Justia Legal Services & Lawyers Directory

Craig Matthews has provided exceptional legal services since 1978 to clients in the area of Dayton, Ohio and throughout the United States. Craig Matthews and his lawyer associates have successfully sued and aggressively defended lawsuits involving sexual harassment, elder fraud, employment termination, toxic mold and mildew, and construction defects. Craig Matthews also has negotiated business and employment contracts and created estate plans to smooth the way for successful transitions.

For the past decade attorney Christopher Lavin has practiced exclusively in the area of Elder Law.

Charles M. Rowland II maintains an established DUI/OVI and criminal practice representing the accused drunk driver in State and Federal courts in the Miami Valley and throughout Ohio. Since 2005, Charles Rowland has dedicated his practice exclusively to representing the accused drunk driver. National Patent Analytical Systems has certified Charles Rowland in the operation, diagnostic verification and calibration of the BAC DataMaster Breath Alcohol Testing Instrument and the new DataMaster DMT, the most commonly used breath testing instrument in Ohio for DUI / OVI arrests. In 2007, Charles Rowland was the first attorney in the State of Ohio certificated on the Intoxilyzer 8000 breath testing machine. Charles is a proud member of the National College for DUI defense and in 2006 attended the intensive seminar on DUI law at Harvard University. In October, 2006, Charles Rowland presented a seminar on standardized field sobriety testing before the Greene County Bar Association. In 2008, Charles Rowland was the first attorney in the United States to earn a Forensic Sobriety Assessment Certificate. FSA certification requires proficiency in the scientific principles and research relating to sobriety testing in a DWI / DUI stop. It subsumes the NHTSA training (knowledge of the NHTSA manual is required) and greatly extends it.

Charles Rowland has been a trial lawyer in the Miami Valley since the inception of his practice. He is a 1988 graduate of Beavercreek High School and a life-long resident of Beavercreek, Ohio. He graduated magna cum laude from Wright State University in 1992, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a minor in Sociology with a concentration in Criminology. Charles earned the degree of University Honors Scholar with Honors from the Political Science Department, received the Academic Letter Award for his achievements in the National Mock Trial competition, was awarded Phi Kappa Phi distinction and was selected to represent Wright State University as a Student Ambassador to the People's Republic of China.

Charles M. Rowland II was awarded the H. E. Ashcroft Memorial Scholarship to attend Ohio Northern University's Pettit College of Law. While in law school, Charles studied International Law and European Economic Community Law at the University College London, Bentham Faculty of Laws. He was a finalist at the prestigious National Tax Moot Court Competition in Houston, Texas and for his efforts was chosen as Associate Justice of the Ohio Northern Moot Court Program and was named to the Order of the Barristers for excellence in appellate advocacy. He graduated in the top 25% of his class in 1995 and returned to the Miami Valley to begin his practice.

Charles Rowland has appeared as an expert on television, radio and in newspapers, authoring DUI-related articles for the popular "Ask an Attorney" section of the Xenia Daily Gazette, the Beavercreek News Current and the Fairborn Daily Herald. He was the 2004 Ohio State Bar Foundation recipient of the Community Service Award for Attorneys under 40 years old. In 2005, Charles Rowland was given the singular honor of being named a Fellow of the Ohio State Bar Foundation. In 2008 he authored a revision to Anderson Ohio Civil Practice along with the honorable Steven A. Wolaver and the honorable J. Timothy Campbell of the Greene County Common Pleas Court. Charles continues to write expert commentaries on criminal law for Lexis Nexis.

Charles Rowland maintains memberships in the Ohio State Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Foundation, the Green County Bar Association, the Dayton Bar Association, the National College for DUI Defense, the National Motorists Association, the Ohio Academy of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the American Civil Liberties Union, and is an associate attorney with the Cochran Firm, Criminal Defense Section, the National Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, and DUI Defenders, a national network of DUI defense lawyers. Mr. Rowland currently serves as President of the Greene County Bar Association.

