Bonnie concentrates on estate planning, from basic wills and trusts to more complicated techniques, including generation skipping transfer tax planning, GRATS, charitable trusts, family foundations and family partnerships. She has experience in business succession planning, fiduciary and personal income tax returns, estate and gift tax returns, personal real estate transactions, prenuptial agreements, and probate and estate administration.

Bar Admissions

Ohio

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Education

• University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D., 1989)
  • Order of the Coif
  • Law Review, lead articles chair
• University of Kansas (M.B.A., 1974)
  • Business
• Western Maryland College, now known as McDaniel College (B.S., 1972)
  • Honors in Mathematics
  • Mathematics-Education

• Peer Review Rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell
• Best Lawyers^© 
  • "Lawyer of the Year" in Cincinnati for Litigation - Trusts and Estates (2017)
  • "Lawyer of the Year" in Cincinnati for Trusts and Estates (2020)
  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates (2021-2022)
• Ohio Super Lawyers^® 

• Cincinnati Bar Association
  • Estate Planning Committee, former chair 
  • Elder Law Committee 
  • Corporate Committee
  • Taxation Committee
• Ohio State Bar Association
• University of Cincinnati Foundation, Planned Giving sub-committee
• Cincinnati Bar Foundation, trustee
• Planned Giving Committee of University of Cincinnati Foundation
• Planned Giving Committee of FreestoreFoodbank
• Planned Giving Committee of CET