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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.

I am a native of Cincinnati and have been actively practicing law for over 22 years. We are a full-service law firm of five attorneys, representing clients and small businesses in a variety of matters, including auto accidents and other kinds of personal injury law, bankruptcy and debt consolidation, divorce and other aspects of family law, probate, estate planning, criminal and traffic cases, etc. We have offices in downtown Cincinnati, West Chester, Dayton and Florence, KY. We offer a free initial consultation, affordable rates and payment terms. Our attorneys strive for the best legal results while also giving you the utmost customer service and personal attention. Call us at 513-241-6650 or visit our web site at www.GodbeyLaw.com for more information.

I obtained my law degree in 1989 from University of Cincinnati. Prior to that I received a Masters from American University and a Bachelors and Associates degree from Thomas More College.

After getting my law degree, I worked for a small firm handling all types of civil litigation including family law. After ten years, getting married and having two children, I opened my own practice. Originally I had my office on Court Street in Cincinnati Ohio. In 2008 I moved my practice just outside of downtown Cincinnati. My office is now conveniently located on Columbia Parkway in the Columbia Tusculum area.

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

I am the managing partner of Holzfaster, Cecil, McKnight & Mues located in Dayton, Ohio. We have been serving clients legal needs since 1942. Our firm offers exemplary advice in the areas of Divorce, Family Law, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Probate Administration, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death and other Litigation matters. I am very passionate about Family Law and would encourage you to check out my Blog, The Ohio Family Law Blog.

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.

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.

Welcome. My name is Rob Healey. I grew up in Cincinnati and went to Saint Xavier High School. For college, I attended Xavier University and received a Bachelor of Science Degree.

After graduation from Xavier, I attended the The University of Dayton where I I received my Juris Doctorate (JD) or Law Degree.

I am licensed as an Attorney at Law by the Supreme Court of Ohio and my practice area focuses almost exclusively on criminal defense.

My experience includes the following areas:

* DUI and OVI Arrests
* Drug Possession and Distribution
* Speeding Citations
* Red Light Violations
* Criminal Record Expungements
* Falsification of Documents
* Leaving the Scene
* Probation Violations
* Misdemeanors and Felonies
* Driver's License Suspension
* Driving Privileges Appeal
* Modify Driving Privileges
* Driving Under Suspension or without a license
* Aggravated Menacing
* Wrongful Arrest or False Arrest
* Excessive Use of Force by Police
* Violations of Marked Lanes
* Receiving Stolen Property
* And many other charges

If you need assistane with a criminal matter, don't hesitate to contact me at (513) 333 0014 or visit my law firm site - www.suhrelaw.com for more information.

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

We offer consistently high-quality legal counsel, proactive strategies and legal solutions for large and small businesses or individuals in Ohio and other states. We handle suits and arbitrations, insurance and business disputes, corporate formations, contract drafting, transactions, and other matters.

Richard Skelton was born in Dayton, Ohio; graduating from University of Dayton School of Law in 1988. He handles both civil and criminal matters including medical malpractice, personal injury and every type of felony/misdemeanor criminal case in federal or state court. Mr. Skelton works hard for every client and has provided sound judgment to clients in high profile cases in Montgomery County, Ohio for over twenty years. See website at rskeltonlaw.com

Ellen B. Rittgers, a former triathlete and devoted yogi, has been in private practice for more than 25 years. Ellen has been selected as one of Ohio's Super Lawyers. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Miami University, she graduated from the University of Cincinnati Law School in 1979. Although Ellen has experience in many areas of the law, for the last 20 years she has limited her practice to family law, notably divorce, dissolution, child custody, and related matters. Ellen is a member of a number of bar associations and is on the Family Law Committee in Warren County. In 2007 she became President of the Warren County Bar Association. She is a trained collaborative attorney and is a member of the Southwest Ohio Collaborative Law Association. Ellen is also on the Board of Trustees for Clinton Memorial Hospital.

Attorney Anne Catherine Harvey is committed to excellence in the practice of Family Law. She is a certified specialist by the OSBA Association and belongs to all local bar associations. Her main interests include divorce, custody and Father's Rights. With more than 16 years of Ohio Family Law experience, Anne has encountered virtually every legal issue and strive to always improve her practice.

Roberta was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated from Piqua High School in 1988. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History from Wright State University in 1997 and the University of Dayton School of Law in 2000 where she earned her Juris Doctor. Roberta now lives with her four children in Troy. She is a member of the Miami County Bar Association and serves on the board of the Greater Dayton Volunteer Lawyers Project (GDVLP). She is most proud of her extensive work as an advocate for children during her many years as a court appointed Guardian ad Litem. She is a dedicated family law advocate who has practiced in the area of domestic relations, child custody, and family law her entire legal career.