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:
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Family Law
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Estate Planning
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Bankruptcy
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EDUCATION
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B.A., Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green, KY), 2006.
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J.D., Salmon P. Chase College of Law (Highland Heights, KY), 2011.
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MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
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Ohio Bar Association
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Cincinnati Bar Association, Domestic Relations Committee
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Clermont County Bar Association
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National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
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ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
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State of Ohio
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State of Kentucky
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United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio
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