Ohio Directory of Divorce Mediation and Mediators

Divorce Mediation provides a directory of mediators and arbitrators available to provide assistance both through the court system and independently. ADR, alternative dispute resolution, often provides an accelerated result with greater cooperation in addition to less contention and cost to both parties. 

Mediation is an informal, voluntary process in which a mediator, trained in facilitation and negotiation techniques, assists all parties to reach a mutually acceptable conclusion. What distinguishes mediation from other forms of dispute resolution, principally litigation in court and arbitration, is that the mediator does not impose a solution but rather assists the parties to create their own understanding. Mediated agreements, especially in situations involving families and divorce, often include unique solutions tailored to specific situations that are not available in arbitration or litigation through the court system.

The actual process of mediation is flexible and creative varying with the needs of the parties involved and the methods used by the mediator.  While the parties may meet face to face to discuss the issues involved, it is also possible that private caucus, physically separated from the other party, can be useful in reaching a compromise.  Private caucus in mediation can be used to send messages, clarify a position, ask questions and tender proposals, offers and counter offers to either party.  Mediation is non-binding unless both parties agree to a settlement.  

Find a mediator and/or arbitrator in your state from the following list:

Mediators, Public and Community Programs 
Steven Abrams
Mediated Solutions
2720 Airport Drive
Suite 100
Columbus, OH 43219
614/418-1784
sabrams@mediatedsolutionsohio.com
http://mediatedsolutionsohio.com


Richard Altman
NW Ohio Court Mediation Services
POB 70
660 N. Perry St.
Napoleon, OH 43545
419/592-5105
Fax: 419/599-0803
ffofnwoh@bright.net


Kathy Anderson
Licking County Domestic Relations Mediation Program
75 East Main Street
Newark, OH 43055
740/349-6944
Fax: 740/349-1485
kanderson@lcounty.com


Martha Antolik
1424 Cole Court
Vandalia, oh 45377
937/477-8924
w004mla@woh.rr.com


Marie U. Bader
Mediation Services
157 Barnwood Drive
Suite 100
Edgewood, KY 41017
859/380-2137
mubader@insightbb.com


Janice Bailey
Mahoning Valley Dispute Resolution Services
25 East Boardman Street
Youngstown, OH 45503
330/744-4244


Michelle L. Barnes
Wayne County Domestic Relations Court
107 W. Liberty Street
Wooster, OH 44691
330/287-5544
Fax: 330/265-8541
mbarnes@waynecountycourthouse.com


Vi Berlin
Accent Mediation
864 Wallwood Drive
Copley, OH 44321
330/668-9710
viberlin@aol.com


Michael Bollon
4828 Deis Hill Road NW
Dover, OH 44662
330-243-5431
mivid@tusco.net

Stephen Calardo, JD
Calardo Mediation Service
5608 Harrison Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45248-2314
513/598-5000
scalardo@fuse.net


Janice Carlson
3480 River Landings Blvd.
Hilliard, OH 43026
614/777-0605
jcarlson@columbus.k12.oh.us


Sheri Center
Finding Common Ground
2850 E. Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43209-1866
614/783-7281
findingcommonground@yahoo.com


Diane Chermely, JD
945 Windham Court Suite 3
Boardman, OH 44512
330/629-8882


Jeffrey Chernin, Psy.D.
35104 Euclid Avenue, Suite 110
Willoughby, OH 44094
440/951-9669
jlchernin@aol.com


Ohio Commission
on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management 
77 S. High Street, 24th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-6108
614/752-9595
Fax: 614/752-9682
www.disputeresolution.ohio.gov


Butler County
Domestic Relations Court
315 High Street, 2nd Floor
Hamilton, OH 45011
513/785-5372
Fax: 513/785-5337
morelandvg@butlercountyohio.org


Clermont County
Common Pleas Court Mediation Office
270 E. Main Street
Batavia, OH 45103
513/732-7126


Erie County
Family Court Juvenile Mediation
323 Columbus Avenue
Sandusky, OH 44870
419/627-7782
cperrin@erie-county-ohio.net


Fayette County
Juvenile Court Mediation
110 East Court Street, ground floor
Washington CH, OH 43160
740-333-3501
janet.morris@fayette-co-oh.com


