Julia’s practice area spans birth to death issues, as she handles adoption matters and she also works with families in estate planning and probate administration. Estate planning begins with a consulting session where Julia talks with families about their end of life decisions, health care matters and property distribution after death. Julia believes her role as a counselor at law is to educate her clients about the law and make sure they understand all aspects of their decision making. Because Julia has spent years working with families in probate administration (handling matters in Probate Court after someone has died) she has insight into estate planning practices that minimize Court involvement and lessen the stress of the probate process.

Julia’s passion is her work with adoptive matters. She has assisted in completing hundreds of adoptions including private, agency and international. She represents birth parents, adoptive parents and agencies. She believes birthparents should be respected and shown compassion. She is a strong advocate for integrity within the adoptive process. She also has compassion for the adopting family and works to make sure everyone fully understands the adoption proceedings. She brings her joy and respect for life into every proceeding

Julia’s practice is located in a small town in Northeast Ohio but in her adoption practice she works with agencies, social workers and families throughout Ohio and other states. Her estate planning and probate administration is limited to Medina, Summit and Wayne Counties.  She has a strong network of attorneys that she interacts with through her membership in the following organizations:

• American Academy of Adoption Attorneys
• American Bar Association
• Ohio Roundtable of Adoption Attorneys
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Medina County Bar Association
• Adoption Network of Cleveland

Julia has published material and has taught courses on Adoption Law. She is also listed in the book Adopting in America: How to Adopt Within One Year by Randall B. Hicks which has been described as a nuts-and-bolts to adoption as well as the ultimate how-to adoption book.