In November 2005, Charles was re-elected to serve a four-year term on the Beavercreek Board of Education. He is co-founder and past-president of the Beavercreek High School Alumni Association, Treasurer of the Wright State Honors Advisory Council, advisor to the Board of Directors of the Beavercreek Wetlands Association, and has served on the St. Luke Parish Council where he volunteered as a School of religion teacher. He has also served as President of The Community Network (TCN-BHS), Greene County's Mental Health and Drug/Alcohol Counseling provider and on the Legislative Committee of the Beavercreek Chamber of Commerce. Charles Rowland will teach Political Science 200 as a visiting professor for the Wright State University Honors Department in 2009.

Charles M. Rowland II has been a trial attorney since beginning his practice in 1995. He has served as a Special Prosecutor for Greene County, the Xenia City Prosecutor, as counsel for the Greene County Public Defender's Office and has helped indigent clients in consumer related cases with Southeastern Ohio Legal Aid Services. He represents traffic clients throughout Ohio on behalf of Interstate Trucker Ltd. and the National Motorists Association. Charles Rowland's practice areas include all phases of criminal defense, DUI/OVI law, traffic law, consumer law, personal injury/accident law, juvenile law and appellate practice. He stands ready to help you through the life-changing ordeal of a criminal charge.
You can contact Charles M. Rowland II at 937-879-9542, 1-888-ROWLAND or by e-mail at CharlesRowland@CharlesRowland.com.


Basic Science of Evidential Breath Alcohol Testing, Mansfield, Ohio: August 2006
Certificate of Completion and Competency, Intoxilyzer 8000 Operator’s Course, New Orleans, Louisiana: Feb. 2007
For more on the qualifications required for certification please visit www.ForesnicSobrietyAssessment.com.
The Academic Letter Award was awarded for participation in the National Mock Trial Competition at Drake University and for winning several OUTSTANDING ATTORNEY Awards during the competition season.
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Wright State University Chapter.

Born in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania; practiced mental health/chemical dependency nursing before entering law school; admitted to Ohio Bar, 1988; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 1988.

Charles is a native of Centerville, Ohio and prior to entering law school earned his B.A. from Ohio University, an M.P.A. from Wright State University, and was employed for four years with the Montgomery County, Ohio Economic Development Department where he worked to assist local companies grow their business. Charles also managed the County's site selection program where he helped attract new business investment to the Dayton Region.

My practice includes all areas of consumer protection law, including mortgage foreclosure defense, predatory lending, mortgage broker fraud, home improvement claims, and other consumer claims.

Gounaris Abboud Co., LPA, is a full service litigation firm located in Dayton, Ohio. We handle DUI defense, criminal defense, Family law issues (such as divorce, dissolution, and custody), federal criminal law defense and personal injury. The partners of Gounaris Abboud Co., LPA are like family and understand the importance of treating our clients like extended family. Our clients are our number one priority. At Gounaris Abboud Co., LPA, we pride ourselves in providing our clients with aggressive, dependable legal representation. When we work with our clients, we go out of our way to present them with the individual, one-on-one attention they deserve.

Dayton, Ohio DUI and Criminal Defense

My name is Rock C Lee.

I graduated from Ohio State University in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics. I continued on to receive a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Cincinnati. I received my Juris Doctorate from the University of Cincinnati College of Law.

I entered the business sector, after graduation from law school, applying my business and economic knowledge in the field of business valuation. I then returned to practicing law. I am currently licensed in Ohio, Kentucky, and the United States District court, Southern District of Ohio.

My primary concentration is DUI defense, where I have been successful in defending clients in Northern Kentucky, Lexington and throughout Ohio, including the Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton, and Cleveland areas.

I am experienced in various fields, including the business and legal arenas. My experience along with my extensive education allows me to thoroughly investigate every case presented to me. I combine my deep knowledge of the law with critical thinking skills to make sure all options are properly evaluated and all defenses are thoroughly considered in order to aggressively prepare effective defenses for all criminal charges, including DUI/OVI.

I maintain my membership with the Ohio State Bar Association, Columbus Bar Association, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

1014 Vine Street, Suite 2525, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Phone (513) 333-0014

333 W. Vine St., Suite 300, Lexington, Ky. 40507 Phone (859) 685-1021

130 W. Second St., Suite 310, Dayton, Ohio 45402 (937) 531-0435

88 West Main Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215 (614) 827-2000

161 N. Clark Street, Suite 4700, Chicago, IL 60601 312-450-6639

101 Ohio Ave., Suite 2000 | Indianapolis, IN 46204 | Ph: 317-759-2599