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Accredited Organizations and Certification Programs

To become certified as a specialist in a specific area of law, please contact the appropriate accredited organization for information on how to become certified.

To find out if an attorney is certified or to obtain a list of certified attorneys, please contact the accredited organization directly.

If you have any questions regarding the Commission on Certification of Attorneys as Specialists, please call 614.387.9318.


Specialty Areas of Certification:

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

See Definitions

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

Specialty Areas of Certification:

  • Child Welfare Law

See Definitions

For more information, visit the National Association of Counsel for Children website.

Specialty Areas of Certification:

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

See Definitions

For more information, visit the National Board of Trial Advocacy website.

Specialty Areas of Certification:

  • Elder Law

See Definitions

For more information, visit the National Elder Law Foundation website.

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

See Definitions

For more information, visit the Ohio State Bar Association website.

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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