Andrew A. Zashin

Top rated family law attorney in Cleveland, Ohio

Zashin & Rich Co., L.P.A.
Andrew A. Zashin
Zashin & Rich Co., L.P.A.

Practice Areas: Family law; view more

Licensed in Ohio since: 1993

Education: Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2004 - 2023

Zashin & Rich Co., L.P.A.

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Cleveland Office

950 Main Avenue, 4th Floor
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
p: 216-696-4441 | f: 216-696-1618

Columbus Office

The Huntington Bank Building
17 South High Street, Suite 900
Columbus, Ohio 43215
p: 614-224-4411 | f: 614-224-4433

Andrew A. Zashin is an attorney with the Zashin & Rich law firm, which has office locations in Cleveland and Columbus.  Through his practice, Mr. Zashin assists individuals and families throughout Ohio with their sensitive and challenging legal needs related to any of the following:

· Contested and uncontested divorce

· Child custody and support

· Parenting plans and visitation

· Parental rights

· Spousal support

· Settlement agreements

· Evaluating and uncovering marital assets

· Equitable property division

· Assessing and dividing business and partnership interests

· Domestic violence and sexual abuse

· International Family Law

· Alternative Dispute Resolution

Mr. Zashin obtained his Juris Doctor in 1993 from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio. The Ohio State Bar Association admitted him to practice that same year, and Mr. Zashin has the licenses to practice in New York, Washington, D.C., and Florida. Additionally, he is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, as well as The Supreme Court of the United States, where he has represented clients in to historic cases.

A consummate professional, Mr. Zashin remains actively involved in many legal associations and organizations. He is a fellow with the International Academy of Family Lawyers, as well as with the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. He also holds memberships to several legal bar associations.

Moreover, Mr. Zashin uses his extensive knowledge of family law to educate others. Not only has he published several academic articles related to matrimonial law and other domestic relations issues including the Oxford University's International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family. He currently serves as adjunct professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. As recognition of his dedication to his practice, Mr. Zashin has received numerous awards and acknowledgements, including an AV-Preeminent peer review rating* from Martindale-Hubbell.

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.

Practice areas

Family law

Focus areas

Alimony & spousal support, Child support, Custody & visitation, Dissolution, Divorce, Domestic violence, Juvenile law, Prenuptial agreements, Mediation & collaborative law

