Gratiot Lawyers

I am a corporate attorney with a deep passion for contributing positively to my community. I collaborate with professionals, businesses, and individuals who share my commitment to driving beneficial changes and creating significant impacts locally. My career path has been diverse, including positions such as a law clerk, assistant prosecutor, and judicial extern at the U.S. District Courts. I also held a position as a legal intern at GE Lighting. During my time in law school, I was a certified legal intern involved in both the Civil Litigation Clinic and Transactional Clinic, and I worked as a Research Assistant. Prior to...

Rebecca Skeeles Jacobs is an accomplished attorney and business consultant. Rebecca focuses her law practice in the areas of business law and consulting, real estate, construction, contracts, mergers, sales and acquisitions of businesses, estate planning, probate, and equine law. She has ample experience in litigation, contracts, transactions, and negotiations. Rebecca is a certified mediator with the Ohio Supreme Court. Rebecca's experience in starting and running a business for almost 30 years is invaluable in advising her existing clients. She has an acute understanding of their view from a business ownership standpoint, specifically from the inception of a business to building...

Matt founded MDSLaw Ohio in 2011. He and his team focus entirely on helping families and business owners to plan their futures. Working in close collaboration with a trusted network of financial advisers, accountants, bankers and real estate professionals, Matt delivers high-quality legal services in a no-nonsense fashion. He has prepared well over 2,000 estate plans, from simple to complex, for clients located throughout California and Ohio. Prior to law school, Matt received a Bachelor of Music degree with emphasis in Vocal Performance at Brigham Young University. He has sung in multiple countries and in a dozen languages, including an appearance...

John Andrew Motter, (Andy) is a native of Worthington, Ohio. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Denison University he went to receive his Juris Doctor from Ohio Northern University Claude W. Pettit School of Law. After Law School he entered the United States Marine Corps and served as a Judge Advocate General Officer, (JAG). After active duty he remained in the USMC Reserves until the early 1990’s. Mr. Motter settled in Bucyrus in private practice for over thirty years, serving all of Crawford County. The Practice is considered General, but is mainly Criminal, Domestic, Probate and Personal...

Robert McNamara initiated his legal career in Uniontown, Ohio, in 1982, after a five-year association with a firm in Akron, Ohio. Mr. McNamara has now associated with the Canton law firm of Arnold, Gruber & Haren, Ltd., and provides a full range of legal services at either the Uniontown or Canton office. Mr. McNamara’s experience results from work with major U.S. businesses coordinating the legal work for their subsidiaries including manufacturing companies and trucking companies, as well as doing work for their individual owners. Bob has hands on experience as he owned and operated a small trucking company early in his career. He has been involved...

Former Asst. Canton City Prosecutor (misdemeanors) Former Asst. Stark County Prosecutor (felonies) Over 100 jury trials Former Elected Official (Jackson Twp. Trustee), Adjunct Professor (Mount Union), Corporate Counsel Certified Agent by the National Football League Player's Association (NFLPA)

I have represented companies for several years as in-house counsel. Now I am ready to represent you whether you have an issue with your business or an important family issue. I am also qualified as a divorce and family law mediator and as a parenting coordinator.

I am an Ohio product through and through. After graduating from high school in northeast Ohio, I received my bachelor’s degree in political science/ criminal justice from the University of Akron. I continued on to attend Akron Law School. While attending Akron law school I participated in law review for two years as an assistant editor and associate editor. My time at Akron taught me that success comes to those who work hard. As a newer attorney, I don’t yet have the ability to point to past judgments or professional achievements as indicators of success to potential clients. But what I...

Representing injured workers since 1990. We are experienced, focused, aggressive and accessible. Attorney Wagner has helped injured workers for over 30 years. He has represented over 7500 clients. The associate attorneys at the firm have been practicing in disability law for over 9 years. Experience means knowledge. It also means that we know what to do, when to do it, and how to anticipate what is coming next in the claim process. We "speak the workers' comp language". Let us be your voice. We are focused. We only handle workers' compensation claims. We aren't...

Jacqueline Mahland graduated from the University of Akron School of Law in May of 2015 and passed the Ohio Bar Exam in October of the same year. Her practice focuses on estate planning, probate, and real estate transactions. Before law school, Jackie earned her Bachelor’s degree in English with honors from Washington & Jefferson College in southwestern Pennsylvania. Jackie is an avid animal lover and spends most of her time outside of work volunteering at a wildlife rehabilitation center or training her German Shepherd, Arlo.

Practicing law in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio for 45 years. First with Sanders, Hoover, and Leipply, then Hoover, Heydorn, and Hoover, then Hoover Heydorn, and Herrnstein, then then Heydorn and Crull LLC.

My name is Matthew Dearfield and I am a bankruptcy attorney practicing at my family law firm, Dearfield Law Firm, LLC. I received my undergraduate degree from the University of Cincinnati in 2013. I then made my way to the University of Dayton School of Law where I received my Juris Doctorate degree in January of 2018. I passed the bar exam in February of 2018 and was sworn in as an Ohio lawyer in May of 2018.

Dearfield Law Firm, LLC has three offices located in Mason, OH just outside of Cincinnati, Dayton, OH, and Portsmouth, OH. We practice as...

Samuel V. Butcher is an elder law attorney in Northeast Ohio. Sam obtained a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degree from Ohio Northern University and continues to keep his pharmacy credential active. Sam, while practicing pharmacy, was further motivated to study law at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law of Cleveland State University, where he earned his Juris Doctor degree. He was subsequently admitted to the bar in Ohio, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Sam spent a majority of his legal career at...

Attorney Michele Sherrin has been assisting clients in the area of Family Law in Ohio since 1992. This includes Divorce, Dissolution, custody matters, visitation matters, child support, Grandparent Issues, and Domestic Violence. Attorney Sherrin serves Medina County and Wayne County Ohio. Attorney Sherrin is a graduate of the University of Akron School of Law. Michele Sherrin is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, Medina County Bar Association, and Wayne County Bar Association.

I am an attorney with over fifteen years experience that you can rely on in the areas of criminal, traffic and OVI, domestic relations including divorce and dissolution, child custody, probate, wills and trusts, and civil suits.

Vance P. Truman has served as a Bankruptcy Attorney for Medina and surrounding county residents for over 16 years. He has helped thousands of people regain their financial independence by representing them throughout the Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 process. Mr. Truman was raised in Beaumont, Texas and now resides in the Medina county area with his wife of eleven years, Kathryn Truman. His undergraduate studies were completed at McNeese State University located in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Mr. Truman was then earned his JD/MBA at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio. Vance Truman is a member of...

Born and raised in Akron, OH, John Watters graduated from the University of Akron in the spring of 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in English, a minor in Pre-Law Philosophy, and a profound desire to help those in need. After taking some time off to enjoy being a new father, John enrolled in the University of Akron School of Law.

While attending law school, John was a member of Akron’s nationally-ranked mock trial program, where he and his team became regional champions in the American Association for Justice Trial Advocacy Competition in 2017.

Having been both an intern for...

I have been a practicing attorney for 24 years. Prior to obtaining my law license I worked as a paralegal and court reporter while in the Army and thereafter. My passion has always been looking out for the little guy whether it be dealing with the Bureau of Workers' Compensation or an insurance company.