Guernsey County
Common Pleas Court
801 Wheeling Avenue
Cambridge, OH 43725
740/432-9250


Knox County
Court of Common Pleas Mediation Service
111 East High Street
Mount Vernon, OH 43050
740/393-6817
Fax: 740/393-5096
reggiegarver@hotmail.com


Tuscarawas County
Common Pleas Court
125 East High Ave., Rm. 225
New Philadelphia, OH 44663
330/365-3269
Fax: 330/365-2717
fisher@co.tuscarawas.oh.us


Delaware County Juvenile Court
Erin Givens
88 N. Sandusky
Delaware, OH 43015
740/833-2610
egivens@co.delaware.oh.us


Donald A. Cox
Judicial Alternatives
7419 Jackson Pike
Lockbourne, OH 43137
614/875-9812
Fax: 614/875-9851
Docrio2001@yahoo.com


Gina Crawford, Ph.D.
23818 Cliff Drive
Bay Village, OH 44140
440/570-9653


James J. Cullers
920 Club drive
Mount Vernon, OH 43050
740/392-0391
Fax: 740/392-0391
jcullers@ecr.net


Barbara Culp
33 Bucklick Creek Road
Minford, OH 45653
740/820-4366


Robert Curtis
12661 Chillicothe Road
Chesterland, Oh 44026
440/382-2600
mcurtis@adelphia.net


Donna Dansker
1319 Stonemill Court
Cincinnati, OH 45215
513/821-0767
eqdansker@aol.com


Dan DeStephen
Wright State University CTL
3640 Colonel Glenn Highway
Dayton, OH 45435
937/775-2067
dan.destephen@wright.edu


Barbara Dixon
Franklin County Domestic Relations Court
373 S. High Street
3rd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-4598
614/462-4462
Fax: 614/462-3748
Barbara_Dixon@fccourts.org


Phillip E. Dunfee
1407 Morgan Bryan Drive
Newark, OH 43055
740/366-3297
Fax: 740/745-1099
pdunfee@alltel.net


Loretta Feller
U.S. EEO Commission
1660 West Second St., #850
Cleveland, OH 44113-1412
216/522-7678
Fax: 216/522-7389
loretta.feller@eeoc.gov


Theodore Fields
Montgomery County Domestic Relations Court
301 W. Third St., 2nd Floor
Dayton, OH 45422-4248
937/225-4098
fieldst@mcohio.org


Sandra Fredrick, LSW
301 W. Third Street, 2nd Floor
P.O. Box 972
Dayton, OH 45422-4248
937/225-4099
Fax: 937/225-5017
fredricks@mcohio.org


Susan French-Scaggs, JD
8180 Brecksville Road
Brecksville, OH 44141
440/717-9850
sfscaggs@cuyahogamediation.com


Marcia Garrison
2385 Willow Road
Springfield, OH 45502
937/339-7755


Paula Gluntz, Esq. , LLC
1475 Worthington Park Blvd.
Westerville, OH 43081
614/948-0816
paulagluntz@insight.rr.com


Michael Hardesty
933 High Street, #140
Worthington, OH 43085
614/880-0883
Fax: 614/436-8330
hardestym1@wamorselaw.com


Walter Harrop
203 Freer Court
Ashland, OH 44805
419/289-8344
wdharrop@goominternt.net


Debbie Heimberger
6401 Stonebridge Street
Columbus, OH 43229
614/890-3898
threecdeb@aol.com


Denise Herman McColley
Henry County Common Pleas Court
POB 70
660 N. Perry Street
Napoleon, OH 43545
419/592-5937
Fax: 419-599-0803
dmcolley@napoleonohio.net


Marie Hill
Beech Acres
6881 Beechmont Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 54230-2093
513/231-6630
mhill@beechacres.org


Carole Hinchcliff
Ohio State University Moritz Law Library
55 West 12th Avenue
Room 274A
Columbus, OH 43210
614/761-2540
Fax: 614/761-2988


Kathleen Hoenie
Family Matters Mediation Services
2227 Buckley Road
Columbus, OH 43220-4613
614/457-3177
khoenie@cs.com


Jeff Hutson
175 S. Third Street
Columbus, OH 43215
614/233-4747
jhutson@lah4law.com


