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Accredited Agencies and Specialty Programs

To become certified in a specialty area, please contact the accredited agency for information on how to become certified.

To find out if an attorney is certified in a specific area, you may visit the agency's website for a list of certified attorneys.

If you have any questions regarding the Commission on Certification of Attorneys as Specialists, please call 614.387.9327.


Approved Specialty Areas of Certification:

  • Business Bankruptcy Law
  • Consumer Bankruptcy Law
  • Creditor's Rights Law

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Find Certified Specialists in these areas: www.abcworld.org/search/

For information to become a certified specialist visit: www.abcworld.org

Approved Specialty Areas of Certification:

  • Child Welfare Law

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Find Certified Specialists in this area

For information to become a certified specialist, visit the National Association of Counsel for Children website.

Approved Specialty Areas of Certification:

  • Civil Law Trial Advocacy
  • Criminal Law Trial Advocacy
  • Family Law Trial Advocacy
  • Social Security Disability Law

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Find Certified Specialists in these areas: www.nbtalawyers.org/find-an-attorney

For information to become a certified specialist visit: www.nbtalawyers.org

NATIONAL ELDER LAW FOUNDATION

Approved Specialty Areas of Certification:

  • Elder Law

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Find Certified Specialists in this area: https://nelf.org/search/search.asp?txt_state=Ohio

For information to become a certified specialist visit: http://www.nelf.org

Approved Specialty Areas of Certification:

  • Ohio Workers' Compensation Law
  • Family Relations Law
  • Federal Taxation Law
  • Labor and Employment Law
  • Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law
  • Business, Commercial & Industrial Real Property Law
  • Residential Real Property Law
  • Appellate Law
  • Administrative Agency Law
  • Insurance Coverage Law
  • Elder Law

Find a Certified Specialist in these areas

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Contact Information

Commission on Certification of Attorneys as Specialists
Supreme Court of Ohio
65 South Front Street, 5th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215-3431

Secretary to the Board:
Britney Cider, Esq.

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