Elder Abuse, Will Contests, Litigation, Probate Law
Admitted: 1973, Idaho and U. S. District Court, District of Idaho; 1977,
U. S. Supreme Court; 1990, New York, Illinois and Ohio; 1992, U. S. District
Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio and U. S. Court of Appeals,
Sixth Circuit; 1997, Arizona
Educated: Purdue University (B.A., 1969); St. Louis University (J.D.,
1972)
E-Mail: pjbazlit@worldnet.att.net
Website:
http://www.lawyers.com/paulbusercactuslaw
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JAMES S. CAHN
1301 E. Ninth St. Suite 500
Cleveland, OH 44114
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Tel: (216) 781-5515 |
Fax: (216) 781-1030 |
| Counties of Cuyahoga, Granger and Lake. Ohio Chapter, Secretary Treasurer, 1995-1996. Completed Academy Arbitration Training, Nov. 1990. Member, Cuyahoga County Bar Association, Family Law Section, Chair, 1990-91. Chairman, Annual Cleveland Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute, 1988, 1989 and 1990. Lecturer in Matrimonial Law for Ohio Chapter AAML and other organizations. Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America" and Martindale Hubble "Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers." B.A. University of Pennsylvania, 1968, J. D. Ohio State University, 1973.
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JOHN DOHNER
Fir Hill Plaza, Ste. B
27 S. Forge St.
Akron, OH 44304 |
Tel: (330) 376-6300 |
Fax: (330) 376-2906 |
| Practice in Summit, Portage, Medina, Stark, Wagner and Tuscarawas Counties. Member: Akron Bar Association; Family Law Section and Fee Arbitration, Grievance, Law and Technology, Small Firm and Volunteer Legal Service Project Committees. Ohio State Bar.
E-Mail: dohnerlaw@aol.com
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WILLIAM S. FRIEDMAN
Friedman & Mirman Co., LPA
1320 Dublin Road, Suite 101
Columbus, Ohio 43215-1188
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Tel: (614) 221-0090 |
Fax: (614) 221-7213 |
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Board of Governors, 1987-92, Public Relations Committee Chairman, 1991. Pres-, Ohio Chapter, 1987; Fellow, IAML; Co-Author: 'Baldwins Ohio Dom. Rel. Law," Banks Baldwin, 1984. Mbr: Governor's Task Force for Dom. REL. Law, (1986) Domestic Relations Lecturer: Capital Univ. Law School, Para-Legal Prog., 1984-1989; Recognized in the The Best Lawyers in America". Mbr, Fam. Law Comms. of Columbus, Ohio and American Bar Assns. Mbr. Various Trial Lawyers' Assns. Frequent Lecturer Regarding Family Law.
Website: www.friedmanmirman.com
E-Mail: wfriedman@friedmanmirman.com |
GARY J. GOTTFRIED
1265 Neil Ave.
Columbus, OH 43201-3119
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Tel: (614) 297-1211 |
Fax: (614) 297-6666 |
| Counties of Franklin, Licking and Knox. Lecturer, Rossen Ohio Bar Review, Family Law Section; Contributing Editor, Banks Baldwin, Ohio Family Law; Co-Chair, Columbus Bar Assn. Professionalism Comm. of the Family Law Section; Lecturer, Professional Education Systems, Inc., Family Law; Lecturer, National Business Institute, Inc., Family Law; Member, Columbus Bar Assn.; Member Ohio Bar Assn.; Chairman Family Law Section - Ohio Academy of trial Lawyers; Member of the International academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; Faculty Member and Lecturer at Capital University Law School - Legal Assistant Program.
E-Mail: gjglaw@aol.com
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ANDREW SCOTT GROSSMAN
32 W. Hoster St. Suite 100
Columbus, OH 43215
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Tel: (614) 221-7711 |
Fax: (614) 221-7145 |
| Admitted: 1996, Ohio; 1997, District of Columbia
Law School: Capital University, J.D., 1996
College: University of Kansas, B.A., English, 1993
Member: Columbus (Member, Family Law Section), Ohio State and American (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations; Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.
