Cortland Lawyers

Experience Magistrate, Lake County Domestic Relations Court March 1992 - December 31, 2002 Magistrate, Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court July 1997 - December 1998 Acting Judge, Painesville Municipal Court March 2008 - continuing Education Bachelor of Business Administration, Kent State University, 1983 Juris Doctor, Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University, 1989 Admitted to practice before the Courts of the State of Ohio, the Federal District Court and the United States Supreme Court. Professional Organizations Lake County Bar Association Ohio State Bar Association Ohio Womenâs Bar Association Family Law Committee, Lake County Bar Association Ohio Association of Domestic Relations Judges (former member) Ohio Association...

Ian is a personal injury lawyer at Elk & Elk in Mayfield Heights, Oh. He is a proud member of the Ohio bar and was awarded the Cleveland Marshall College of Law’s Law Justice Scholarship.

Shmuel is a new associate in our Class Action department. He has several years of experience standing up for and defending both employee and consumer rights in Ohio and nationally. He assisted in several of the firm’s complex class action cases involving a wide range of claims, including wage and hour as well as consumer and taxpayer rights. He also has extensive experience in Labor and Employment law, assisting clients in both discrimination and overtime wage claims. Shmuel graduated magna cum laude from Cleveland Marshall College of Law in 2020 and also received a master’s degree in Talmudic Law from...

Elizabeth L. Perla is the owner and attorney with The Perla Law Firm, LLC where her main areas of practice are estate planning, elder law, probate, and family law. She has an overall client rating on Martindale.com of 5.0 out of 5.0. She is a frequent speaker for local groups as well as NBI at continual education seminars on issues of estate planning and probate. Elizabeth served on the Steering Committee for the Young Lawyer’s section of NAELA, the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys. Elizabeth is a member of the Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Law sections of the...

Highly experienced in civil litigation including, but not limited to, Employment Discrimination, Personal Injury and Probate.

Craig W. Smotzer’s career as an advocate for the accused began after his graduation from Cleveland State University’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.

Having been born and raised in the Cleveland area, and after his undergraduate education at The Ohio State University, he returned home to attend law school.

After becoming licensed to practice law in 2006, he set out to better serve those who have been accused of crimes, those who have been wrongly accused, and to defend the rights that each of us have been guaranteed by our Constitution. He has effectively represented many clients who have been charged with all...

My practice consists exclusively of Property Insurance Coverage disputes.

Quality Representation ~ Personalized Service

David A. Welling, Esq. is a trial attorney with offices in Ohio. Mr. Welling practices in state and federal courts across the United States.

Life-long Clevelander. Passionate about my family. Have spent my entire career trying to help guide other families through rocky times, whether with divorce/dissolution or child support; or through probate. Also, over a decade of experience drafting carefully executed and individualized Estate Planning documents for individuals and families.

Accomplished attorney with 10 years of experience as Chief Administrative Officer for a national industrial company and 14 years of experience focusing on general counsel representation and corporate transactions, including but not limited to: business contracts drafting/review/negotiations; business advice and strategic planning; real estate and leasing transactions; regulatory compliance matters; environmental transactions; acquisitions and dispositions; and litigation management/dispute resolution.

Born in Youngstown, Ohio. Raised in Campbell, Ohio. Son of a union industrial painter.

Married with two children.

Six time Boston Marathon participant.
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Mindy Elk prides herself on seeking fair compensation for the wrongfully injured. She has been with Elk & Elk since 2002 and focuses on personal injury litigation for clients who have been involved in car accidents, dog attacks or premises liability cases.