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The Akron law firm of Skidmore & Associates has had an AV Martindale-Hubbell peer rating [highest ethical standards/highest professional ability] for decades. I am the middle son of firm founder Akron attorney Archie W. Skidmore. My father has been practicing law since 1955. He is 92 years old and still comes to work every day. I have an older brother Brian and younger brother Thomas also Akron attorneys. My brothers and I were born and raised in Akron, Ohio. We all attended universities and colleges out-of-town, but all of us returned to Akron to practice law. An old high school friend Spiros Vasilatos,Jr. joined the law firm in the mid-1980s. I am a family law attorney practicing since 1989. As a law firm, we have a cohesive, cerebral, ethical approach to the practice of law-identify legal problems and solve them! I aspire to represent my clients zealously and attempt to bring civility and professionaiism to the divorce or dissolution process.. My philosophy: Ending a marital relationship will be the hardest experience a spouse will have in a lifetime, especially when children are involved. The ending of a relationship should be mourned, however, the process does not have to descend spiraling down ultimately ending in the destruction of all relationships and bonds between mother, father, and children. Mom and dad may not be wife and husband anymore, but they will always remain mother and father to their children. The family unit, albeit divided, does not have to be destroyed. It is absolutely necessary that parental family bonds survive. You can taper future bitterness at future children's events [graduations, weddings, grandchildren], by how you conduct yourself during the divorce process.. The 'why' and 'how'?: I view the divorce process as a "new beginning"! After a spouse is involved in a divorce it is natural to be emotionally wounded and bruised. It will take time to get past the emotional trauma -but you will get past this difficult time! Each spouse gives up individual charactersitics to form a matrimonial union, and it can be devastating when the relationship and dreams fail. If a relationship cannot be reconciled, divorce is an opportunity for a spouse to return to an identity they used to have before becoming married. A divorced spouse has the chance to regain the individuality and independence they once had, that they rightfully gave up for marriage. A divorced spouse can go back in time and become the individual they once were the day before they were married. You can become you again! So divorce can have a silver lining -for every end, there is a new beginning!. I try to guide and reinforce a client's new quest for individualism, independence, and self-improvement! Believe it or not, divorce is an opportunity to get better as a person. I tell my clients to have the strength and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate and toxicity toward the other spouse. Hate distorts the personality of the hater. Venting hate toward the other spouse is damaging toward the other spouse, but, it is even more ruinous to the person who hates. The more you hate the other, the more you are thinking of them and not yourself. When one hates the other spouse ,it delays one's own "new beginning". If you continue to hate the other spouse, you begin to do irrational things distorting your own vision. For the spouse who hates, beautiful becomes ugly and ugly becomes beautiful. The true becomes false and the false becomes true. Hate causes a spouse to lose all objectivity. You cannot concentrate on the math of divorce, if you continue to hate the other spouse.  Hate destroys the very structure of the personalty of the hater. By cutting off the cycle of hate toward the other spouse, you begin rebuilding your own self-confidence, self-reliance, individuality and independence. You become emotionally redemptive and rejuvenated! You can start a new life. Future bitterness at life events of your children will taper. You become a better parent to your children! It is time to start a new beginning! When this is discovered you will be able to make an old world new again!

Randal Lowry has earned a reputation among his peers as one of the leading divorce attorneys in northeast Ohio — having been frequently selected for inclusion in the list of Ohio Super Lawyers® and The Best Lawyers in America. Randal Lowry is AV-rated* under Martindale-Hubbell's peer review rating system. Akron Life and Leisure Magazine recognized him as the only top divorce lawyer in Summit County. Randal Lowry was the first lawyer in the Akron area to be elected into the prestigious American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, an exclusive group with fewer than 50 lawyers from the state of Ohio. Northern Ohio Live selected Randal Lowry as the only representative from Summit County on a list of the top eight divorce lawyers in Northeast Ohio.  Randal A. Lowry & Associates was selected by U.S. News and World Reports Best Law Firms 2010-2012.

Lynda Harvey Williams is the Principal of the Law Firm of Lynda Harvey Williams & Associates LLC which was founded in 1990. This firm has a stellar reputation in Family Law and matters that are related to and impact Family Law such as Divorce/Dissolution, Custody, Child Support, Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Probate, and Juvenile court cases involving private, city, and county agencies. The firm has represented clients in Ohio and across the Nation. The firm primarily handles cases in Summit, Portage, and Medina counties.. Eventhough Family Law touches areas of life that may be extremly personal, these cases can be come very legally complex. Contact our office for a free intial consultation today! We may be able to provide you with compassionate legal representation.

I have been practicing Family Law since 1999.

I have been a licensed practicing attorney since 1997.  Prior to becoming an attorney, I had an additional 5 years court experience as a secretary/law clerk/intern/judicial assistant.. I have owned my own practice for my entire career.  By being a business owner, I have experience, not just in my fields of legal practice, but in management, accounting, and human resources.. I am licensed to practice law in the State of Ohio.  I handle primarily surrogacy and assisted reporduction matters such as egg/sperm/embryo donation.

Harvey Miller graduated from the University of Akron School of Law in 1994. Prior to graduation from law school, he worked for the Child Support Division of the Summit County Prosecutor's Office. He began the private practice of law in 1995. His practice is limited to the area of Family Law.. In addition to practicing law, Harvey served as Guardian Ad Litem in various courts for many years, wherein he represented the interests of children of divorced or divorcing parents.. He is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association and the Akron Bar Association. He has served on several Bar Association committees, including the Certified Grievance Committee, the Solo and Small Firm Committee, the Volunteer Legal Services Committee, and previously served as Chair of the Family Law Committee.. Harvey currently practices in Summit, Portage, and Medina counties.

Dreama Anderson is an experienced Family Law Attorney with 27 years of experience.  She is certified by the Ohio State Bar Association as a Specialist in the field of Family Law.  She has served as past President of the Family Law Section of the Akron Bar Assocation, as well as on the Certified Grievance Committee of the Akron Bar Association.  She has been a long-standing Mentor for new family law attorneys for the Supreme Court of Ohio's Lawyer to Lawyer Mentoring program which serves to elevate the competence, professionalism and success of new lawyers.  Dreama is a Fellow in the Akron Bar Association Foundation, participation in which is by invitation only.  In addition, Dreama is a Guardian ad Litem for the Summit County Domestic Relations Court, serving to represent the best interest of the children for whom she is appointed to represent.  She has also been hired prviately by attorneys to serve as a Guardian ad Litem for children.  Dreama Anderson has been selected as one of The National Advocates Top 100 Matrimonial and Family Lawyers in Ohio.

David Lombardi has been practicing law in the northeast Ohio area for over 25 years.  Attorney Lombardi has handled thousands of cases including: civil and criminal defense, real estate, probate, commercial and personal injury cases.. Attorney Lombardi is an experienced trial attorney (over 100 trials and evidentiary hearings) who is respected in the legal community.  Attorney Lombardi is also respected in the Akron community having served on the Boards of the Akron Bar Association, Community Legal Aid, Summit County Transportation Improvement District, Summit County Law Library Resources Board, and Summit Christian Church.. Attorney Lombardi has also served as Judge of the Akron Municipal Court.. Attorney David Lombardi cares about the greater Akron community, and cares about its people.  You are what makes this community great, and Attorney Lombardi will be there to assist you with all of your legal needs.  Intelligent advice for solutions to your problems.. Call for an appointment, or leave a message