Biography: (Certified Specialist in Family Relations Law, Ohio State Bar Association)
E-Mail: asg@grossman-law.com
Website: www.lawyers.com/grossmanlaw-divorce |
E-Mail: gjglaw@aol.com
JEFFREY GROSSMAN
32 W. Hoster St. Suite 100
Columbus, OH 43215
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Tel: (614)221-7711 |
Fax: (614) 221-7145 |
| President, 1994-1995, Ohio Chapter AAML; Fellow, IAML. Chairman of Sub-Board of Examiners for Ohio Chapter, 1985. ABA: Section of Family Law. Columbus Bar Assn: Family Law Committee. Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers: Family Law Committee, Chairman, 1977-78. Capital Univ. Law School, Center for Special and Continuing Education, Domestic Relations: Instructor, 1977-1986; Contributing author to Baidwins 'Ohio Domestic Relations Law," Banks Baldwin, 1984. Ohio Supreme Court Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolutions (1989-90).
E-Mail: jag@grossman-law.com
Website: www.lawyers.com/grossmanlaw-divorce |
PATRICK R. HANRAHAN
8440 Station St.
Mentor, OH 44060
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Tel: (440) 255-9100 |
Fax: (440) 974-1585 |
| Counties of Lake, Cuyahoga and Geauga. AAML Committees, Institute for Training New Lawyers and Computers and Technology. Ohio State Bar Association; Lake County Bar Association. Chair, Lake County Bar Assn., Family Law Committee, 1984-1986, 1992-1995: Ohio CLE Institute Faculty Member: Lecturer, Ohio State Bar Association, Lake County Bar Association, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers. Past President, Mentor Schools Board of Education; Past Secretary Treasurer Lake County Bar Assoc.; Vice President & President Elect Lake County Bar 1998-1999; President Mentor Exempted Village Board of Education 1999. OSBA Certified Family Relations Law Specialist.
E-Mail: prhnkp@hotmail.com
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JILL FRIEDMAN HELFMAN
Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP
3500 BP Tower
200 Public Square
Cleveland, OH 44114-2302
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Tel: (216) 241-2838 |
Fax: (216) 241-3707 |
| Counties of Cuyahoga, Summit, Lorain, Geauga and Medina. Ohio State Bar Association Certified Specialist in Family Law. Ohio Chapter AAML Offices: Vice President (2004 -2006), President (2006 - ). Program Chair of the 17th and 18th Annual Symposium on Family Law, an Advanced Seminar and Update on Ohio Domestic Relations Practice and Procedures (2005 and 2006). Trustee of The Center for Principled Family Advocacy (2000 - ). Recognized by Inside Business Magazine as a Leading Lawyer in Family Law in its 2004, 2005 and 2006 editions. Selected as an Ohio Super Lawyer in the January 2004, 2005, and 2006 editions of Cincinnati Magazine. Named as one of Ohio's Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in the 2005 and 2006 editions of Cincinnati Magazine. AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Ms. Helfman’s experience includes both analysis and litigation of complex business valuation issues, treatment of retirement assets in divorce, tax considerations involved in the payment and receipt of spousal support, and complex custody issues. Frequent lecturer on Family Law issues in Ohio; lectures include the following topics: Anatomy of a Property Settlement Agreement, Use of Mental Health Professionals in Custody Disputes, How to Survive A Custody Evaluation, The Fine Points of Divorce Practice, and QDRO Roundtable Workshop.
E-Mail: jhelfman@taftlaw.com
Website: www.taftlaw.com
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GUY M. HILD
255 E. Fifth St.
2400 Chemed Center
Cincinnati, OH 45202
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Tel: (513) 721-4532 |
Fax: (513) 721-7120 |
| County of Hamilton. Completed Academy Arbitration Training, Nov. 1990. ABA: Section of Family Law; Ohio State Bar Association: Family Law Section; Hamilton County Bar Association: Domestic Relations Committee; Lecturer, Family Law Seminars, Dealing with Tax Aspects of Matrimonial Law; Lecturer of 'Identification, Valuation and Division of Business Assets." Lecturer on Tax Reform Act. Recog. in "The Best Lawyers in America," all past and current editions. President, Ohio Chapter, 1993.
