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Peter T. Cahoon received a Bachelor of Arts degree from New York University in 1974, and his law degree from the University of Akron School of Law in 1977, where he was a member of the law school’s Trial Competition Team.For more than 42 years, he has practiced family law, and in the areas of criminal defense, including federal and state cases, and representing individuals and businesses in government investigations, and representing licensed professionals, such as physicians and attorn...
As a partner in Hahn Loeser’s Business Practice Area, Dana Marie DeCapite dedicates her practice to estate planning, business succession planning, asset protection planning, prenuptial planning, and estate and trust administration. Dana collaborates with individuals, families and businesses to recommend and draft custom-tailored plans that implement each client’s personal, financial and charitable goals. Dana has extensive experience drafting and interpreting documents ranging fro...
Scott Friedman is an OSBA Board Certified Specialist in Family Relations Law. Mr. Friedman is also licensed to practice law in the State of Florida. Mr. Friedman was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio and attended The Columbus Academy. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Miami University and his Juris Doctorate from Capital University Law School, where he was honored with the Order of the Curia. Scott served as President Chair of the American Bar Association Family Law Section for 2013-2014 ...
TRUSTED. SMART. CREATIVE. CARING. Those are the four words that drive me every day. Everyone at Grossman Law Offices strives to embody those words each and every time we work on behalf of a client. With our practice limited strictly to family relations law, we know that our clients are going through an incredibly difficult, emotional and uncertain time. Keeping that in mind each and every day helps us help our clients. The legal process can be difficult, unfriendly and confusing at times. A c...
JILL FRIEDMAN HELFMAN is a partner in the Cleveland office of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP. She concentrates her practice in the area of family law. 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 custody issues. She is a frequent presenter at continuing legal education programs. Ms. Helfman received her undergrad...
Mary Ellen Malas focuses her practice on Domestic Relations and Family Law matters. She is keenly aware that when her clients are dealing with matters of this type, they usually are experiencing intense anxiety, stress and fear. Mary Ellen is able to work with her clients during these difficult times to develop creative solutions that meet their individual needs. Mary Ellen is passionate in her representation of her clients. She believes that most clients are best served if they are able to r...
James G. Mannos is a Partner at Tzangas Plakas Mannos, Ltd. and has been practicing law since 1977. Attorney Mannos is admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and all Ohio Courts. His main areas of practice include family law, probate/estate planning, workers' compensation, personal injury and real estate law. Mr. Mannos obtained his Title Insurance License from the Ohio Department of Insurance ...
Denise Mirman is the managing shareholder of Friedman & Mirman Co. LPA, a nine-lawyer firm that practices family law exclusively. She has been included in Super Lawyers every year since inception and is on several top lists in Columbus and Ohio. She has also been listed in Best Lawyers in America in Family Law for several years,a distinction limited to just 1% of the practicing attorneys in the country as voted upon by other lawyers, and she is the Best Lawyers in America 2015 Lawyer of t...
CARL A. MURWAY is a partner in the Cleveland office of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP and co-chair of the Private Client Practice Group. He represents clients in a variety of family law matters, including dissolution of marriage, divorce, custody and premarital agreements. Mr. Murway's experience includes complex business valuation issues, treatment of deferred compensation and retirement assets in divorce, analysis of complex executive compensation arrangements, and tax considerations i...
Ryan Nowlin joined the firm in 2006 and became a Partner in January 2012, specializing in family law. He is a Fellow and a Certified Arbitrator with the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a nationally recognized group of leading practitioners of family law, and he is board certified by the Ohio State Bar Association as a specialist in the practice of Family Relations law. Ryan represents individuals in every phase of divorce and custody proceedings and appears in Domestic Relations and ...
Marietta M. Pavlidis is a litigation attorney specializing in family law and workers’ compensation law. She represents business owners, physicians, other licensed professionals and individuals and their spouses dealing with family law issues. Ms. Pavlidis also provides legal counsel and representation to employers from a wide variety of industries in Ohio workers’ compensation matters.Over the years, Ms. Pavlidis has successfully handled complex high-profile family law and workers...
Adrienne Roach’s practice is dedicated exclusively to family law and domestic relations matters. Such matters include divorce, dissolution, paternity actions, pre-marital agreements and various other proceedings that involve custody, visitation and support issues. She is skilled in both negotiation, including collaborative law, and litigation. She is a frequent lecturer on family law issues throughout the state of Ohio and has regularly contributed articles on various topics to Law You ...
Craig P. Treneff is a graduate of the Ohio State University and Capital University Law School, where he was elected to Law Review. Prior to entering private practice in 1983, he was judicial law clerk to Justice William B. Brown of the Ohio Supreme Court and served as chief legislative assistant to the Chairman of the Finance-Appropriations Committee of the Ohio House of Representatives. He was one of the first 50 lawyers in Ohio to be certified by the Ohio State Bar Association as a family r...
Jessica L. Beauchamp focuses her practice on all family law, divorce, and child custody issues. She is admitted to practice law in the State of Ohio and the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Jessi has been named a Family Relations Certified Specialist by the Ohio State Bar Association, which demonstrates her high level of expertise in the field of Family Law and has been accepted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. She is passionate about family law because it gives her the op...
Erin E. Garvey has been practicing in the Family Relations Law field since 2014, when she was admitted to the practice of law in the State of Ohio. Ms. Garvey received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Denison University, and went on to receive her Juris Doctor from Case Western Reserve University. While at Case, Ms. Garvey interned with the Office of the Army Staff Judge Advocate and the Office of the Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service. Ms. Garvey is a member of the Ohio State...
Robert (Rob) A. Letson has been practicing law in Ohio since 2005. Before joining Friedman & Mirman, he served as an Assistant Franklin County Prosecutor for more than a decade. Mr. Letson has extensive courtroom experience as a long-time member of the Special Victims Unit prosecuting violent crimes. He was recognized within the prosecutor's office for his many accomplishments in the courtroom, having tried approximately fifty jury trials and dozens of bench trials and motion hearings in ...
Kelly Y. Queen has been practicing in the Family Relations Law field since 2015, when she was admitted to the practice of law in the State of Ohio. Mrs. Queen received her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Capital University Law School in 2015. While at Capital, Mrs. Queen was a member of the Children and Family Law Advocates, serving terms as Publicity Chair and President. Mrs. Queen was also heavily involved with the Family and Youth Law Center (formerly National Center for Adoption Law a...
Attorney Jodi Smilack has extensive experience in a wide area of family law matters including divorce, child custody, child support, visitation, spousal support, dissolution, and paternity. Jodi approaches every matter pragmatically while still taking into account the sensitivities and complexities of each matter. She stresses communication and organization throughout every phase of the process. Jodi was voted to the Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars list from 2015 through 2018 and again in 202...
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