Ellen Essig

Ellen Essig

5.0
Rating: 8.6

Licensed for 39 years

Family Lawyer at Cincinnati, OH
Practice Areas: Family, Adoption

4540 Cooper Rd., Suite 304, Cincinnati, OH

About Ellen

Practice Areas

2

Practice Areas

Adoption 50%

39 years | 100 cases

50%
Family 50%

I am certified as a Specialist in Family Law. I focus exclusively on fertilty, surrogacy and adoption matters. As a Fellow of AAAA/AAARTA I am dedicated to helping families all over the U.S. and the world grow through collaborative reproduction, surrogacy, egg donation. I am also experienced in interstate adoption (ICPC) cases. In addtion to collaborative reproduction and adoption, I help clients deal with end-of-marriage issues and am committed to the Collaborative Process for these matters.

39 years | 1,000 cases

50%

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Licenses

Licensed in Michigan for 1 year

State: Michigan

Acquired: 2024

Active in Good Standing

No misconduct found

Licensed in Hawaii for 12 years

State: Hawaii

Acquired: 2013

Limited license to appear with local counsel

No misconduct found

Licensed in Ohio for 39 years

State: Ohio

Acquired: 1986

Active

No misconduct found

Location

Essig & Evans LLP

4540 Cooper Rd., Suite 304, Cincinnati, OH, 45242

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Ellen Essig's Reviews

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5.0 /5.0

2 Client Reviews

5 star (2)
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Posted by Jerika Z | February 26, 2019 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Excellent Surrogacy Attorney

I have enlisted Ellen's help on 3 surrogacy contracts so far and plan to use her again. She is the most prompt and timely attorney I have experienced in any realm of practice, typically heard from her within 24 hours of contact and even got updates over holidays or weekends if it was very time sensit...ive. I have referred surrogates to her and plan to continue! She did a wonderful job at representing me, but more importantly- she taught me about my rights, what I should be careful about moving forward within the contract and very detailed info about how to best protect myself and my family.

Posted by anonymous | December 30, 2007

Better than expected

Ellen kept us aware of everthing as we moved through the surrogacy process. She returned our call or responded to emails 24/7. She is the only lawyer I would recommend for this important job.

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Ellen Essig's Lawyer Endorsements

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Randall Hicks

Adoption lawyer | Apr 14

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"Ellen and I did an interstate adoption together, CA to OH, and she did a great job. Very pleasant and highly competent. I highly endorse her."

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Lauren McClain

Family lawyer | Mar 08

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Ellen Essig is a fantastic attorney. She is always professional, diligent and she zealously advocates for her clients. She is highly respected in the legal community. I recommend Ellen to any one looking for an ethical and experienced attorney."

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Randall Hicks

Adoption lawyer

Experience

Rating:  8.6 (Excellent)

Honors

2018

SuperLawyers, SuperLawyers

2013

SuperLawyers, SuperLawyers

2012

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2011

SuperLawyers, SuperLawyers

2010

SuperLawyers, SuperLawyers

2009

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2008

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2007

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2006

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2005

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2004

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N/A

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Sample of Legal Cases

Henry, et. al v. Hodges

Writ of Certiorari filed with U.S. Supreme Court : pending

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Education

1986

Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law

1972

Ohio State University, Columbus

Speaking Engagements

2014

Ohio State Bar Association

Assited Reproduction Technology

Languages

English

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