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Address
1300 East 9th Street, Suite 1020
Cleveland, Ohio 44114 (Cuyahoga Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
5.0
out of 5
 Accepts Credit Cards (Main Office) Statement of PracticeAdministrative Law, Civil Rights, Disability Law, Special Education Law, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Probate, Public Law, Social Security Law, SSI, Special Needs Trusts. Year Established: 1979
Firm Size: 9
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Address1300 East 9th Street, Suite 1020
Cleveland, OH 44114, (Cuyahoga Co.)
PhonePhone: 216-861-0360
Fax: 216-861-3113
URL: http://www.lawyers.com/h&lcolaw
Website
http://www.hickman-lowder.com
Office HoursMonday: 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Firm/Affiliate OfficesSheffield Village, Ohio: 5062 Waterford Drive, 44035. Telephone: 440-323-1111. Fax: 216-323-4284.
Franklin J. Hickman (Principal) born Galion, Ohio, July 29, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, Ohio; 1974, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court; 2003, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. Education: Catholic University of America (B.A., summa cum laude, 1969; M.A., 1970); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1973). Recipient, 1994 John Minor Wisdom Award for Public Service and Professionalism from ABA Litigation Section. Author: "To Stay Home: Analysis of Rights and Recommendations on Procedures for Persons Receiving Mental Health Service in the Community," 7 Journal of Law and Health (Cleveland Marshall) 219, 1993; "Right to Refuse Psychotropic Medication," 6 MDLR 122 (1982); "Civil Commitment of Mentally Ill," Merrick, Rippner, Ohio Probate Law: Practice and Procedure; "Adult Protective Services," Merrick, Rippner, Ohio Probate Law: Practice and Procedure; Adjunct Professor, Psychiatry and Law, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University, 1978; Adjunct Faculty, School of Law, Case Western Reserve University, 1988. Lecturer in Law, Cleveland-Marshall School of Law, 1978-1986. Attorney, Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, 1973-1982. Member and Officer, Cuyahoga County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1983-1987. Member: Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Rone v. Fireman, 473 F. Supp. 92, N.D. Ohio, 1979; Levine v. Torvik, 986 F.2d 1506, 6th Cir., 1993; Knable v. Bexley City School Dist., 238 F.3d 755 (6th Cir. 2001); CMHS v MHRB 395 F. Supp. 2d 644, Aff'd 2005 U.S. App. Lexis 19940 (6th Cir.). Practice Areas: Public Law; Mental Disability Law; Disabled Rights; Special Education Law; Americans with Disabilities Act; Disability Discrimination; Mental Health Law.Email: Franklin J. Hickman
David A. Myers (Shareholder) born Elyria, Ohio, October 25, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Ohio; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: John Carroll University (A.B., Honors Scholar, magna cum laude, 1970); Catholic University of America (J.D., 1973). Certified Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation. Member, Board of Trustees, Lorain County Office on Aging. Member, Board of Trustees, Long Term Care Ombudsman's Office. Member, Lorain County Coalition on Elder Abuse. Ohio Super Lawyer, Elder Law, Law and Politics Magazine, 2005, 2006. Member: Lorain County (Chairman, Judicial Candidate Review Committee; Member, Probate and Trust Section and Ohio State (Member, Elder Law Committee and Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Section) Bar Associations; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys; Alzheimer's Association. (Also at Sheffield Village Office). Practice Areas: Elder Law; Trusts and Estates; Estate Administration; Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children; Estate Planning for the Disabled; Estate Planning for the Elderly; Probate; Probate Administration; Guardianship and Conservatorship; Elder Guardianship; Guardianship Administration; Fiduciary Law; Special Needs Trusts; Trust Administration.Email: David A. Myers
Janet L. Lowder (Principal) born Cleveland, Ohio, October 4, 1952; admitted to bar, 1992, Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1993, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: Baldwin-Wallace College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1973); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1992). Recipient: Banks Baldwin Co. Award; Delta Theta Phi Award; 2000 Top Hat Award, Cuyahoga County Board of MR/DD; Community Fund Management Foundation's 1999 Amicus Award. Listed in Best Lawyers in America in 2005, 2006 and 2007. One of top 50 female lawyers in Ohio in 2005 and 2006. Ohio Super Lawyer each year since 2004. Editor, Cleveland State Law Review, 1991-1992. Author: "The Role of a 'Medicaid Payback Trust' in Personal Injury Awards Granted to Disabled Persons," 8 Ohio Lawyer, 1994; "To Stay at Home: Analysis of Rights and Recommendations on Procedures for Persons Receiving Mental Health Services in The Community," 7 Journal of Law and Health, 1994; "New Protections for Persons with Mental Disabilities in the Workplace under the ADA," 40 Cleveland State Law Review,63 1992; "The Importance of Planning for the Future," 22 Journal of Long Term Health Care 235, 2004; "The Caregiver Balancing Act: Giving Too Much or Not Enough," 6 Care Management Journals 159, 2005; "The Growth in Pooled Trusts," The White Paper, Vol 2, No. 3 (Fall/Winter 1999), 9; "Crisis Intervention: A Handbook of Legal Procedures for Case Managers and Crisis Intervention: A Reference Manual of Legal Procedures for Case Managers," published by the Ohio Association of County Boards of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1990. Contributing Author: The Encyclopedia of Women's Health, Springer Pub. 2004. Certified in Elder Law, National Elder Law Foundation. Founder and Of Counsel to Community Fund Management Foundation, a non-profit organization which provides the Master Trust and the Pooled Medicaid Payback Trust for individuals with disabilities. Member: Cleveland (Member: Bar Admissions Committee, 1993; Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law Section), Ohio State (Chair, Elder Law Committee) and American Bar Associations; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys; Special Needs Alliance. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Planning for the Disabled; Probate Law; Elder Law; Medicaid Planning; Estate Administration; Trust Administration; Guardianship; Guardianship Administration; Tax Planning; Probate Taxation; Mental Disability Law; Disabled Rights; Advance Directives; Medicaid Hearings; Probate Administration; Decedents Estates; Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children; Estate Planning for the Elderly; Special Needs Trusts.Email: Janet L. Lowder
