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AAML OHIO STATE CHAPTER OFFICERS

JILL FRIEDMAN HELFMAN,  PRESIDENT
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

CRAIG TRENEFF,  PRESIDENT-ELECT
Craig Treneff is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and is certified by the Ohio State Bar Association as a family relations law specialist. He was also selected for Ohio Super Lawyers in 2004 and 2005. He is a member of the family law committees of the Columbus, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. He is also a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Domestic Relations Journal of Ohio and a regular contributor to the Journal, a contributor to the Sowald Morganstern Domestic Relations Law treatise (Marital and Separate Property), and a member of the Collaborative Family Law Council of Central Ohio. A former law clerk to Justice William B. Brown of the Ohio Supreme Court, Mr. Treneff is active in civic affairs and is serving as a Member of Westerville City Council. He previously served as President, Board of Trustees, Directions for Youth; Chairman, Capital Campaign Planning Committee, Directions for Youth; Chairman, Westerville Planning Commission; Member, Westerville Board of Zoning Appeals; and, Member, Church Council (Finance), Trinity Lutheran Church.

E-Mail: ctreneff@treneff.com.

WILLIAM BIVIANO,  SECRETARY - TREASURER
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

CARL A. MURWAY,  IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Counties of Cuyahoga, Lorain, and Summit. Immediate Past President of the Ohio Chapter, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Past Chairman, Family Law Section, Cleveland Bar Association. He represents clients in a variety of family law matters, including dissolution of marriage, divorce, custody, and premarital agreements. Experience includes complex business valuation issues, treatment of deferred compensation and retirement assets in divorce, analysis of complex executive compensation arrangements, and tax considerations involved in the division and disbursement of marital and separate property. He has been a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers since 1996. He is also a member of The Center for Principled Family Advocacy, a non-profit organization which educates attorneys and promotes non- traditional alternatives to the resolution of family law matters. He has been recognized in the "Best Lawyers in America", 2003 - 2006, editions. He is listed under "Family Law" in Martindale-Hubbell and The Bar Register of Pre-eminent Lawyers. Frequent Lecturer on Tax Aspects of Divorce; Frequent Lecturer on Family Law in Ohio; Member, Cuyahoga County Bar Association, Family Law Section. Ohio State Bar Association Certified Family Relations Law Specialist and current member of the Certification Committee of the OSBA.

E-Mail: cmurway@taftlaw.com





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