Todd B. Kotler

Since 1999 I have labored to establish divorce settlements that are firm but fair and parenting-time schedules that work. Relocating and long-distance parenting plans. I resolve high-conflict situations, protective orders, and deal with parental alienation. I also have litigated a number of high value cases in both Summit and Stark Counties.

My firm also has handled a great number of high value transactions involving mineral rights, land leases and easements with energy companies. We have done joint ventures, partnerships, S corporations, LLCs, commercial and industrial developments, condominium developments or conversions and office building sales and purchases. Likewise, I have drafted construction contracts, lease negotiation and preparations, loan workouts and foreclosures as well as sale and purchase contracts.

Notably, I am among a handful of Ohio Attorneys who practice special education law. My focus in this area is on the parents of special needs children. I aid them in ensuring that these children receive the free and appropriate public education (FAPE) that each child is guaranteed under state and federal law.

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Ohio

Partner

Arnold, Gruber, & Haren, Ltd.

2014 - Current

Owner - Attorney

Todd Kotler, Attorney at Law

1999 - 2014

University of Akron School of Law

J.D. (1998) | Law

1994 - 1998

Honors: Abramson Scholarship

Class of 2022 OSBF Fellow

Ohio State Bar Foundation

2022

The Ohio State Bar Foundation Fellows are an elite group of attorneys who volunteer their time, talent, and treasure to advance the law and build a better justice system through community service efforts and philanthropic gifts to the Foundation.

Ohio State Bar

Member

Current

Stark County Bar Association

member

2014 - Current

Activities: Member of Family Law, Real Estate and Community Relations Committees. Co-chaired 2017 Real Estate Law Seminar

ETHICS FOR OHIO TITLE INSURANCE AGENTS AND ATTORNEYS

Stark County Bar Association

November 1, 2017

PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

National Business Institute

2016

Ohio Special Education Law - Course Materials

National Business Institute

June, 2015

UNRAVELING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT (IDEA)

National Business Institute

2013

E-Commerce; The Tidal Wave of Change

Akron Bar Association, Examiner

2000

ETHICS FOR OHIO TITLE INSURANCE AGENTS AND ATTORNEYS, Real Estate Seminar, Canton, Ohio

November 1, 2017

Stark County Bar Association

https://www.nbi-sems.com/ProductDetails/Ohio-Special-Education-Law/Course-Book/75791CDR?N=0&searchTerm=kotler

UNRAVELING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT ACT (IDEIA), Ohio Special Education Law, Youngstown, Ohio

June 8, 2017

National Business Institute

https://www.nbi-sems.com/ProductDetails/Ohio-Special-Education-Law/Course-Book/75791CDR?N=0&searchTerm=kotler

Ethics and Technology - Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Net, Legal Technology Seminar, Independence, Ohio

December 19, 2015

National Business Institute

Safety Disclosures and State and Federal Record Keeping Laws, School Safety Law, Fairlawn, Ohio

November 6, 2014

National Business Institute

Establishing the Framework of Special Education Law 2013, Fairlawn, Ohio

August 21, 2013

National Business Institute

Domestic Relations Mediator

Supreme Court of Ohio Judicial College Training

2022

Q. How to handle paperwork and closing when selling home by owner in Ohio?

April 5, 2025

A: At a bare minimum you will need a purchase agreement for you and the buyer to execute. You will need to come to an agreement as to any money owed to any lender to the seller. You will need to have a deed drafted to be recorded confirming the transfer of the property. The buyer will need to fill out a Real Property Conveyance Fee Statement of Value and Receipt (DTE 100), to be filed at the auditor's office. Lastly, the buyer may also wish to purchase title insurance.

These all need to be accomplished in a particular order (i.e. execute the PA, the purchase funds need to be deposited into escrow , Sign the deed, then transfer the purchase funds in escrow to the seller, then the buyer needs to file the DTE 100 [assuming this is an arms-length purchase for fair market value], then the deed may be recorded).

If this seems like a lot, this is why it is smart to at least invest in the help of an attorney who regularly practices real estate law and a title company to properly draft and file the "paperwork". These are skills that take many hours to learn the basics and years to do efficiently. Good luck ... Read More

Q. Lease-to-own issues with unreachable co-owner on deed in Ohio.

April 3, 2025

A: You should invest in the time of an attorney where this property is who practices real estate law regularly. It is imperative that a lawyer review your land instalment contract. Further, you may need to file a quiet title action to settle the status of the property. WIthout a review of the full text of the agreement is impossible for anyone on this forum to give further guidance.

Q. How can I present my custody situation in court after my separated husband prevented me from picking up our son?

April 2, 2025

A: It sounds like you really need to hire a domestic relations attorney i the city where your husband filed for divorce. While you have a right to represent yourself, I do not recommend it. This forum is for answering general questions. No attorney can teach you within a single answer each rule of evidence, the whole of child custody law and trial advocacy. This is what your question essentially demands.

Generally a parent can present these facts during cross examination (ex. "you would agree with me that you withheld our child from me on January 2, 2025, right?"). However, the nuances of what to do, how to introduce documents, how do counter his other likely answers are skills and that take knowledge that take years to acquire. Your best bet is to hire local counsel. ... Read More