Deborah Akers-Parry
Deborah Akers-Parry is managing principal and founding member of Wolf and Akers, LPA. Her sole area of practice is family law. Recognized as a national leader in family law with emphasis on complex cases, Mrs. Akers-Parry has published and lectured extensively on issues in family law. She served as faculty of the American Bar Association Trial Advocacy Institute for five years. Mrs. Akers-Parry was appointed Referee in the Medina County, Ohio, Court of Common Pleas and she is an AAML-certified Family Law Arbitrator. She has an Ohio Appellate Court practice and has argued in the Supreme Court of Ohio.
She is a former Trustee of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Alumni Association and appointee to the Ohio Supreme Court Domestic Relations Forms Committee. She is a Life Member of the Ohio Judicial Conference of the Eighth Judicial District of Ohio.
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J.D.
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law -
B.S., Biology
Washington University in St. Louis
Education
Awards & Accolades
- Best Lawyers in America, 1987-Present
- Ohio Super Lawyers, 2004-Present
- Top 100 Lawyers in Ohio
- Top 50 Ohio Women Lawyers
- Top 50 Cleveland Lawyers
- Top 25 Cleveland Women Lawyers
- AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated℠by Martindale-Hubbell®, 1993-Present
Professional Memberships & Associations
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Fellow, 1991-Present
- American Bar Association, Member, 1983-Present
- Financial Officer of the Section of Family Law, 2004-2008 and 2012-2019
- Publications Development Board, Member, 2000-2012
- American Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Ohio State Bar Association, Member
- Council of Delegates, Delegate, 1990-2014
- Family Law Committee, Member & Former Chair
- Family Law Specialty Certification Board, Former Member
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Member
- Family Law Section, Member and Former Chair
- Professional Ethics Committee, Former Member
- Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute, Former Chair
- Certified Grievance Committee, Former Member
Counties Served
Contact Information
Phone:
216-623-9999
Email Address:
da@wolfakers.com
Website:
http://www.wolfakers.com/
Firm
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Wolf and Akers, A Legal Professional Association
2 Summit Park Drive
Suite 350
Cleveland, OH 44131
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