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Andrew A. Zashin OSBA Certified Specialist in Family Law

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Andrew A. Zashin

Commendations

Chambers and Partners, The Chambers HNW 2020 Guide, Ranked Band 1, Family/Matrimonial: High Net Worth

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Fellow

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

International Academy of Family Lawyers, Fellow

International Academy of Family Lawyers
  • USA Chapter Delegate, USA
  • Member, The Hague Committee
  • Member, Artificial Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) Committee

OSBA Certified Specialist in Family Relations Law

OSBA Certified Specialist in Family Law

AV Preeminent Rated
through Martindale-Hubbell

AV Preeminent Rated Attorney<br> through Martindale-Hubbell

Best Lawyers (2006 – 2021)

Best Lawyers

2013 Lawyer of the Year (Family Law – Cleveland)

Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year

Super Lawyers (2004 – 2019)

Ohio Super Lawyers Top 100 List (2018 – Present, 2015, 2007)

Top 50 Super Lawyers in Cleveland (2019 – Present, 2015, 2007)

Super Lawyers

Recognition of Service
Outstanding Dedication of Service as Adjunct Faculty Member for 15 Years (2018)
Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Elected Member, Society of Benchers
(Career achievement, 2010)
Case Western Reserve University School of Law

40 Under 40 Crain's Cleveland Business (2006)

Distinguished Recent Graduate
(10 years post-graduation, 2003)
Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Memberships

  • Cuyahoga County Bar Association
    (Former Family Law Section Chairman)
  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
  • Ohio State Bar Association
  • American Bar Association

Community Service / Pro-Bono

  • Case Western Reserve University School of Law
    2018, 25th Reunion Advisory Committee
    2018 Endowed, Zashin & Rich Employment Law Prize
    2005 – Present Endowed, Zashin & Rich Family Law Prize
  • 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
  • Lake View Cemetery Foundation, Trustee
    Site of the James A. Garfield Presidential Memorial
    • “A Run Through History” Fundraiser
      Organizing and Planning Committee Member and Sponsor, Lake View Cemetery Foundation, October 2017

Andrew A. Zashin

About Andrew

Andrew Zashin works extensively in all facets of domestic relations law including divorce, dissolution, child custody, support issues, marital settlement agreements, and equitable property divisions. In his distinguished career, Andrew has received numerous accolades for his capabilities and effective representation of his clients. Andrew has been named a Fellow of both the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Worth Magazine (Robb Report) named Andrew to its list of the "Top 100" attorneys in the nation. Andrew is named in the elite lawyers rating guide, "Best Lawyers in America," and was designated Lawyer of the Year for Family Law in Cleveland.

Chambers and Partners (“Chambers”) the most prestigious global legal ranking resource in the world, ranked Andrew “Band 1” in the category of Family/Matrimonial law, its highest ranking. The Chambers review states Andrew “has got a fantastic reputation for doing things well and quietly...He has extensive and varied experience in family and matrimonial matters and regularly advises high net worth clients on complex divorce and custody matters. "I would definitely consider him as one of the major players. He is known for getting a lot of big cases," observes an interviewee, who adds: "I love working with him. He has high net worth cases, he's a creative thinker, he's very bright and he's well respected."

Martindale-Hubbell, a well-known national lawyer rating guide, has awarded Andrew its highest rating. This rating is reserved for lawyers who have "reached the heights of professional excellence" and "the highest levels of skill and integrity."

With respect to financial issues of divorce litigation, Andrew practices in the following areas:

  • evaluating and dividing business and partnerships interests;
  • crafting complex property settlements;
  • drafting long and short term spousal support arrangements;
  • accounting for the misappropriation and hiding of marital assets;
  • enforcing and challenging pre-nuptial contracts; and
  • vacating divorce entries on the basis of fraud and non-disclosure of assets.

In connection with child custody matters, Andrew is experienced with the following:

  • allocating parental rights and responsibilities;
  • representing parents in custody disputes between states and countries;
  • drafting shared parenting plans and visitation schedules;
  • advising and litigating issues covering parental relocation;
  • computing complex child support calculations;
  • litigating domestic violence and sexual abuse issues; and
  • analyzing and utilizing psychological expert testimony concerning the "best interests of the child"

Aside from representing parents with custody matters inside of Ohio, Andrew has a wealth of experience working beyond the boundaries of Ohio. Child custody cases are complicated by an alphabet soup of laws and treaties that make already difficult situations more difficult. Andrew and the team of domestic relations lawyers at Zashin & Rich have experience dealing with national laws like the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act, and others related to child custody matters between the states.

Andrew is experienced in handling international child custody matters. Andrew and the domestic relations lawyers at Zashin & Rich have represented parents in the United States and overseas in relation to the implementation and enforcement of The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

The lawyers at Zashin & Rich have represented clients at every level of state courts and every level of Federal courts, including, notably, the United States Supreme Court.

Andrew is an Adjunct Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He has, and continues to teach every year varied family law courses from the most basic, advanced and international offerings. Andrew has published numerous academic, trade and lay articles regarding family law topics and regularly presents and lectures on family law related topics. He is regularly sought as a legal commentator and analyst for regional and national media. He has been quoted in or made appearances on the The Today Show, CNN, The Anderson Cooper Show, MSNBC, National Public Radio (NPR "The Here and Now") the New York Times, Associated Press, and many others.

