Family Law

• Divorce
  The Cincinnati business lawyers of Barron Peck Bennie & Schlemmer offers a wide range of legal services to the people of Ohio and Kentucky. Our attorneys are also here to help with your personal legal needs, including divorce and family law issues. If you need assistance with a business matter, our business lawyers can help.
• Child Support
  If the questions you are facing include such things as how to value and divide assets, how to calculate child support and/or spousal support, how to put together a fair parenting plan, or how to get through the process with as much dignity as possible, then we encourage you to contact us today. The decisions you will have to make will have a significant impact on the rest of your life, not to mention the lives of your immediate and extended families. A consultation with our Cincinnati divorce attorneys is intended to provide you with the valuable information and advice that can bring you to a fair result instead of a lifetime of consequences.
• Adoption
• Premarital Agreement
  Our Cincinnati family law attorneys handle divorce, custody, child support and spousal support issues. These often involve other considerations which can include, division of marital property, termination of parental rights or prenuptial agreements and adoption. Whatever your needs, our experienced Cincinnati divorce attorneys can help.
• Guardianship
  If you have children, there are other considerations. Your will should state your wishes for guardianship of any minors and your will should specify what your child will receive through inheritance and when.
• Spousal Support
  Whether facing divorce, fighting for custody of your child or if you are having child or spousal support issues, you need an experienced family law attorney who can provide solid guidance and support.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Business Disputes
  At Barron Peck Bennie & Schlemmer, our business law and commercial law attorneys are focused on helping clients achieve their objectives to enjoy growth and success. We advise clients on all types of business matters, from planning issues such as choice of entity decisions, through growth and merger issues, to purchase and sale or generation transitions. We also advise on business disputes, including counseling clients on whether to seek resolution through litigation, good faith negotiations, or Alternative Dispute Resolution such as mediation or arbitration.
• Business Transactions
  Experienced Lawyers for Business Transactions, Real Estate, Employment Matters, Divorce, Custody, Commercial Litigation, Estate Planning, Probate and more
• Limited Liability Companies
• Intellectual Property
  Our accomplished real estate attorneys can provide assistance with acquisition, sale or development, joint venture agreements, contract preparation or negotiation, as well as construction-related legal issues. We also offer experienced legal services for intellectual property issues, including trademarks, service mark searches, patents and copyright matters.

Employment Law

• Workers Compensation
  We are proud to have an Ohio workers’ compensation attorney who has over 30 years of experience representing injured workers in Ohio.
• Wrongful Termination
• Employment Discrimination
• Employment Contract
• Employment Litigation
  We represent both employees and employers, which gives us unique and balanced insight that we apply proactively to accomplish win-win solutions in difficult employment issues. When such solutions are not possible, we apply our broad experience to the representation of clients in federal and state courts, and in investigations conducted by government agencies such as the EEOC.
• Sexual Harassment
  Employment Law If you have faced discrimination because of your race, religion, or disability, or are a victim of sexual harassment, you may be able to file a claim against your employer. Contact our employment law attorneys today to discuss your rights.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  At Barron Peck Bennie & Schlemmer we pride ourselves in finding creative solutions for our clients’ legal real estate needs. Our firm has its offices in Oakley Square, which is convenient for our clients and was designed and furnished to accommodate real estate law transactions. Our firm has maintained its current size with the conscious goal of being able to retain a personalized approach to client service. This orientation fosters a close relationship among ourselves and our clients. We believe our clients appreciate the immediate personal attention and cost-consciousness we provide.
• Construction Litigation
  Litigation and defense of covenant enforcement, construction defects, property rights, easements, condemnation, contracts, copyright infringement in State and Federal Courts.
• Real Estate Transactions
  To further serve the firm’s clients, the firm owns a title subsidiary, Central Land Title Agency Co., which provides a full range of title insurance services as agent for First American Title Insurance Co. We provide complete title services to our clients involved in real estate transactions.
• Condominium Law
  The experience of our real estate lawyers enables the firm to handle any size or type of real estate project including downtown redevelopment of retail and office towers, condominium conversions, retail shopping centers and malls, office warehouse industrial parks, suburban office parks, planned unit developments including golf course developments and other recreational amenities, subdivisions and multi-family residential developments and urban redevelopment with multi-level bond financing.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Whether you have been involved in a relatively minor mishap or have unfortunately suffered a more tragic injury or loss, our Cincinnati personal injury attorneys at Barron Peck Bennie & Schlemmer can provide personalized, one-to-one attention to your case.
• Medical Malpractice
  Personal Injury Our personal injury attorneys can help you understand your rights if you or a loved one was a victim of a car or truck accident, dog bite, fatal accident or medical malpractice.
• Social Security Disability
  Every time you earn a paycheck you pay social security tax and part of it is used to buy social security disability insurance. You earn it, and if you become disabled and are no longer able to work you expect to receive social security disability benefits.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Barron Peck Bennie & Schlemmer, Estate Planning, Probate – Attorneys Cincinnati, Barron Peck Bennie & Schlemmer is one of Cincinnati's oldest and most trusted law firms.
• Wills
  The law offices of Barron Peck Bennie & Schlemmer have the knowledge and experience to assist you with everything from simple wills to complex multi-tiered estate plans. Your estate plan can do much more than simply assign assets upon death. It can determine how you will be treated in the event of a medical catastrophe, who will make important medical decisions for you if you become disabled, and how your business will continue to operate.
• Trusts
  A common method of avoiding the probate of your assets is by creating and funding a revocable living trust. This is a document used to control the distribution of your assets upon your death and further, during your lifetime, a revocable living trust provides direction as to how your assets will be managed and controlled. Here is how it works...
• Power of Attorney
  A Durable Power of Attorney is a written document authorizing another person to act on the principal’s behalf. A Power of Attorney authorizes another individual to enter into and discharge virtually all legal obligations on behalf of the principal.
• Probate

Finance Law

• Tax Law
  In Ohio, claims against the Estate may be made up to six (6) months from the date of death. Generally, an Estate that does not require the filing of an Ohio estate tax return and has no creditor issues can often be completed within six (6) months of the appointment of the Executor or Administrator. However, if an estate tax return is required, the administration of an Estate can last more than a year. An extraordinary administration involving a contested will or complicated tax litigation may take several years to complete.