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Claire Lorch Hagedorn is a New Albany native and honor graduate of Assumption High School in Louisville. She earned her undergraduate degree in English and Spanish from Centre College in Danville, Ky and her law degree from The University of Dayton School of Law.. In college she earned membership in Sigma Delta Pi, a Spanish honor society; the dean’s list for academic achievement; and was an officer of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. While in law school, Hagedorn received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award for achieving the semester’s highest grade in Law and Education class. She also volunteered for the Montgomery County (Ohio) Public Defender’s Office in the juvenile division.. Leading up to her formal affiliation with Lorch & Naville, Hagedorn served as their law clerk in the summer of 2010 and as a clerk for Floyd County Circuit Court Judge J. Terrence Cody, in the summer of 2009.. Hagedorn is currently a member of the New Albany and Indiana State Bar Associations as well as the Sherman Minton American Inn of Court, a local group within a national consortium that convenes judges, lawyers, law professors and law students to discuss matters of ethics, skills and professionalism. She is also a member of the New Albany Rotary Club, an international service organization.

Nicholas Veroff joined Tilford Dobbins & Schmidt, PLLC in September of 2023. Nick is from Floyds Knobs, Indiana. His legal practice is focused primarily on family law, including divorce and child custody cases. Nick is a trained mediator (focused primarily in family law matters).. Nick received his B.A. in psychology from the University of Louisville in 2015. Thereafter, he earned his J.D. from the University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law in 2018.. Nick’s background in psychology before obtaining his law license allows him to assist clients daily in a number of ways beyond legal advice. While in law school, Nick trained and became a recognized mediator. He assisted and participated in piloting the Louisville Law Mediation Clinic in which he and others resolved cases for low-income individuals in the Louisville community. He continues utilizing his mediation training to assist parties and colleagues in mediating their disputes. Nick’s legal experience enables him to guide his clients through an array of legal matters, including adoption, maintenance (alimony & spousal support), child custody and parenting time, child support, divorce and dissolution, domestic violence, interstate jurisdictional disputes, name changes, paternity, prenuptial agreements, complex marital property division case, mediation and collaborative law, same-sex family law, and relocation cases.. Nick is licensed to practice in both Kentucky (2018) and Indiana (2019) Courts. He is a member of the Kentucky Bar Association, the Louisville Bar Association, the Young Professionals Association of Louisville, the Indiana State Bar Association, and the Clark County (Indiana) Bar Association.. Nick has been named, on numerous occasions, a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers, a research-driven, peer-influenced rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Nick currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Exploited Children’s Help Organization (“ECHO”); is a member of the Kentucky Collaborative Family Network; and enjoys volunteering with a number of non-profits in the Louisville and Southern Indiana areas.