Attorney Anna M. Parise

Anna Parise

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Anna M. Parise

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Anna M. Parise

As a family law practitioner, Anna Parise helps clients through divorce, child support, spousal support, and custody. Highly rated in peer reviews throughout her career, she is active in bringing family law legal services to those who cannot afford it. Anna’s legal practice includes domestic relations, divorce, family law, child support, spousal support, and custody. Anna is also frequently appointed by trial courts in Cuyahoga, Geauga, and Lake Counties as guardian ad litem to protect the interests of children. Formerly with a small boutique firm specializing in labor law, Anna joined Dworken & Bernstein Co., L.P.A. in 2005 becoming partner in 2015.

Published Articles:

A Charitable Practice

On a Personal Note:

As a family law practitioner, I recognized that there was a huge gap between the individuals who had the financial resources to retain private counsel for their family law legal issues, and the financially destitute individuals who were financially unable to afford counsel. While the latter group of individuals were Legal Aid eligible given their low income, Legal Aid was unable to provide legal services to these individuals in consideration of the high need of individuals seeking the service and the lack of staff attorneys and/or volunteer attorneys.

Recognizing the need for legal services for Legal Aid eligible individuals, in the fall of 2013, My co-chair and I partnered with The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland and Judge Colleen A. Falkowski of the Lake County Court of Common Pleas, Domestic Relations Division, to develop a quarterly clinic in Judge Falkowski’s courtroom. The quarterly clinic invites prescreened and qualified Legal Aid eligible individuals to come to the courthouse and meet with one of the numerous volunteer attorneys.  The volunteer attorney assists the “client” in the preparation of all of the simplified forms that are necessary to initiate the divorce action, obtain interim support, and finalize the divorce of the “client”.

Areas of Practice:

Education & Admissions:

Case Western Reserve School of Law, 1998
Ohio 1998

Associations & Memberships:

Ohio State Bar Association
OSBA Screening Committee
Lake County Bar Association President, 2023-2024
Lake County Bar Association Trustee, 2015-2017
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Association District 18 Delegate 2016 – present
Lake County Bar Association Family Law Committee Co-Chair, 2007-present
Lake County Bar Association, Vice President 2022-2023
Lake County Bar Association, Treasurer 2021-2022
Mentor School District Foundation, 2019-2022
Saint Paschal Baylon Finance Council, 2011-2017

Leadership & Honors:

OSBA Screening Committee Chair
Co-Chair of the Family Law Section of the Lake County Bar Association
Co-Chair of the Supreme Court Trip of the Lake County Bar Association
Partner in Justice, Legal Aid Ambassador – Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, 2015
Ohio Super Lawyer 2015, 2017,2018
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland Volunteer Lawyers Program, 2014
Super Lawyers Ohio Rising Stars 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019
AVVO rating – Superior
District 18 Representative of the Ohio State Bar Foundation
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