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Barbara K. RomanPartner
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
• 2012 Super Lawyer
Bar Admissions
• All Ohio state courts
• U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio
Memberships & Associations
• President of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (CMBA), 2011-12
• Ex Officio Trustee, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation (CMBF)
• 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
• Former Trustee of The Center for Principled Family Advocacy (CPFA)
• Member of the CPFA's Cleveland Collaborative Practice Group and Mediation Practice Group
• Founding member of the Cleveland Academy of Collaborative Professionals (CACP)
• 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
