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With over 70 years of combined legal experience, our seasoned team of attorneys can help you find solutions to even the most trying of divorce or child custody disputes.
At Abel & Zocolo, LPA in Independence, Ohio, we have an extensive background in advocating for our clients, and have litigation experience ranging from the local level to the Supreme Court of Ohio. With their 76 years of collective legal experience, our attorneys use their varied talents, backgrounds and skills to handle everything from counseling clients through a simple uncontested divorce to fighting for them in the most arduous of trials. It is through our collective experience that we are able to offer our clients a unique approach to resolving your individual legal issues. Established in 1974, Abel & Zocolo Co., LPA is a law firm devoted to the practice of family law in Northeast Ohio, allowing our lawyers to craft specialized solutions to even the most unique or difficult of family disputes.
Whether your divorce is entirely amicable or especially grueling, we can guide you through the process and ensure you get what you deserve.
Offering a full service legal experience
There is no doubt that the attorneys in our firm each pride themselves on their expertise in matters of family law, and they spend a great deal of their practice devoted to litigating cases in area domestic relations and juvenile private custody courts. Because life provides us with more trials than getting divorced or fighting for the best interests of our children, though, our attorneys also excel at guiding clients through matters of probate law. From drafting simple wills to administering the estate of a loved one, we will stop at nothing to ensure that you remain comfortable with the legal aspects of your case throughout the entire process of each representation. We also pride ourselves on our commitment to remaining in constant contact with our clients, and both provide updates and answer questions in rapid fashion. With an extensive team of highly-trained staff working around the clock to support our attorneys, we are also able to ensure that clients receive the highest quality legal representation at an incredible value compared to smaller firms.
If you are seeking to establish custody or to modify an existing order, our expertise can help you end up with as much valuable time with your children as possible.
Dedicated to providing YOU WITH positive results
Our firm is small enough to provide a high level of personal attention and service to each one of our clients, but we are also large enough to handle even the most complex of situations. Because we have a support team in place which rivals firms much larger than our own, we are able to provide top-notch legal services at a very reasonable rate. Our seasoned familiarity with the law and experience in client-attorney collaboration also allows our clients to gain peace of mind, as we strive to ensure that they not only remain informed about developments in their case but also are able to understand the path forward. Whether your situation requires out-of-court settlement, mediation, collaborative practice or traditional court proceeding, we can help you achieve the positive results you want without needing to drain your child's college account to get there.
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Abel & Zocolo Co., LPA
1917 South Taylor Road
Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118
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Email: [email protected]
Phone: (216) 621-6138
Fax: (216) 241-5620
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Areas of Practice
DIVORCE
It is through our collective experience that we are able to offer our clients a unique approach when it comes to protecting their interests through the emotionally challenging and legally complex process of divorce. Established in 1974, Abel & Zocolo is a law firm devoted to the practice of family law, allowing our lawyers to craft specialized solutions to even the most unique or difficult of family disputes. A divorce may well be one of the most difficult experiences that you will have to face in your life. It does not, however, have to be devastating or humiliating. At Abel & Zocolo, our goal is to protect you throughout the entire process, to keep you informed of your rights and entitlements, and above all, to treat you professionally and with respect.
DISSOLUTION
When both spouses have complete agreement as to how the marriage should be terminated, they can jointly petition for the Court for a dissolution of the marriage. This has the same effect as a divorce, but can be far less costly to carry out. While our attorney’s at Abel & Zocolo are never afraid to take a case to trial or engage in extensive divorce negotiations depending on what is best suited to a particular case, they each agree that dissolution should always be considered where there is any agreement over terms in which a marriage should end. While Abel & Zocolo can only represent one spouse in a dissolution action, working with our experienced attorneys can also unlock new and creative solutions to find common ground between parties and ultimately uncover an agreed solution which is far preferable to a full-fledged divorce for both spouses as well as to protect the best interests of their children.
CHILD CUSTODY & SUPPORT
Child custody is one of the most difficult issues a parent faces during times of divorce or family transition. The attorneys at Abel & Zocolo are dedicated to protecting your rights to raise your child in a healthy, thriving environment. We represent Northeast Ohio families in all aspects of child custody and visitation, including primary and joint custody arrangements, visitation rights, grandparent custody and visitation, modification of custody and visitation orders, enforcement of custody and support orders, juvenile delinquency and dependency proceedings, private adoption and power over making important decisions related to religion, education and upbringing of the child.
POST-DECREE DISPUTES
Unfortunately, whether you were able to entirely negotiate your divorce decree, or decided to go through a trial and leave the outcome up to a court, you might not always be entirely satisfied with how your decree is allowing you to live your life post-divorce. Perhaps you received standard shared parenting in your divorce, but there has been a change in circumstances which has left you believing you should have more time with your kids. Maybe your spouse was ordered to pay a particular amount of spousal support or to divide property but has failed to do so. Or, for example, your former spouse could simply be earning more money now than they were at the time of the divorce, leaving you with an inequitable support order. Whatever your situation may be, our seasoned attorneys at Abel & Zocolo are always happy to sit down and speak with you and explain how they can put the law to work for you and help you thrive post-divorce.
PROBATE
As family law attorneys, we know that the death or disability of a family member can be one of the greatest challenges one will ever face. Whether it’s the need to appoint a guardian or a conservator of an aging parent or of a disabled child or sibling, or to open and complete a release of assets, or to file a full-blown probate estate, we know that the process can be daunting. The attorneys at Abel & Zocolo, with more than 75 years of combined experience, are also experienced in guardianships, conservatorships, releases from administration, full-blown estates and all other family law matters. Whether it’s simple or complex, we are here to provide you with the knowledge and expertise necessary to complete the Probate Court process.
Personal Injury
The moment you get hurt in an accident caused by someone else's negligence, the clock on getting you the compensation you need and deserve begins to tick. Dealing with insurance companies on your own can be next to impossible if you want to receive anything close to what is fair for your situation. Whether your personal injury is a simple slip-and-fall or a complex auto accident, we are here to provide you with the knowledge and expertise necessary to deal with the insurance companies for you. Our attorneys come to you for their initial and regular consultations with you, and will make sure that you remained informed during the negotiation and litigation process. As an experienced personal injury firm, our team has the experience and resources to track down every last dollar that you are owed and present that information to insurance companies in a way that seeks to provide the most expeditious and remunerative result for each of our clients.
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