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Tonya VanBenschoten

Direct: 513-448-4099

Fax: 216-763-0494

Email: tonya@shurlaw.com

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Assistant/Paralegal: Tiffany Wendt

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EXPERIENCE:

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Tonya handles all aspects of family law- divorce, dissolution, separation, custody and support.  

 

She has extensive experience with each element from negotiations to litigation.  

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Tonya has completed the training for and has been on the appointment list as a guardian ad litem in Hamilton and Clermont Counties.  She has over sixty hours of training in mediation services, with an emphasis on family/divorce law.

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In addition to family law, Tonya provides estate planning services and represents individuals seeking Chapter 7 bankruptcy relief.

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MILITARY:

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Tonya has been a member of the Kentucky National Guard since 2001.  For the first seven years she worked as a military police officer, including a deployment to Baghdad, Iraq where she was awarded several medals including a Purple Heart.  

 

In 2008, she commissioned as a Signal Officer and spent the next seven years in service to the 149th Brigade as a platoon leader, executive officer, and company commander.  

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Tonya is currently a Judge Advocate, serving as trial counsel for the Kentucky National Guard.

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PERSONAL:

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Tonya is married and lives in Northern Kentucky with their six children.

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PRACTICE AREAS:

  • Family Law

  • Estate Planning

  • Bankruptcy

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EDUCATION

  • B.A., Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green, KY), 2006.

  • J.D., Salmon P. Chase College of Law (Highland Heights, KY), 2011.

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MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Ohio Bar Association

  • Cincinnati Bar Association, Domestic Relations Committee

  • Clermont County Bar Association

  • National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys

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ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

  • State of Ohio

  • State of Kentucky

  • United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio

 

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