E-Mail: ghild@katzteller.com
Website: www.katzteller.com
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BRUCE A. HUNTER
Katz, Teller, Brant & Hild
255 E. Fifth Street. Suite 2400
Cincinnati, OH 45202
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Tel: (513) 721-4532 |
Fax: (513) 762-0023 |
DENNIS J. IBOLD
401 South St.
Chardon, OH 44024
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Tel: (440) 285-3511 |
Fax: (440) 285-3363 |
| Counties of Geauga, Cuyahoga and Lake, Geauga Bar Association, American Bar Association, Family Law Section, and Ohio State Bar Association. |
MORTON L. KAPLAN
1370 Ontario St. Suite 1750
Cleveland, OH 44113
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Tel: (216) 861-8888 |
Fax: (216) 566-8810 |
| Counties of Cuyahoga, Geauga, Portage. Ohio State Bar Association, Family Law Section. Cuyahoga County Bar Association, Family Law Section. Lecturer, Ohio Family Law Institute. Practice limited to Family Law.
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AIMEE L. KELLER
425 Walnut Street, Suite 1800
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-3957
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Tel: (513) 381-2838 |
Fax: (513) 381-0205 |
| AIMEE L. KELLER is a partner in the Litigation Department of Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP, where she focuses her practice in domestic relations. Ms. Keller is certified by The Family
Relations Law Specialty Board of the Ohio State Bar Association as a specialist in the field of
Family Relations Law in Ohio. She earned her law degree from Cornell Law School in 1993.
Ms. Keller was then an associate with Wagner & Bloch for five years during which time she
practiced solely domestic relations law. She has spoken for the National Business Institute (NBI)
on spousal support and divorce, the Cincinnati Bar Association Domestic Relations Seminar and
has been the domestic relations speaker for the CBA’s seminar for new bar admittance since
2004. She also has spoken at locally given divorce information seminars about an attorney’s role
in the divorce process and to the Tri-State Business Valuation Round Table on business
valuations in divorce. Ms. Keller is a member of the Cincinnati Bar Association Domestic
Relations Seminar Committee, The Collaborative Law Institute and the American Academy of
Matrimonial Lawyers. She is admitted to practice law in the State of Ohio and in the U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Ms. Keller has been named an "Ohio Super Lawyer," a
listing of the top five percent of Ohio attorneys published by Cincinnati Magazine in 2004, 2005
and 2006.
E-Mail: kellera@taftlaw.com
Website: www.taftlaw.com
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HAROLD R. KEMP
88 W. Mound St.
Columbus, OH 43215-5018
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Tel: (614) 224-2678 |
Fax: (614) 469-7170 |
| Counties of Franklin, Madison, Pickaway and Licking. Ohio Chapter, AAML, Secretary/Treasurer (1988-89), President (1990-91). Ohio State Bar Association, Columbus Bar Association, Family Law Committee/Past Chairman 1982-84, U.S. Supreme Court, Fed. Dist. Court. Lecturer; Columbus Bar Assn. and Ohio Chapter AAML; licensed in Ohio and Colorado.
E-Mail: harold@ksrllaw.com
Website: www.ksrllaw.com
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JACQUELINE L. KEMP
88 W. Mound St.
Columbus, OH 43215-5018
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Tel: (614) 224-2678 |
Fax: (614) 469-7170 |
| Member: American Bar Association, Family Law Section. Ohio State Bar Association. Columbus Bar Association. Current Positions: Ohio State Bar Association - Certified Specialist in Family Law. Previous
Positions: Columbus Bar Association, Family Law Committee Chair, 2000-2002. Columbus Bar Association, Family Law Committee Secretary, 1999-2000. Columbus Bar Association, Judiciary Committee, 2001-2003. CLE Participation: Speaker; CBA Bankruptcy Institute, CBA Property Division in Divorce and Seminar for Domestic Relations Paralegals. Author: Article, Columbus Bar Briefs, May 2001and October 2002.
