Business Law

We prefer to work with business clients and small to medium-sized businesses.

• Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

• Antitrust Law
• Deceptive Trade Practices
• False Advertising
• RICO Act
• Unfair Competition

• Commercial Leasing

• Liquor Licenses

• Business Successions
• Buying & Selling
• Closely Held Businesses
• Corporations
• Franchising
• Joint Ventures
• Limited Liability Companies (LLCs)
• Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
• Partnerships
• Professional Corporations

• Negotiating Payments & Settlements
• Tax Evasion Defense

• Breach of Contract
• Contract Disputes
• Contract Drafting & Review
• Employment Contracts
• Franchises
• Non-Compete Contracts
• Uniform Commercial Code
• Warranties

• Commercial Construction Contracts
• Construction Defects
• Construction Disputes
• Dangerous Property
• Mechanics' Liens

Family Law

We would prefer to see clients when they first think about retaining an attorney.

• Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
• Name Changes
• Restraining Orders
• Enforcement Actions

• Child Abuse
• Domestic Violence
• Elder Abuse
• Sexual Abuse

• Adoptions
• Child Support
• Children's Rights
• Custody
• Paternity
• State Child Protection
• Visitation

• Marriage
• Power of Attorney
• Prenuptial & Postnuptial Agreements

• Colleges & Universities
• Individualized Education Plans
• Private Schools
• Public Schools
• Special Education

• Grandparent Rights
• Termination of Parental Rights

Divorce

We would prefer to see clients when they first think about retaining an attorney.

• Alimony/Palimony/Spousal Support
• Annulment
• Child Support
• Custody/Visitation Rights
• Delinquent Support Payments
• Division of Property
• Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution(ADR)
• Restraining Orders
• Uncontested Divorce

OH, May 1999
Bar Number: 0070427

Ohio, U.S. District Court Southern District Ohio, U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, United States Tax Court.

Bar Association, Columbus Bar Association, American Bar Association, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, American Association of Justice, Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

I attend various continuing legal education seminars throughout the reporting period and tend to exceed the required number of continuing education hours.

I wrote an article for the Capital University Law Review, entitled: The Secularization of Equity: Ancient Religious Origins, Feudal Christian Influences, and Medieval Authoritarian Impacts on the Evolution of Legal Equitable Remedies, 26 Cap. Univ. L.R. 483 (1997). The article has been cited by many other scholars, as well as by several courts in legal opinions.

In a business law and unfair competition case, petitioned the court for a restraining order under a preliminary injunction to stop a competing business from holding itself out as the client's business as well as stop the defendant business from interfering with business contracts and relations.

Litigated and negotiated a divorce case where the wife received her equitable share of marriage assets, even though husband filed multiple motions and used delaying tactics to try to prevent the equal and equitable division of assets.

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The attorneys, lawyers, and staff at our firm serve individual, family, and business clients in a variety of ways. We provide legal services for a broad range of legal matters. Our attorneys, lawyers, and legal staff believe that good legal representation should be available to anyone who finds themselves involved in a contested matter within the legal system. Good attorneys should be proactive to help their clients stay out of a lawsuit or court of law; however a good lawyer also must be an effective trial advocate in the event that litigation does arise.
The attorneys, lawyers, and staff at our offices serve clients with the utmost courtesy and respect. We listen to client concerns and craft solutions that are suited to the particular circumstances of each and every case. We concentrate in business law, divorce and family law, criminal and drunk driving, as well as personal injury.

The firm was established in 1999, initially focused on criminal law, drunk driving law, and divorce and family law; the firm grew to include business law and litigation, as well as other areas of practice such as tax and personal injury.

• United States Air Force from 1988 to 1992 as an Air Traffic Controller
• Full-time student from 1992 to 1994 at College of William and Mary
• 1995 paid intern with a non-profit organization in Washington D.C. that oversaw economic assistance plans and packages in the former U.S.S.R.
• Full time student Law School 1995 to 1998
• Second and third-year law school paid law clerk with the Office of Franklin County Public Defender felony division
• Third year law school; two semesters of legal clinic working on dozens of real cases before graduating
• Opened my own law office the year I passed the bar

In addition to my own law practice, I am a professor of Torts, Contract Law, and Foundations of Law at Capital University Law School in the paralegal program.

Vicki.

(614) 471-4581

Monday through Friday
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
We also accommodate clients with evening and weekend hours and emergency assistance.

Yes

We have a paralegal that speaks French and Farsi.

We have flat rates for formation of corporations or LLCs, with articles of organization or membership agreements, but these rates depend on the complexity of the matter. Generally, the rate is $1,250 to $1,500. For divorce and family law, we request ten hours time upfront, as there is at least ten hours in every family law or divorce case.

Sliding scale, but generally $200 to $250 per hour. We also offer payment plans to those who qualify.

Yes. Usually an hour or less.

$2,500 for ten hours upfront at $250 per hour.