Contact Andrew (aaz@zrlaw.com) at 216.696.4441 | Print Profile

“To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.”

– Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Education

  • Case Western Reserve University School of Law
    J.D., Case Western Reserve Law Review Editor, 1993
  • Brown University
    A.B., History, 1990

Admissions

  • State: Ohio
  • State: Florida
  • State: New York
  • State: Washington D.C.
  • Federal: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • Federal: U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
  • Federal: U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
  • Federal: The Supreme Court of the United States

Appointments

  • CLE National Planning Committee
    American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
    Annual National Convention, Chicago, Illinois, November, 2018
  • Adjunct Professor of International Law
    Cox International Law Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 2017–2018
  • Adjunct Professor
    Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Since 2003
  • Family Law Mediator / Arbitrator
    American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
    Advanced Mediator Training, AAML 2017
  • Governor, United States Delegate
    International Academy of Family Lawyers Annual Meeting
    Reykjavík, Iceland September, 2017

Press / Media

Representative Cases

  • Monasky v. Taglieri, 589 US____2020
  • Monasky v. Taglieri, U.S., No. 18-935, certiorari granted June 10, 2019.
  • Taglieri v. Monasky, 907 F.3d 404 (6th Cir. 2018) (en banc), cert. pending, No. 18-935 (U.S. Jan. 18, 2019).
  • 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.)
  • Expert Witness “In Re: the matter of ‘M’”, Interpretation of Ohio Revised Code, Court of Appeals, Tel Aviv, Israel, September, 2017.
  • Taglieri v. Monasky, No. 16-4128, (6th Cir. argued May 3, 2017).
  • Taglieri v. Monasky, No. 16A557, (U.S. dismissed December 9, 2016). Motion to Stay Denied by Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan.
  • Taglieri v. Monasky, No. 1:15-CV-00947, 2016 WL 8135530, (N.D. Ohio Jan. 25, 2016).
  • 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)
  • France v. France, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 95629, 2011-Ohio-2402 (The famous “Facebook Bigamist” Case / appeal involving interstate child custody and UCCJEA questions)
  • Dobos v. Dobos, 2009 U.S. Dist. Lexis 127474 (S.D. Ohio W.D.)(Interpretation of Grave Risk of Harm under 1980 Hague Convention)
  • Rosen v. Celebrezze, 117 Ohio St.3d 241, 2008-Ohio-853 (Ohio Supreme Court matter involving child custody jurisdiction between states)
  • 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”)
  • 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)
  • 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)

Publications

Representative Lectures / Presentations

  • Presenter, Habitual Residence in North America, International Academy of Family Lawyers, USA-Canada Chapter, 2020 Joint Webinar, August 28, 2020
  • Presenter, Planning for every eventuality: Protecting your children from their future spouses, International Bar Association's 24th International Private Client Conference at Claridge’s, London, United Kingdom, March 5, 2019
  • Presenter, Attacking and Defending Prenuptial Agreements, “What Every Practitioner Needs To Know,” a collaboration between the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, February 18, 2019
  • Panelist, Learn From Lawyers, Case Western Reserve University, October 26, 2018
  • Presenter, Sixth Circuit Court En Banc Addresses Habitual Residence Under The Hague Convention, American Academy of Matrimonial Law Ohio Chapter, Harold Kemp Annual Columbus Day Seminar, Columbus, Ohio, October 8, 2018
  • Co-Presenter, U.S. Justice System – Protecting Women and Children, U.S. Department of State-sponsored delegation through the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), August 6, 2018
  • Featured Lecturer, Hiding in plain sight: The International Family Law Issues Lawyers and Judges Miss, Cox International Law Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, February 20, 2018
  • Co-Presenter, Abducted Children Caught in the Ohio Judicial System: New Precedent and New Ways of Thinking about Child Custody Jurisdiction, Judicial Conference of the Eighth Judicial District of Ohio, May 8, 2015
  • Presenter, Should I Stay or Should I Go?  Assessing Relocation Issues, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, November 2014
  • Filling the Gaps with Public Policy: The Application of the Hague Convention Protocol in US Courts in the Absence of a Co-Signing State, article abstract presentation, International Society of Family Law, Regional Conference in Israel, Hod HaSharon, Israel, January 2014
  • New Trends in Alternative Dispute Resolution in the United States, Israel Bar Association, Conference on Alternative Dispute Resolution, Eilat, Israel, April 2013
  • The Enforcement of Religious Agreements in the Family Law Setting, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Florida Chapter, 34th Annual Family Law Symposium, Orlando, Florida, May 2012
  • Co-Presenter, Culture, Religion and Divorce, American Academy Matrimonial Lawyers, Ohio Chapter, 23rd Annual Family Law Symposium, Columbus, Ohio, October 2011
  • Lecturer, New Lawyer Training Seminar: “The 10 Commandments of Domestic Relations Law.” Cuyahoga County Bar Association. Cleveland, Ohio, January 6, 2004
  • Lecturer, Advanced Family Law Symposium: “Estate Planning for Tax Purposes and its Impact on a Subsequent Divorce.” Cleveland Bar Association. Cleveland, Ohio, November 3, 2004
  • Moderator, Improving Public Trust Forum. Ohio Judicial Conference. Columbus, Ohio, January 16, 2002