  • 100% Family law

First Admitted: 1993, Ohio

Professional Webpage: https://zrlaw.com/attorney_aaz.html

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Educational Background:
  • National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Graduate, The Art and Skills of Trial Advocacy, Pacific Regional Program, San Diego, CA, October 22, 2000, 2000
  • Case Western University School of Law, J.D., 1993
  • Brown University, A.B., History, 1990
Special Licenses/Certifications:
  • National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Graduate, The Art and Skills of Trial Advocacy, Pacific Regional Program, San Diego, CA, October 22, 2000, 2000
  • Family Law Mediator / Arbitrator, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Advanced Mediator Training, AAML, 2017
  • Certified Specialist - Family Relations Law, Ohio State Bar Association, 2001, 2001
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Bar/Professional Activity:
  • The Supreme Court of the United States, 2019
  • New York, 2007
  • Washington, D.C., 1995
  • Florida, 1994
  • Ohio, 1993
  • District of Columbia Bar Association, Member
  • Center for Principled Family Advocacy, Board of Trustees
  • Ohio State Bar Association, Member
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • Columbus Bar Association, Member
  • Center for International Child Custody and Relocation (“CICCAR”), Executive Director
  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Member
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
  • Cuyahoga County Bar Association, Certified Grievance Committee, Member
  • Florida State Bar Association, Member
  • Cuyahoga County Bar Association, Family Law section, Chairman
Representative Clients:
  • Golan v. Saada, 833 Fed. Appx. 829, (2022)., 2022
  • Solon Family Physicians, Inc. v. Jean Buckles, et al., 96 Ohio App. 3d 460 (8th Dist. 1994) (Prevailed on behalf of medical practice in contract dispute against law firm), 1994
  • Lachowyn v. Lachowyn, 6th Dist. Erie No. E-94-36, 1995 Ohio App. LEXIS 1539 (April 14, 1995) (Property division in high net worth, significant spousal support, divorce case), 1995
  • Shutway v. Shutway, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 76737, 2000 Ohio App. LEXIS 461 (Feb. 10, 2000) (Burden of evidence necessary for domestic violence civil protection order “CPO”), 2000
  • Rosen v. Celebrezze, 117 Ohio St.3d 241, 2008-Ohio-853 (Ohio Supreme Court matter involving child custody jurisdiction between states), 2008
  • Dobos v. Dobos, 2009 U.S. Dist. Lexis 127474 (S.D. Ohio W.D.)(Interpretation of Grave Risk of Harm under 1980 Hague Convention), 2009
  • France v. France, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 95629, 2011-Ohio-2402 (The famous “Facebook Bigamist” Case / appeal involving interstate child custody and UCCJEA questions), 2011
  • Roche v. Hartz, No. 1:10 CV 1819, 2011 U.S. Dist LEXIS 22477 (N.D. Ohio Mar. 7, 2011) (Determination of Habitual Residence under 1980 Hague Convention), 2011
  • Taglieri v. Monasky, No. 1:15-CV-00947, 2016 WL 8135530, (N.D. Ohio Jan. 25, 2016)., 2016
  • Taglieri v. Monasky, No. 16A557, (U.S. dismissed December 9, 2016). Motion to Stay Denied by Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan., 2016
  • Taglieri v. Monasky, No. 16-4128, (6th Cir. argued May 3, 2017)., 2017
  • Expert Witness “In Re: the matter of ‘M’”, Interpretation of Ohio Revised Code, Court of Appeals, Tel Aviv, Israel, September, 2017., 2017
  • Taglieri v. Monasky, No. 16-4128, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 5408 (6th Cir. Mar. 2, 2018) (en banc).(The first Habitual Residence Case under The Hague Convention to be heard en banc by a US Court of Appeals in history and only the second Hague Case ever to be heard by an en banc court of appeals panel because of its exceptional public importance.), 2018
  • Taglieri v. Monasky, 907 F.3d 404 (6th Cir. 2018) (en banc), cert. pending, No. 18-935 (U.S. Jan. 18, 2019)., 2019
  • Monasky v. Taglieri, U.S., No. 18-935, certiorari granted June 10, 2019., 2019
  • Golan v. Saada, __ U.S. __, (filed Oct. 28, 2020). (On Amicus Curiae team for Cox International Law Center) Certiorari granted, 2020
  • Monasky v. Taglieri, 140 S. Ct. 719 (February 25, 2020), 2020
  • Arimitsu v. Cook, 141 S.Ct. 1514 (2021) Docket No 20-864: certiorari denied, 2021
  • Expert Witness: List v. Kaplan-List, FMCE 17-015565 35 (Fla. 17th Cir. Ct. 2022). Testified as to sufficiency of custody bond use for international travel of a young child and relative safety of different countries pursuant to the United States State Department Travel Advisory Warnings., 2022
Verdicts/Settlements:
  • Golan v. Saada, 833 Fed. Appx. 829, (2022). This is only the 5th case the Supreme Court ever heard on the 1980 Hague Convention on International Child Abduction and concerned the primary exception to returning a child to his or her Habitual Residence, grave risk of harm. This case, like the Monasky ruling shortly before it, was also historic and cited worldwide for the courts attention to it's treatment of the most important exception to Habitual Residence. It has been said that with Monasky, the Golan case represent "bookends" that help understand this treaty., 2022