Gail Ignatz-Hoover
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
354 Second Street
Elyria, OH 44035
440/323-5277
Fax: 614/323-6711
loraincountyadr@altel.net


Marie Joecken
Accord Mediation
6738 Manchester Road
Clinton, OH 44216-9434
330/882-6444
accordmed@aol.com


Anna Marie Katt
2620 Douglas Drive
Zanesville, OH 43071-0932
740/454-9842
Fax: 740/454-9842
amkatt@y-city.net


Francie Kaufman
Columbus Medical Association
431 Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215
614/240-7410
Fax: 614/240-7415
fkaufman@goodhealthcolumbus.org


Harriet Kaufman
366 Terrance Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45220
513/751-6381
hlkaufman@fuse.net


Marya C. Kolman
Franklin County Domestic Relations Court
373 S. High Street
3rd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-4598
614/462-5872
Fax: 614/462-3748
Marya_Kolman@fccourts.org


Edward Krauss
Dispute Resolution, Inc.
261 Lansing Street
Columbus, OH 43206
614/444-5872
ekek@earthlink.net


Jerry H. Lawson
Center for the Resolution of Disputes
8 West Ninth Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202-2036
513/721-4466
Fax: 513/721-3383
jlawson@cfrd.com


Beth Leger
Montgomery County Common Pleas Court
301 W. Third Street, 2nd Floor
Dayton, OH 45422-4248
937/225-5412
Fax: 937/496-7443
legerb@mcohio.org


Denise Logan
Lucas County Domestic Relations Court
429 N. Michigan Street, 4th Fl.
Toledo, OH 43624-1692
419/213-6800
Fax: 419/213-6808
dlogan@co.lucas.oh.us


Frank LoSchiavo
Ohio Unversity-Zanesville
1425 Newark Road
Zanesville, OH 43701
740/588-1522
Fax: 740/453-6161
loschiav@ohiou.edu


Beverly Lowery
6775 Meadow Creek Drive, #207
Columbus, OH 43235-7980
614/792-7681
loweryb5@aol.com


Tracy Lowery Anderson
234 Delano Avenue #12
Chillicothe, OH 45601
740/779-9736


Cheryl Lowry, Ph.D.
Conflict Management Services
1500 W. 3rd Avenue, Suite 126
Columbus, OH 43212
614/488-4540
Fax: 614/488-4530
cms@iwaynet.net


Janes Luton
131 South Prospect St., Suite 104
Marion, OH 43302-3743
740-382-6588
lutonlaw@brightdsl.net


Verna M. Jones, JD
VM Jones Enterprises LLC
POB 12073
Columbus, OH 43212
614/488-0685
Fax: 614/488-0685
v.jones@sbcglobal.net


Laurie Malone
Malone Mediation
440.582.0179  

malonemediation@cox.net

Leslie Martin
Smart Choices Mediation Service
277 S. Kellner Road
Columbus, OH 43209
614/237-9484
Fax: 614/237-9484
lesmart1@insight.rr.com


Tamara McIntosh
Private Dispute Resolution
One West Fourth Street, Suite 900
Cincinnati, OH 45202
513/281-9299
Fax: 513/381-9206
pdr@rendings.com


Terry E. McMenamin
Montgomery County Domestic Relations Court
POB 972
301 West 3rd Street, 2nd Floor
Dayton, Oh 45422-4248
937/496-7766
Fax: 937/225-5017
McMenamint@mcohio.org


Sandra Mendel Furman
One Easton Oval, Suite 500
Columbus, OH 43219
614/416-5611
smfurman205@msn.com


Robert Monnaville
163 N. Sandusky St., Suite 206
Delaware, OH 43015
740/369-8900
Fax: 740/369-8740
monnaville@rrohio.com

Marianne Morton
3079 Jetstream Drive
Columbus, OH 43231
614/899-3164
marimorti@aol.com


Findlay Municipal Court
Nancy Bachynski
PO Box 826
Findlay, OH 45839
419/424-7143


Patrick Murphy
Bonezzi Switzer Murphy & Polito LPA
526 Superior Avenue, #1400
Cleveland, OH 44114
216/875-2067
Fax: 216/875-1570
pmurphy@bsmplaw.com


Joseph Natalie
452 W. Lawndale Place
Zanesville, OH 43701-3950
740/454-0811
nataliefamily@yahoo.com


