Experience

• Focuses on divorce and family law including child custody, support and related business issues
• Believes a resolution should be tailored to the individual needs, desires and personalities of the participants
• Skilled, aggressive courtroom advocate
• Helps clients through stressful litigation by keeping them informed and involved
• Strong advocate for mediation to reduce clients’ stress and costs
• Frequent speaker on various domestic relations and family law topics including divorce, relocation and child custody issues

Background

• Certified Domestic Relations Mediator
• Former Managing Attorney of a national legal service plan
• Assistant Attorney General and Assistant Chief of the Consumer Protection Division; drafted Ohio consumer protection legislation
• Over 32 years of experience in civil litigation, family law and estate planning

Bar Admissions

• All Ohio state courts
• U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio

Memberships & Associations

• Vice-President of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
• Trustee of the former Cuyahoga County Bar Association and member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee
• Served on the Steering Committee for the unification of the Cuyahoga County Bar Association and Cleveland Bar Association
• Trustee of The Center for Principled Family Advocacy (CPFA)
• Member of the CPFA’s Cleveland Collaborative Practice Group and Mediation Practice Group
• Member of the American, Ohio State and Ohio Women’s Bar Associations
• Serves on the Ursuline College Legal Advisory Board
• Member of the National Association of Women Business Owners

Education

• The Ohio State University, B.A., 1971
• Cleveland Marshall College of Law, J.D., 1977