  • Monasky v. Taglieri, 140 S. Ct. 719 (February 25, 2020) No court in the United States has touched this issue regarding Habitual Residence. Each court including the rarest of all hearings, en banc, hearing before the full appellate panel of the 6th federal circuit, issued competing decisions before the case was heard before the Unites States Supreme Court. Each decision is listed because each one is historic in it's own right. This was a defining case on international child abduction, the first of it's kind.  It was only the fourth case the Supreme Court ever heard on the treaty and it centered on it's threshold issue, Habitual Residence. , 2020
  • Golan v. Saada, 833 Fed. Appx. 829, (2022)., 2022
  • Golan v. Saada, cert. pending, __ U.S. __, (filed Oct. 28, 2020). (On Amicus Curiae team for Cox International Law Center), 2021
  • Arimitsu v. Cook, 141 S.Ct. 1514 (2021) Docket No 20-864: certiorari denied, 2021
  • Golan v. Saada, No. 20-1034, pending, — U.S.—, (filed Oct. 28, 2020). (For Petitioner Narkis Golan)., 2020
  • Monasky v. Taglieri, U.S., No. 18-935, certiorari granted June 10, 2019., 2019
  • Taglieri v. Monasky, 907 F.3d 404 (6th Cir. 2018) (en banc), cert. pending, No. 18-935 (U.S. Jan. 18, 2019)., 2019
  • France v. France, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 95629, 2011-Ohio-2402, 2011
  • Shutway v. Shutway, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 76737, 2000 Ohio App. LEXIS 461 (Feb. 10, 2000), 2000
  • Taglieri v. Monasky, No. 16-4128, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 5408 (6th Cir. Mar. 2, 2018) (en banc). The first Habitual Residence Case under The Hague Convention to be heard en banc by a US Court of Appeals in history and only the second Hague Case ever to be heard by an en banc court of appeals panel because of its exceptional public importance., 2018
  • Roche v. Hartz, No. 1:10 CV 1819, 2011 U.S. Dist LEXIS 22477 (N.D. Ohio Mar. 7, 2011) (Determination of Habitual Residence), 2011
  • Rosen v. Celebrezze, 117 Ohio St.3d 241, 2008-Ohio-853 (Ohio Supreme Court), 2008
  • Taglieri v. Monasky, No. 1:15-CV-00947, 2016 WL 8135530, (N.D. Ohio). Taglieri v. Monasky, No. 16-4128, (6th Cir.). Taglieri v. Monasky, No. 16A557, (U.S. dismissed). Motion to Stay Denied by Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan., 2016
  • Dobos v. Dobos, 2009 U.S. Dist. Lexis 127474 (S.D. Ohio W.D.) (Interpretation of Grave Risk of Harm in 1980 Hague Convention), 2009
  • Solon Family Physicians v. Buckles, 96 Ohio App. 3d 460 (Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth Appellate District, Cuyahoga County, decided August 22, 1994, No. 66051), 1994
Honors/Awards:
  • 2019 – Present, 2015, 2007, Super Lawyers Top 50 List in Cleveland, Ohio Super Lawyers Magazine, 2022
  • Listed in Best Lawyers 15+ years, Best Lawyers, 2006 – Present, Best Lawyers, 2023
  • Listed in Super Lawyers 15+ years, Super Lawyers, 2004 – Present, Super Lawyers, 2022
  • The Chambers HNW Guide has recognized Andrew Zashin with a Band 1 ranking in the Family/Matrimonial: High Net Worth category (2020 – 2022)., Top Ranked Band 1, Family / Matrimonial: High Net Worth, Chambers and Partners | Chambers HNW Guide (2020 – 2021), 2022
  • “Top 50 Cleveland Area Lawyers”, Northeast Ohio Live Magazine, 2007
  • Life Member of The 8th Judicial Conference
  • Distinguished Recent Graduate (10 years post-graduation, 2003), Case Western Reserve University School of Law
  • Fellow, International Academy of Family Lawyers, 2004 - Present, IAFL
  • Inside Business Leading Lawyers, Inside Business Magazine
  • Member, Department of State's Hague Convention Attorney Network
  • 40 Under 40, Crain's Cleveland Business, 2006
  • Elected Member, Society of Benchers (Career achievement, 2010 - Present), Case Western Reserve University School of Law
  • Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2002 - Present
  • Recognition of Service for Outstanding Dedication of Service as Adjunct Faculty Member for 15 Years, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 2018
  • 2018 – Present, 2015, 2007, Top 100 Ohio Super Lawyers 2018, Ohio Super Lawyers Magazine, 2022
  • AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell, 2017
  • , Lawyer of the Year (Family Law - Cleveland), Best Lawyers, 2013
  • “Top 100” Attorneys in the Nation, Worth Magazine, 2007
Other Outstanding Achievements:
  • Adjunct Professor of International Law, Cox International Law Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Law (2017 – present), 2022
  • Adjunct Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Since 2003 | Courses Taught: Family Law; Selected Topics in Family Law; Advanced Family Law; International Family Law, 2022
  • CLE National Planning CommitteeAmerican Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Annual National Convention, Chicago, Illinois, 2018
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
Pro bono/Community Service:
  • Endowed, Zashin & Rich Employment Law Prize, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, 2018
  • Trustee, Lake View Cemetery Foundation, (Site of the James A. Garfield Presidential Memorial)
  • Case Western Reserve Law Alumni Association, Second Vice President  |  Alumni Board Officer: Vice President, 2006-2009  |  Second Vice President, 2005–2006  |  Secretary, 2004–2005  |  Treasurer, 2003–2004  |  Alumni Board Member, 2001–2003
  • 25th Reunion Advisory Committee, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 2018
  • Endowed, Zashin & Rich Family Law Prize, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, 2005 – Present, 2018
  • “A Run Through History” Fundraiser, Lake View Cemetery Foundation, Organizing and Planning Committee Member and Sponsor, 2017

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Cleveland, OH 44113

Phone: 216-696-4441

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