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David Scott Heier

4.2
Rating: 7.4

Licensed for 46 years

Divorce and separation Lawyer Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation
This attorney is currently not accepting new clients.
Reason: Not Practicing

About David

Biography

Practice Areas

1

Practice Area

Divorce and Separation 100%

A divorce lawyer helps you if you no longer want to be married. Whether you want a legal separation or the marriage ended, divorce lawyers assist you to arrange financial and family matters, typically in a negotiation with your spouse's lawyer. Alimony, child custody, child support, and a fair division of community assets (like who keeps the house or how your checking and savings accounts are divided) are matters that a divorce lawyer is trained to help determine.

40 years | 2,000 cases

100%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Retainer

Always


Payment Methods

  • Cash
  • Check
  • Credit Card

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Licenses

Licensed in New York for 11 years

State: New York

Acquired: 2014

Currently Registered

No misconduct found

Licensed in Ohio for 46 years

State: Ohio

Acquired: 1979

Inactive

No misconduct found

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David Scott Heier's Reviews

Avvo Review Score

4.2 /5.0

20 Client Reviews

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Posted by Lindsey | March 27, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Lawsuits & Disputes

Experienced and Professional

David Heier was very professional and demonstrated expert legal knowledge and negotiating skills. His experience and expertise resulted in a highly successful resolution of my legal matter. I highly recommend his legal services.

Posted by anonymous | November 11, 2024 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation

A real Pit bull!

I was very impressed by David and the results that came out of him representing me in my divorce this past year. He would not back down and fought long and hard for me. I am very thankful and grateful. Thank you, David.

Posted by anonymous | March 13, 2024 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation

You will regret hiring him as your lawyer

I hired him for a divorce/custody case and spent over $20,000 to be bullied, gaslit and lied to, to save him time from actually doing his job and giving me proper due diligence. He violated the rules of Professional Conduct throughout the whole process and now have another lawyer (and spending more ...money) to clean up his sloppy job. He will drag his feet and not even have the correct information until you run out time where he will skew information to get you to settle, while also giving misogynist emails like " you are such a good mother" when pointing out incorrect information with your case. I am now going through other options to fix what happened to me and hopefully right the wrong, but I hope to save you time, energy and money by not hiring him.

David Heier

Replied last August 21, 2024

I admit that I stated to my client in an email that "you are such a good mother," when replying to parenting plan conflicts she was having with the father. I'm astounded with how this could be interpreted as misogynist. I've never lied to a client and have no clue where this is coming from. I don't know what gaslit means or what that refers to here either. I don't bully clients. I give clients advice based upon my experience, knowledge of the courts and Judges, opposing attorney, the law, and the facts of the case. A client has a right to reject my advice regarding specific terms of settlement. In the rare case where the client's position is not reasonably attainable and they are making a decision that is not in their best interest and is contrary to my advice, I have the client sign a statement explaining my advice and the reasons why. It also includes the client's position and states that the client wishes to proceed contrary to my legal advice. After the client rejected the opposing party's offer and my advice to accept it, a court hearing was required for a decision by the Referee. Not surprisingly the result was less than the offer by the opposing side in the negotiations. I tried to convince my client to make the right decision to accept a settlement offer rather than risk receiving less in a trial. I was correct in my advice, but it was ignored. Then Immediately upon the parties signing their parenting plan, conflicts arose between the parties. It is unusual for parents to negotiate terms of a parenting plan, sign it, and then immediately want to litigate it. After the divorce, either party can file in the Family Court if the parenting plan isn't working. They can't litigate it in the divorce once it's signed and filed. No divorce lawyer is going to completely satisfy every client they serve. I must accept that.

Posted by SETH | December 16, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Child Custody

Great family lawyer!

I was in the dark and on my own for the beginning of trying to see my son. I needed to find a lawyer and stumbled acrossed David. He always kept it to trying to help me see my son no matter what was thrown at us. He is a guy with integrity and respect for what he does and I thank him very much for ge...tting me to this point. Thank you!

Posted by Liz | January 14, 2018 | Hired Attorney | Child Custody

Amazing Attorney

If I could give him more than 5 stars I would. Mr. Heier became my attorney for a custody dispute when my previous one decided last minute he could no longer work for me due to a new job offer in another city. I was scared and had just a couple of days to find another attorney before my first court ...date, and I am so thankful that I found Mr. Heier. David has worked so hard to help me gain residency of my children when we knew it would be an uphill battle. Mr. Heier has been our calm in what has been a stormy year and a half of litigation, and has gone above and beyond what any attorney will or would do. He is compassionate about his clients and their cases. We never had an issue being able to get ahold of him when we had an issue or question as he promptly returned all of our phone calls, emails, and texts messages. He worked tirelessly to make sure that our new Custody Order was drafted quickly and signed within a matter of days. I would highly recommend him.

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David Scott Heier's Lawyer Endorsements

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Holly Regoli

Divorce and separation lawyer | Dec 29

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Mr. Heier is widely respected by his peers and is excellent attorney and I certainly endorse him as an attorney to meet your legal needs."

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Gary Gottfried

Divorce and separation lawyer

Experience

Rating:  7.4 (Very Good)

Honors

1993

Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America, 1993-1994, 4th Edition, Marquis Who's Who

Work Experience

1986 - Present

Attorney, Heier Law Office

1983 - 1985

Assistant City Attorney, City of Upper Arlington, Ohio

1980 - 1983

JAG, U.S. Marine Corps

Associations

2016 - Present

Ontario County Bar Association

Member

2014 - Present

New York State Bar Association

Member

1983 - Present

American Bar Association

Member

Sample of Legal Cases

State of Ohio vs. Gabrielle Mansour

Sentenced to only 8 years in prison for murder

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Education

1979

University of Dayton School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1979

University of Dayton

MA - Masters

1975

University of Dayton

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Speaking Engagements

N/A

Family Law Seminar

Child Custody

N/A

Columbus Family Law Committee

Dividing Military Retirement in Divorce

Languages

English

Activity

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