Nancy Nickey
Mediation Services of Franklin County
5616 Hensel Woods Road
Gahanna, OH 43230-1811
614/855-5233
Fax: 614/855-5233
lnickey@insight.rr.com


Thomas Oellerich, Ph.D.
7688 Angel Ridge Road
Athens, OH 45701
740/592-1467
oelleric@ohiou.edu


Belinda Ohlinger
4873 Chevy Chase Avenue
Columbus, OH 43220-2616
614/761-2540
Fax: 614/761-2988
ohlingermb@columbus,rr,com


Bobby Corley O'Keefe
500 S. Front Street
#860
Columbus, OH 43215
614/228-0061
Fax: 614/228-0087
Bcock01@aol.com


Nola J. Olinger
Montgomery County Domestic Relations Court
POB 972
301 W. 3rd Street, 2nd Floor
Dayton, OH 45422-4248
937/225-4093
Fax: 937/225-5017
Olinger.n@mcohio.org


Cris Olmstead, PCC, LSW
Montgomery County Domestic Relations Court
301 W. 3rd Street. 2nd Floor
Dayton, OH 45422-4248
937/496-6809
Fax: 937/255-5017
olmsteadc@mcohio.org


Harold Paddock
Suite 112
2600 Corporate Exchange Drive
Columbus, OH 43215
614/839-0400
Fax: 614/839-0821
harold@settlementweek.com


Joseph Palmer
Mediation Services of Ohio
536 S. Third Street
Columbus, OH 43215
614/288-5515
Fax: 614/461-0066
mediatemso@cs.com


Stephen A. Parisi
3146 Walden Ravines
Columbus, OH 43221
614/886-3385
saparisi@hotmail.com


Jay Patterson
372 Oakland Park Avenue
Columbus, Oh 43214
614/403-3825
jmpmediation@ameritech.net


Ronald E. Pedge
POB 423
Lancaster, OH 43130
740/653-2200
fairfieldmediation@earthlink.net


Roberta Peyton
373 S. High Street, 3rd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
614/462-4894
Fax: 614/462-3748
Roberta_Peyton@fccourts.org


John Polanksi, M.Ed.
Joint Court Mediation Program
25 W. Jefferson Street
Jefferson, OH 44047
440/576-3239
Fax: 440/576-4639
jepolanksi@co.ashtabula.oh.us


Steven Popp
Better Business Bureau
40 W. Fourth St., Suite 1250
Dayton, OH 45402
937/222-1534 x 2263
Fax: 937/222-3338
spopp@dayton.bbb.org


C. Eileen Pruett
Supreme Court of Ohio
65 S. State Street
Columbus, OH 3215-3431
614/387-9420
Fax: 614/387-9409
pruette@sconet.state.oh.us


Christy Radigan
4297 Gray's Market Drive
Gahanna, OH 43230
614/478-3856
cradigan@insight.rr.com


David Rose
3010 Hayden Road
Columbus, OH 43235
614/582-2469
Fax: 614/798-1935
drose@forcemail.com


Etta Royer
1160 Broadway Road
Enon, OH 45323
937/864-1833
dshelmaxi@aol.com


Vivian Russell
1504 Venice Drive
Columbus, OH 43207
614/491-5597
Fax: 614/491-3404
russellviv@aol.com


James Ryan
Attorney and Mediator
880 Rue de al Paix
Cincinnati, OH 45220
513/861-1544
Fax: 513/281-7300
jamesryan@fuse.net


Patricia Sacha, M.Ed., LPCC
541 Overlook Drive
Alliance, OH 44601
330/823-3600
Fax: 330/823-3600
oneillsacha@alliancelink.com


Nancy J. Savage
5484 Fleetwood Drive NW
Canton, OH 44718-1440
330/499-3069
Fax: 330-499-0905
n.j.savage@att.net


Kathleen A. Scali
5587 Lansbury Lane
Lyndhurst, OH 44124
440/995-1719
Fax: 440/995-1729
KSCALI@adelphia.net


Susan Shostak
248 Pearl Avenue North
Lancaster, OH 43130
740/681-1031
Fax: 740/689-3831
shostak@ohiohills.com