E-Mail: jacqueline@ksrllaw.com
Website: www.ksrllaw.com
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JAMES R. KIRKLAND
James R. Kirkland Co., L.P.A.
One Eleven West First Street. Suite 518
Dayton, OH 45402-1131
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Tel: (937) 223-0697 |
Fax: (937) 223-5318 |
| Ohio Chapter AAML President, Oct. 1989-90, Secretary-Treasurer, 1984-85, 85-86, 86-87. Mbr. of ABA Family Law Section, Marital Property Comm. Chairman 1984-85; Author of Updated Family Law, OSBA, 1976; ABA Family Law Sec., Trial Practice Sub-Committee Co-Chair, 1989-90,1990-91,1991-92; Author of Fair$hare 1991; Author, 1990-91-93-95 Domestic Relations Journal of Ohio. Speaker 1990-91-92,93,94,95 for Ohio Chapter AAML Seminars. OSBA Certified Family Relations Law Specialist.
E-Mail: kirklandlaw@sbcglobal.net
Website: www.lawyers.com/kirklandlaw
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JACOB A. H. KRONENBERG
4403 St. Clair Avenue NE
Cleveland, Ohio 44103-1125
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Tel: (216) 426-2970 |
Fax: (216) 426-3230 |
Counties: Cuyahoga, Summit, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Ashtabula
Memberships: Ohio, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County Bar Associations
Committees: Ohio State Bar Family Law Committee
Cuyahoga County Bar Assn. Certified Grievance Committee
(past chair and past vice-chair)
Family Law Section, Cuyahoga County Bar Association
Trustee, Cuyahoga County Bar Association
E-Mail:JAHKronenberg@aol.com
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THOMAS J. LAFOND
1111 Superior Ave. Suite 1000
Cleveland, OH 44114-3066
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Tel: (216) 696-4200 |
Fax: (216) 696-7303 |
| Counties of Cuyohoga, Geauga and Summit. Cleveland Bar Association, President, 1991-92; Member, Family Law Section, Cleveland, Cuyohoga County, Ohio and American Bar Association. Included in the "Best Lawyers in America." |
NEAL P. LAVELLE
522 Leader Bldg.
526 Superior Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114-1900
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Tel: (216) 781-2787 |
Fax: (216) 781-0701 |
| County of Cuyahoga. Ohio State Bar Association Family Law Committee Member; Cleveland Bar Association Family Law Section, Chairman, 1993-94; Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers. Lecturer at the Practice of Family Law Seminar. Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1982 and 1987. Completed Academy Arbitration Training, June, 1994. President of the Ohio Chapter in 1997. Recognized in the 'The Best Lawyers in America.'
E-Mail: LavelleLav@aol.com
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DAVID E. LOWE
100 Seventh St. Suite 150
Chardon, OH 44024-1079
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Tel: (216) 285-2242 |
Fax: (216) 285-9423 |
| Counties of Geauga and Cuyahoga. Geauga Bar Association., Domestic Relations Committee. Ohio State Bar Association, Family Law Committee. Past President, Geauga Bar Association. Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys. |
RANDAL A. LOWRY
Weick, Gibson & Lowry
234 Portage Trail
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 44221
Address all correspondence to:
P. 0. Box 535
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44222 |
Tel: (330) 929-0507 |
Fax: (330) 929-6605 |
| Counties of Summitt, Stark and Medina. Founding Member/Past Trustee, Summit County Trial Lawyers' Association; Family Law Committee of Akron Bar Association; Past Chairman. Vice-Chairman of Investigation Committee (Grievance) of the Akron Bar Association; current. Past Chairman of the Court Personnel Committee for Summitt County Domestic Relations Court. Guest Lecturer at the University of Akron School of Law. Lecturer, Akron Bar Association. Seminars. Family Law Committee Meetings. Ohio Academy of Trial lawyers; Akron Bar Association, American Bar Association, Family Law Committee. AAML Ohio Chapter Membership Committee. Recognized in the Best Lawyers of America. |