Elena Lidrbauch (Shareholder) born Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, July 4, 1959; admitted to bar, 1999, Ohio. Education: Cleveland State University (B.A., 1982); Kent State University (M.Ed., 1983); University of Akron School of Law (J.D., 1999). Member: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Public Law; Mental Disability Law; Guardianship Administration; Employment Law; Medicare Set Aside Arrangements; Administration of Qualified Settlement Funds.Email: Elena Lidrbauch
Sandra J. Buzney (Shareholder) born Cleveland, Ohio; admitted to bar, 1999, Ohio. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.A., Psychology, summa cum laude, 1973, Phi Beta Kappa); University of Michigan (M.S.W., 1975); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Recipient, Elaine Osborne Jacobson Award for Women in Health Care Law, 2nd place winner. Licensed Independent Social Worker, State of Ohio, 1985. Member: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio State (Member, Elder Law Committee) and American Bar Associations; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Practice Areas: Elder Law; Medicaid Planning; Medicaid Hearings; Estate Planning; Probate Administration; Special Needs Trusts; Guardianship Administration.Email: Sandra J. Buzney
Judith C. Saltzman (Shareholder) born Cleveland, Ohio, July 27, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Massachusetts; 1975, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1998, Ohio; 2000, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; 2006, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., 1970); Northeastern University (J.D., 1974). Recipient, Greater Boston Legal Services Memorial Service Award for Outstanding Client Advocacy. Former Impartial Hearing Officer, Ohio Department of Education, Office of Procedural Safeguards. Former Assistant Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Former Senior Attorney for Health and Disability Law, Greater Boston Legal Services. Former Deputy General Counsel for Long Term Care, Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Member: Board of Directors, Julie Billiart School; International Dyslexia Association; Coalition of Parents, Advocates and Attorneys. Member: Cleveland and Cuyahoga County Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Avery v. Heckler, 672 F.2d 158 (1st. Cir. 1985) and 797 F. 2d 19 (1st Cir. 1986). Practice Areas: Special Education; Elder Law.Email: Judith C. Saltzman
Mary Bresnicky McKee (Shareholder) born Cleveland, Ohio, February 3, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Pennsylvania; 1986, New Jersey; 1987, Massachusetts; 1993, District of Columbia; 1997, Ohio; 2000, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: Yale University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1982); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 1985). Member, National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives. Member: Cleveland and Lorain County Bar Associations. (Also at Sheffield Village Office). Practice Areas: Social Security Disability; Guardianship; Special Needs Trusts.Email: Mary Bresnicky McKee
——————————Amanda M. Buzo (Associate) born Toledo, Ohio, October 8, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Ohio. Education: Ohio State University (B.S., 2002); University of Akron (J.D., 2005). Speaker: Estate Planning, Estate Planning for Individuals with Disabilities, Durable Powers of Attorney and Medicare Part D; University of Akron School of Law's Trial Team, 2004; Jessup International Moot Court, 2004-2005; Student Bar Association (Officer), 2004-2005; Law Association for Women (Officer), 2002-2005; Student Chapter of the Financial Planning Association, 2000-2002. Member: Cleveland (Member: Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Law, Women in the Law), Lorain (Member, Probate and Trust), Ohio State (Member, Elder, Disability, Taxation, Estate Planning, Trust & Probate and Litigation) and American Bar (Member, Real Property, Probate & Trust) Associations; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys; Estate Planning Council of Cleveland. Practice Areas: Estate Planning for the Disabled; Estate Planning for the Elderly; Decedents Estates; Special Needs Trusts; Guardianship; Estate Planning; Estate Planning for the Parents of Children with Disabilities; Counsel and Advisor for Special Needs Trust Trustees; Trust Administration; Estate Administration; Guardianship Administration; Probate; Elder Law; Advance Directives; Medicare Part D.Email: Amanda M. Buzo
Lisa Montoni Garvin (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio, 1974; admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio. Education: John Carroll University (B.S., Psychology, cum laude); Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville (J.D., 2006). Author: "Estate Administration and the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program: The personal representative's duty to notify", 17 Probate Law Journal of Ohio 112, January/February 2007; Contributing Author: "The Encyclopedia on Aging and Public Health," Springer Pub., 2006. Member: Lake County (Member, Probate Committee), Cleveland (Member, Sections on: Estate Planning; Probate; Trust Law), Ohio State and American Bar Associations; National College of Probate Judges (Associate Member). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Planning for the Disabled; Estate Administration; Trust Administration; Decedents Estates; Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children; Estate Planning for the Elderly; Special Needs Trusts; Probate Administration; Guardianship; Guardianship Administration; Elder Law.Email: Lisa Montoni Garvin
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