Attorney Profiles

Legal matters can have a profound effect on your life and lifestyle, which makes partner Fred Goeddel's mastery of family law so important for his clients.

Decisions that are made in family law affect a person's future, your attitude toward the future, your career and your relationships to your children all of which encompass the most important things we have in life, he explains.

Mr. Goeddel, a member of the Cincinnati and Ohio State Bar Associations, practices at Drew & Ward in family law, including divorces, dissolutions, property division, support and alimony issues, custody and visitation matters. He is a trained Collaborative Lawyer and also offers mediation services.

In addition, he practices in estate planning, probate law, business formation and general civil litigation, especially personal injury matters.

He was admitted to the bar in Ohio in 1973 and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio in 1985, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Goeddel graduated from Denison University (B.A., 1970) and the University of Cincinnati (J.D., 1973). Mr. Goeddel has been named an Ohio Super Lawyers in Family Law in 2004 - 2008. This list is published by Cincinnati Magazine, and is based on a survey of more than 33,000 Ohio lawyers who voted for the best of the profession they had observed in action.

Mr. Goeddel is the former mayor of the city of Wyoming, Ohio and also was a Wyoming City Councilman. A native of Cincinnati, he and his wife have two sons, and he enjoys golf, Great Lakes fishing and woodworking. He has also recetly completed his sixth year on the Executive Committee of the Wyoming Youth Services Bureau, dedicated to helping families and children.

To best serve his clients, Mr. Goeddel pinpoints the strengths and weaknesses of their position and helps them objectively evaluate their particular situation and the crucial issues that their case presents. I want to give straightforward, honest and ethical advice so my client may make reasonable and appropriate decisions in personal and business affairs, he states.

"I have written some helpful information on various key family law issues and topics including: Divorce vs. Dissolution, Child Support, Spousal Support/Alimony, Collaborative Family Law, and Legal Fees. I hope you find them useful."