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August 12 - Youngstown ANNE F. CRAWFORD is in private practice with her office located in Canfield, Ohio. She focuses her practice in the areas of probate and estate planning. Ms. Crawford has been an attorney for more than 19 years, and is currently serving as a director on the Board of Farmers National Bank. She has previously lectured for National Business Institute on probate matters. Ms. Crawford is a member of the American Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association and an active member of the Mahoning County Bar Association. She earned both her B.A. and J.D. degrees from Ohio Northern University. GARY PILCHER is currently the compliance officer, and a trust and estate administrative officer with Farmers Trust Company in Youngstown, Ohio, and has 30 years of experience in trust and estate planning. Mr. Pilcher volunteers as an ambassador for the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber of Commerce and as a National Law Week Bar Association speaker at local high schools. He has taught law courses on a full-time and part-time basis at various colleges and universities in Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and wrote a weekly estate and tax planning newspaper column while living in Florida. In addition, Mr. Pilcher enjoys public speaking and has presented topics at numerous continuing legal education seminars. He is a member of the Ohio State, Mahoning County and Trumbull County bar associations; and serves as the chairperson for the Executive Committee of the Ohio Bankers League. Mr. Pilcher is admitted to practice law in Ohio. He earned his J.D. degree from Rutgers University School of Law. DOUGLAS M. TOOT is a sole practitioner in Canfield, Ohio, where he practices in the areas of estate planning, probate, elder law, business planning and taxation. He is certified by the Ohio State Bar Association as a specialist in estate planning, trust and probate law. Mr. Toot earned his A.B. degree from Duke University and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from The Ohio State University - Michael E. Moritz College of Law. He has lectured for National Business Institute, Kent State University, The Youngstown State University Tax Institute and various other professional and civic groups on estate planning, probate, elder law and business planning. Mr. Toot is a member of the American, Ohio State and Mahoning County (chair, Taxation and Estate Planning Committee; member, Grievance Committee) bar associations, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the Mahoning-Shenango Valley Estate Planning Council. August 13 - Cleveland DAVID M. LENZ is an attorney in the Cleveland law firm of Schneider, Smeltz, Ranney & LaFond P.L.L. Mr. Lenz focuses his practice on the areas of estate and trust planning and administration. He is a member of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association and has lectured at its Estate Planning Institute. He also is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association (Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Section) and American Bar Association (Real Property, Probate, and Trust Section). Mr. Lenz earned his B.A. and B.S. degrees from The Ohio State University, and his J.D. degree from The Ohio State University - Michael E. Moritz College of Law. JAMES J. McGRATH IV is a sole practitioner in Brecksville, Ohio. He has been an attorney for more than 19 years and maintains a general practice of law, one quarter of which included probate, and has previously served as an adjunct instructor in the paralegal studies programs of two Cleveland-area colleges. Mr. McGrath is a member of the Association of Corporate Counsel and the Ohio State and Cleveland Metropolitan bar associations. He earned his B.A. degree from Marquette University and his J.D. degree from Case Western University. Mr. McGrath is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association. AMY L. PAPESH is an attorney with the law firm of Elk & Elk. Ms. Papesh focuses her practice on probate administration and estate planning, and heads the firm's probate division. She has previously lectured for National Business Institute on probate matters. Ms. Papesh is admitted to practice in the states of Ohio and Florida, and is a member of the Ohio State, Cuyahoga County and Portage County bar associations. She earned her B.A. degree from John Carroll University and her J.D. degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. NEIL H. SPIKE is an attorney with The Spike & Meckler Law Firm, LLP in Elyria. Mr. Spike has been an attorney for more than 13 years and focuses his practice on estate planning and administration, probate litigation, elder law, asset protection and general business law. He has lectured on various estate planning matters for National Business Institute, the Lorain County Bar Association and other professional groups. Mr. Spike is a member of The Florida Bar, the Ohio State Bar Association, and the Cleveland Metropolitan, Lorain County and American (Real Property, Probate and Trust Section) bar associations. He is licensed to practice in Ohio, Florida, the U.S. District Court (Northern District of Ohio), and the U.S. Tax Court. Mr. Spike earned his B.S. degree in economics from The Ohio State University, his M.A. degree in economics from Cleveland State University, his J.D. degree from the University of Toledo and his LL.M. degree in estate planning from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.
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