Email: ebuck@centralohioattorneys.com
Practice:
Suite 110
Columbus, Ohio 43221
Elaine Buck
– Attorney
For many years, I have worked with families seeking out-of-court resolution of divorce, marital property, and/or parenting issues to preserve family relationships, emotional health, and children’s well-being. Through collaborative practice and mediation, spouses and parents can find the support and guidance to control their legal outcomes in the manner that is best for their family and circumstances. My confidence in the power of collaborative practice is based upon my personal experience over the years in achieving many successful outcomes for families.
Elaine Buck is certified by the Ohio State Bar Association as a family relations law specialist. She is highly trained in various forms of alternative dispute resolution including collaborative practice, mediation and co-resolution. Elaine also provides representation in adoption/surrogacy and probate. Elaine served on the Ohio Supreme Court’s Sub-committee on Collaborative Law that drafted the Ohio Collaborative Family Law Act. She qualifies as a collaborative practice trainer pursuant to the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals. Elaine is co-founder and annual co-trainer since 2015 for the Central Ohio Academy of Collaborative Divorce Professionals’ basic training for attorneys, financial experts and mental health professionals in Collaborative Practice. She has presented on Collaborative Practice to such groups and organizations as: the Ohio House Judiciary Committee, the Ohio Supreme Court conference, Ohio State Bar Association, Columbus Bar Association, Capital University Law School, and Ohio Council of School Board Attorneys.
- Ohio State University College of Law, J.D.
- OSBA Certified Family Law Specialist
- Certified Mediator, General & Divorce, and Co-resolution
- President, Collaborative Family Law Council of Central Ohio
- Member, International Association of Collaborative Professionals
- Board Chairman, Northwest Counseling Services
- Ohio State Bar Association (1981-present)
- Columbus Bar Association, Family and Probate Law Committees
- Presenter, Family Law Issues, Ohio Council of School Board Attorneys
- Facilitator, Center for New Directions, Divorce and Dissolution Sessions
- Lecturer, Capital University Law School, General Law Class
- Central Ohio Academy of Collaborative Divorce Professionals
- International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
- Ohio Bar Association
- Columbus Bar Association
- Ohio Super Lawyer
- Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
- Center for New Directions Service Award Recipient
- Ohio State Bar Foundation Fellow, Class of 2000
- Jan 23 & 24, 2019, COACDP Introductory Interdisciplinary Training
- Nov 1, 2018, Ethics Matters in Collaborative Law Training (OSBA)
- Mar 13, 2018, Collaborative Law: Resolving the Most Difficult Cases the Collaborative Way (Ohio Supreme Court)
- Jan 25 & 26, 2018, COACDP Introductory Interdisciplinary Training
- Apr 27, 2017, Resolving Tough Cases Through Collaborative Practice (CBA)
- Jan 26 & 27, 2017, COACDP Introductory Interdisciplinary Training
- Jan 28 & 29, 2016, COACDP Introductory Interdisciplinary Training
- Nov 5-7, 2015, Does Collaborative Practice Effectively Address Family Conflict? (AFCC)
- Oct 14, 2015, Collaborative Family Law: The Power of the Model (OSBA)
- Jan 29 & 30, 2015, COACDP Introductory Interdisciplinary Training
- Sept 10, 2014, Understanding Collaborative Family Law (OSBA)
- Oct 23, 2013, Child Custody and Support (OSBA)
- Sept 12 & 13, 2013, Understanding the Ohio Collaborative Family Law Act (OSBA)
- Nov 27, 2012, Senate Judiciary Committee, H.B. 461 Proponent Testimony
- May 8, 2012, House Judiciary and Ethics Committee, H.B. 461 Proponent Testimony
- Oct 21, 2010, Introduction to Domestic Relations Practice (OSBA)
- July 21, 2010, Building A Successful Law Practice (OSBA)
- Feb 2, 2009, Introduction to Collaborative Law (Capital University Law School)
- May 16, 2006, Post-Secondary Education in the Context of Divorce (Columbus Bar Association)
- Sept 24, 2003, Alternative Dispute Resolution of Family Law Issues (OSBA)
- June 2, 2002, Overview of Collaborative Family Law in Ohio (OSBA)
- Upper Arlington Community Foundation Board of Trustees
- Northwest Counseling Chair of Board of Trustees
- Area Chairman, Brown Alumni Schools Committees
- Upper Arlington Education Fund, Founding Board of Trustees
- Brown University Alumni Schools Committee, Area Chair