Morton Bobowick

Attorney’s Practice

Morton Bobowick specializes in the area of estate planning, probate and trust administration, and business succession planning. Mr. Bobowick believes that estate planning and business succession should combine the often opposing ideas of meeting the client’s personal objectives, but at the least tax cost. To that end, he advises clients on the drafting of revocable trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, family limited partnerships, limited liability companies, charitable remainder trusts, discounted gifts, and other estate planning strategies.

Attorney’s Background

Mr. Bobowick graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1965. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, and the Toledo Bar Association. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Section of the Ohio State Bar Association, as well as a member of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. He is on the editorial advisory board of the Probate Law Journal of Ohio. Mr. Bobowick has lectured extensively for the Ohio Continuing Legal Education Institutes on the subject of Estate Planning and Trust and Probate Administration. He is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Toledo College of Law where he teaches classes on Trusts and Estates. In addition, he has taught a substantial number of courses for the Lucas County chapter of the American Society of Chartered Life Underwriters, including a masters level course. He is a member of the Toledo Estate Planning Council and Treasurer of the Toledo Area Planned Giving Council.

Firm Background

Mr. Bobowick is a member of the law firm of Eastman & Smith Ltd., which was founded in 1844 and is among the oldest law firms in the State of Ohio. The firm presently has over sixty attorneys. Eastman & Smith Ltd. engages in the general practice of law and represents a divergent group of clients, including publicly help corporations, privately held commercial, industrial, manufacturing, and service businesses of all sizes, public employers, professional practices, hospitals and related health care institutions, financial institutions, construction companies, and insurance carriers. The firm is well recognized in the area of northwest Ohio for its estate planning practice.

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Eastman & Smith Ltd.
P.O. Box 10032
Toledo, OH 43699 – 0032

William H. Gosline

Practice Areas:
Estate Planning Practice
Trust & Estate Administration

Areas of Emphasis:
Estate Planning and Trust Law

Bar Admissions:
Ohio 1970 

Education:
Ohio State University College of Law 1969, J.D., Denison University 1966, B.A.

Biography:
WILLIAM H. GOSLINE is a partner in the estate planning and probate practice group in the Toledo, Ohio office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP. His principal areas of practice are estate planning, estate and trust administration and guardianship law.

Mr. Gosline has extensive experience in the estate planning and trust law area representing a wide variety of individuals and in the area of personal and business succession planning. His practice includes the entire elder law area of planning.

Mr. Gosline is a member of the Toledo Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association and a member of the Probate and Trust Law Section of the Ohio Bar Association. He speaks frequently throughout the state of Ohio on various estate planning and probate topics. He is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, a member of the National Estate Planning Council, a board member of the Toledo Estate Planning Council, serves on the Medical College of Ohio Foundation Board, the Lutheran Home Services Foundation Board, the Toledo Day Nursery Board and the Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services and Foundation Philanthropy Committee.

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Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick
William H. Gosline & Kathryn Woodward
1000 Jackson
Toledo, OH. 43624

Kathryn J. Woodward

Practice Area:
Estate Planning Practice

Areas of Emphasis:
Estate Related Taxes
Trusts and Estate
Administration and Guardianships

Bar Admissions:
Ohio 1987
Michigan 1989

Education:
University of Toledo 1986, J.D., Bowling Green State University, Otterbein College 1976, M.A.1976; B.A. 1969, cum laude

Biography:
KATHRYN J. WOODWARD is a partner in the estate planning and probate practice group in the Toledo, Ohio office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP. Her principal areas of practice are trusts and estate administration, guardianships, and estate tax related topics.

Mrs. Woodward has extensive experience in representing personal representatives and trustees. She also regularly represents fiduciaries in Ohio and Michigan. She has substantial experience in domestic and international adoptions.

Mrs. Woodward is a member of the Toledo, Lucas County and Ohio State Bar Associations. She is a member and past Secretary and Chair of the Probate Court Committee, as well as a member of the Toledo Estate Planning Council. Ms. Woodward is also a member of the Board of Trustees for the Lott Conlon Foundation.

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Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick
William H. Gosline & Kathryn Woodward
1000 Jackson
Toledo, OH. 43624

C. Andrew Ireton, Jr.

Career Highlights

Mr. Ireton concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning, estate and trust administration, guardianship and tax law.

His broad base probate practice includes a particular focus on probate litigation. He is active in the American Bar Association's Probate and Trust Committee, the Ohio State Bar Association's Probate Committee and he is former chairman of the Columbus Bar Association's Probate Committee. Mr. Ireton is a frequent seminar speaker on estate planning, estate and trust administration, and taxation for the Ohio and Columbus Bar Associations. He has also conducted seminars on estate planning within the Central Ohio community, and has authored a chapter on Ohio Taxation for a current Matthew Bender publication.

Practice Areas

• Estate planning
• Guardianship law
• Probate law
• Trust law

Professional Associations

• Columbus Bar Association, Chairman of Probate Court Committee, 1989-1991
• American Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Columbus Bar Association Taxation Committee

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Law Offices of C. Andrew Ireton, Jr.
41 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215-6194

William R. Miller

Practice Profile:

William R. Miller is a member of the Law Firm of Donenfeld, Botros, Kollin & Schulte located in Dayton, Ohio.

His practice is focused on Elder Law including Estate Planning, Probate and Trust administration, Medicaid Planning, Tax Planning, Real Estate and Guardianship Administration.

Mr. Miller is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, The Ohio State Bar Association -- Trust and Probate Section, and the Dayton Bar Association. William offers all prospective clients a no cost initial meeting to answer questions and to discuss the potential options that each client may have depending on their particular case.

Education:

• Adjunct Professor at the University of Dayton School of Law - 2000
• University of Dayton School of Law 1997
• Member of the University of Dayton Law Review
• Undergraduate: University of Kentucky -- 1994

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Donenfeld, Botros, Kollin & Schulte
5785 Far Hills Ave
Dayton, Ohio 45429

Richard W. Ashley

Rich Ashley combines an extensive background in business with a wide range of legal experience to provide his clients with a uniquely practical perspective. An attorney since 1974, he now devotes his practice primarily to estate planning and asset protection. Rich also offers a variety of business organization and consulting services to his clients through out Northeast Ohio.

Experience:

Mr. Ashley began his legal career as a Captain in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps. After five years, including service in Korea, Rich left the Army and joined a private practice in Indianapolis in 1979. He spent the 1980s in corporate positions in Akron, Columbus and Miami, Florida. Rich returned to the private practice of law in 1992. Rich is admitted to practice before the Supreme Courts of the United States, Ohio and Indiana. Rich is a member of the Akron Bar Association and the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys.

Education:

Mr. Ashley earned his Bachelor's degree in Education and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Akron. After serving in the military, he completed a Masters of Business Administration in Finance at Indiana University in 1981.

Personal:

A native of Akron, Rich and his wife Laura are the parents of two small children. His hobbies include motorcycles, aviation and motor sports.

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Richard W. Ashley, Attorney at Law
88 N. Miller Rd.
Akron, OH. 44333