Attorneys

Leon A. Weiss
Cleveland, Ohio


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Leon A. Weiss has forty years of experience in trust and estate litigation, will contests, fiduciary law, probate administration and estate planning. He is a nationally renowned attorney in his field and has been selected as a 'Best Lawyer in America', a 'Leading Lawyer' and an 'Ohio Super Lawyer' for years. He is a member of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Ohio State Bar Association, and the Cleveland Bar Association where he served as a Member of the Board of Trustees and as General Chairman of the Cleveland Bar Association's Annual Estate Planning Institute. Leon is a frequent lecturer and panelist on probate, estate planning, professional liability, and professional responsibilities issues for the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, the Ohio Legal Center Institute, the Jewish Welfare Federation, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Cleveland Bar Association, County Bar Association, and the National Business Institute. Leon also serves as a mediator for private litigants.

Areas of Practice:: Estate Planning; Probate Administration; Legal Malpractice; Estate & Trust Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Ohio, 1966; U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 1966

Education:: Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, Ohio, 1966
J.D.; Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 1963
B.S.
Major: Business Administration

Published Works:: Practical & Not So Practical Uses of Private Settlement Agreements, Probate Law Journal of Ohio, Nov/Dec, 2007; The Ohio Trust Code from a Litigator's Perspective, Probate Law Journal of Ohio, March/April, 2007; Beyond Legal Malpractice: Estate Planners Beware, Cleveland Bar Journal, Nov, 2004; Antenuptial Agreements - New Planning Opportunities, Cleveland Bar Journal, Nov, 1984

Representative Cases:: Dater v. Dater Foundation, 2003 Ohio 7148 (1st Dist Court of Appeals OH 2003); In Re: Estate of Bost, 10 Ohio App. 3d 147 (1983) ( 1983)

Representative Clients:: KeyBank, N.A.; Fifth Third Bank; National City Bank; Huntington Bank

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Hot Topics for Estate Planners, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar, 2008; When Can a Private Settlement Agreement Used, Ohio Bar Association Pliskin Institute, 2007; The Ohio Trust Code from a Litigator's Perspective, Estate Planning Council of Cleveland, 2006; Avoiding Fiduciary Litigation: Relevant Principles and Rules for Corporate Fiduciaries, Michigan Bankers Association, 2005; Greed and Gratuitous Transfers, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, 2004; Avoiding Fiduciary Litigation, National City Bank, 2004; Legal Malpractice Estate Planning, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, 2004; Risk Management Issues, Ohio Bankers Association, 2001; Contesting the Inter Vivos Trust, Ohio Bar Association Marvin R. Pliskin Institute, 2001; Trust and Will Reformation, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, 2000

Honors and Awards:: Best Lawyers in America, 1999 - Present; Ohio Super Lawyers, Top 100 in Ohio, Top 50 in Cleveland, 2004 - Present

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American College of Trust & Estate Counsel, 1985 - Present

Fraternities/Sororities:: Sigma Alpha Mu

Adam Fried was appointed to the Ohio State Bar Association Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Council. The EPTPL Council propose ideas for new legislation in Ohio related to the estate, trust, and probate practice.
Leon Weiss and Chris Reid were recently had an article published in the June 2010 issue of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal, titled Adult Adoption and Beneficiary Status; The current State of Ohio Law, a subject upon which Leon Weiss presented to the Ohio meeting of ACTEC (The American College of Estate and Trust Counsel) held on April 24, 2010.
Adam Fried has been invited to speak at the annual conference for the Consortium Against Adult Abuse to be held on June 11, 2010. His workshop is titled "Guardians v. Caregivers" and will relate to the conference title: "The Specter of Undue Influence and Financial Exploitation". The conference is open to Social Workers, Nursing Home Administrators, Attorneys and First Responders.
Chris Reid and Adam Fried recently returned with a trial verdict wherein they convinced the Cuyahoga County Probate Court to remove an inter-vivos trustee from office on the grounds of breach of fiduciary duty and mismanagement.
Franklin Malemud gave a presentation on March 13, 2010 to the Cleveland Marshall College of Law Alumni Associations, elder law series titled "Developments in the Ohio Trust Code and the Codes Impact on the Elderly Client".
Adam Fried gave a presentation to the Cleveland Marshall College of Law Alumni Associations, elder law series titled "a Primer on Estate and Trust Litigation in Ohio".
Adam Fried returned with two trial verdicts. In the first, he convinced the trial magistrate that a deed to real property was transferred as a result of the exercise of undue influence over an incompetent adult...read more.
Leon Weiss wins a will contest by way of Summary Judgment. In a case of first impression, Probate Judge Laura Gallagher issued a ruling throwing out a last will and testament that had been previously admitted to probate...read more.
Adam Fried's article titled "The Specter of Exploitation: Special Concerns in Representing the Diminished Client" was published in the June 2009 Edition of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal...read more.
The Consorium Against Adult Abuse, a five county task force for the prevention of abuse and exploitation in the elderly population, has elected Adam Fried to the board of directors...read more.
Leon Weiss has recently been selected by his peers for the 9th year for inclusion in the "Best Lawyers in America" editions 1999-2008 (copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc. of Aiken S.C.)...read more.

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101 West Prospect Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115
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The probate department of the Reminger law firm serves clients in Cleveland, Ohio, and surrounding areas, including Akron, Youngstown, Mansfield, Canton, Toledo, Sandusky, Lorain, Lima and all cities within Cuyahoga County, Summit County and Lake County, OH.