Belle Center Lawyers

I am a Divorce, Criminal & DUI defense area working in the Dayton, Ohio and Cincinnati, Ohio areas.

Mr. Lipowicz is a proven criminal defense and civil trial attorney with over 30 years experience in private practice and government in the Dayton area. He has successfully tried numerous criminal and civil cases in courts throughout southwest and central Ohio. Mr. Lipowicz is a member of the Dayton, Greene County, and Ohio Bar Associations, and the Certified Grievance Committee of the Dayton Bar Association. Mr. Lipowicz graduated with honors from Union College in Schenectady, New York, and received his Juris Doctor Degree from Western New England School of Law in Springfield, Mass. Mr. Lipowicz served as an Assistant...

Thomas Schaffer comes from a family of eight, and started working at age twelve for his father’s farm and grain elevator. Earlier on, he saw how working families struggle to make ends meet and learned the value of hard work, dedication, and commitment to family. Attorney Thomas Schaffer was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1990. He is also a member of the Toledo Bar Association, the Ohio Association for Justice, is the Board President of the Zepf Community Mental Health Center, and is a Board Member for the Advocates for Basic Legal Equality. Thomas graduated from Bowling Green State University...

Corporate attorney (retired 2019) with significant in-depth, hands-on experience working with boards of public companies and executive officers, both domestically and internationally, in the areas of board, board committee, and board secretary functions, and with significant experience with activist shareholders, securities law (IPO, equity and debt offerings), M&A, corporate financing, venture capital, and corporate law. Board Positions (Former): Secretary, Board of Directors, Myers Industries, Inc. (NYSE:MYE) as well as board member/manager of subsidiaries in France, Ireland, Luxembourg, and others; Assistant Secretary, Board of Directors, Bob Evans Farms, Inc. (NASDAQ: BOBE); Assistant Secretary, Board of Directors, Convergys Corporation. (NYSE:CVG) as well...

Neal Schuett is one of the rare breeds of criminal defense attorney that is willing to go to trial and also knows how to protect his client's appellate rights. Since moving to southwest Ohio in 2010, Neal has successfully handled hundreds of criminal and DUI/OVI cases, including not guilty verdicts in both bench and jury trials. For example, Neal received not guilty verdicts for a man accused of high-level felonies. In that same time, Neal has also fought to protect the rights of his clients through his criminal appellate work. In one case, Neal's appellate advocacy skills convinced the Twelfth...