Maria E. Quinn has over 25 years of experience in estate planning for individuals and families. Plans range from the modest in size to the very large and sophisticated.  She has extensive experience in trust preparation, guardianships, probate, estate and trust administration, elder law and charitable planned giving. 

Ms. Quinn has successfully developed a multi-disciplinary team approach to estate and family business counseling, working with individual clients and business owners and their financial, insurance, and accounting advisors to formulate the “right” plan for their estate and business succession.

She is experienced in the organization and governance of non-profit institutions and counsels both the institution and the individual in choosing the appropriate charitable gift giving techniques. She serves as Trustee, Board Member and legal consultant for area non-profit organizations and currently serves as Trustee for two family foundations.

PROFESSIONAL:

  • Admitted to Ohio Bar, 1979; U.S. Supreme Court, 1992
  • Private Practice, 1979-1993; Maria E. Quinn Co., L.P.A. 2004 – present
  • Partner with Roetzel & Andress  2002 – 2004
  • Partner with Hahn Loeser + Parks LLP 1996 - 2001; Co-Chair of the Firm’s Non-Profit Institutions and Family Business Succession Areas.  Of Counsel with the firm, 1993-1996
  • Assistant Director of Law, City of Euclid, 1980-1987
  • Trustee:  Lake County Bar Foundation
  • Member:  American Bar and Lake County Bar Association; Estate Planning Council Of Cleveland
  • Martindale-Hubbell rating = AV (highest rating)
  • Athena Award Finalist 2007
  • Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Professional of the Year 2009 for Law

EDUCATION:

  • Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, J.D. (1979)
  • Lake Erie College, B.S., Accounting and Finance (cum laude) (1976)

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:

  • Board President: Cuyahoga County Chapter of the American Cancer Society (2004 – 2006), and current Trustee
  • Advisory Board Member:  The Cleveland Foundation, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, University Hospital , Diamond Advisory Board, and The Red Cross
  • Honorary Trustee:  Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Alumni
  • Trustee:  Lake County Bar Foundation
  • Founding member: Leave a Legacy, Cuyahoga and Summit Counties

PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

Maria has been a guest on both area television and radio talk shows. She has been published or quoted in Money Magazine, the Cleveland Bar Journal, the Plain Dealer, Cleveland Magazine, Northern Ohio Live, Crain’s Cleveland Business and LaGazzetta Newspaper. She has been profiled in Cleveland Magazine’s Inside Business as one of Northern Ohio’s top Estate and Trust Attorneys (December, 2001-2008).

areas of practice

estate planning

  • wills
  • trusts
  • financial powers of attorney
  • healthcare documents

business succession planning

charitable gift planning

guardianships

probate

estate and trust administration

elder law
Maria E. Quinn
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