Mary Shumard, LSW, CCDCI, FSICPP
Dr. Douglas Reed and Associates
8859 Cincinnati-Dayton Road
Suite 201
West Chester, OH 45069
513/779-7400
Fax: 513/779-7426


Victoria Solomon
Consensus. LLC
6747 Morello Place
Westerville, OH 43082
614/783-1811
vsolomon@earthlink.com


Roger Sorey
Butler County Common Pleas Court Domestic Relations Division
315 High Street, 2nd Floor
Hamilton, OH 45011
513/887-3795
Fax: 513/785-5337
soreylaw@sbcglobal.net


Leslie Swift, Ph.D.
7654 Montgomery Road
Cincinnati, OH 45236
513/791-8849
Fax: 513/791-8873
1bswift@cinci.rr.com


Sharon Travis Bell
2460 Winterstreen Run Road
Blue Creek, OH 45616-9601
937/544-4141
cricket544@earthlink.net


Edward Turner
State Employment Relations Board
65 E. State Street
12th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
614/644-8716
Fax: 614/466-3074
eturner@serb.state.oh.us


Marie Umholtz
Lake County Domestic Relations Court
47 N. Park Place, POB 490
Painesville, OH 44077-0490
440/350-2708
Fax: 440/350-2717
mumholtz@lakecountyohio.org


Lucretia Van Niel
VN Consulting Inc.
118 St. Julien Street
Worthington, OH 43085
614/436-5442
Fax: 614/436-8588
specon@netset.com


Barbara Ann Venesy
2741 Foxwood Drive
Akron, Oh 44333-2751
330/864-6060
Fax: 614/436-8588
bavenesy@att.net


Crime Victim Services
David Voth, Executive Director
116 W. North Street
Lima, OH 45801
419/222-8666
victim@wcoil.com


David Wade Peck
Barron, Peck & Bennie, LPA
1400 Fourth & Vine Tower
One West Fourth Street 
Cincinnati, OH 45202
513/721-1350
Fax: 513/721-8311
dwp@bpbattorneys.com


Anne Wakefield
POB 30186
Cincinnati, OH 45230
513/624-6941
Fax: 513/523-3022
mediationworks11@aol.com


Diane Welborn
The Ombudsman's Office
15 E. Fourth Street, Suite 208
Dayton, OH 45402
937/223-4613
Fax: 937/228-1183
welborn@dayton-ombudsman.org


Odella Welch
560 Woodlake Drive
Westerville, OH 43081
614/523-3022
Fax: 614/523-3022
wot560@aolc.om


Faye Wenzlick
Better Business Bureau
3103 Executive Parkway, #200
Toledo, OH 43606
419/578-6000
faye@toledobbb.org


Sheley Whalen
Community Mediation Services of Central Ohio
67 Jefferson Street
Columbus, OH 43215
614/228-7191
Fax: 614/228-7213
swhalen@communitymediation.com


Terrence T. Wheeler
Artz & Dewhirst, LLP
560 E. Town Street
Columbus, Oh 43215
614/221-0944
Fax: 614/221-2340
twheeler@adllp.com


Kenneth Wildman
Positive Negotiations
419 N. Johnson Street
Ada, Oh 45810
410/230-2563
k-wildman@onu.edu


Linda Wilkins, Esq.
2680 Southridge Drive
Columbus, OH 43224
614/447-7050
lindawbesq@aol.com


Stephen Williams
Harmony Consulting
237 Maple Street
Brookville, OH 45309-1710
937/833-6588
Fax: 937/833-6588
mediate@woh.rr.com


Elizabeth Winner, LPCC
1248 Nilles, #8
Fairfield, OH 45014
513/249-0015
Fax: 513/829-2830


Joy Wish
4406 County Road 55
Bellefountaine, OH 43311
937/592-8801
jwish@bright.net


Robert Wistner, JD
5650 Blazer Parkway, Suite 100
Dublin, OH 43017
614/734-8354
Fax: 614/717-9586
rnwistner@eopoffice.com


Lou Ann Wood
AAL Mediation Services
6726 Main Street
Newtown, OH 45244
513/271-2223
woodcandl@aol.com


Mark Yajko. Esq.
Lighthouse Mediation & Consulting Service 
48938 Calcutta Smithferry Rd.
East Liverpool, OH 43920
330/386-3640
Fax: 330/385-4087
myajko@fhylaw.com