Ms. Helfman's is a partner in the Cleveland office of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP. She concentrates her practice in the area of family law. Ms. Helfman's experience includes both analysis and litigation of complex business valuation issues, treatment of retirement assets in divorce, tax considerations involved in the payment and receipt of spousal support, and custody issues. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and her law degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Ms. Helfman is a Fellow of the prestigious American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and currently serves as president of the Ohio Chapter. She also serves as a trustee of The Center for Principled Family Advocacy. Ms. Helfman is certified through the Ohio State Bar Association as a Family Law Specialist and has been accepted as a life member of the National Registry of Who's Who. She was selected as a Leading Lawyer by Inside Business in the December 2004, 2005 and 2007. editions. Ms. Helfman was selected as a Super Lawyer in the January 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions of Cincinnati Magazine, and was named as one of Ohio's Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in 2005 and 2006. She is a member of the firm's Professional Women's Resource Group (PWRG)