MARIE MIRRO EDMONDS is an attorney in Medina who focuses her practice in the estate planning and elder law areas. She has been certified by the Ohio State Bar Association as a specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, which makes her one of a small group of attorneys in Ohio to have earned this distinction.

She has been practicing in Medina since 1989, and was with a small firm in Cleveland for nine years prior to that. She received her law degree from Case Western Reserve Law School and her undergraduate degree from St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana. Marie is a founding member of the National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys, a member of WealthCounsel (a national organization of estate planning attorneys), and also of the Ohio and Medina County Bar Associations’ Probate and Trust Law Sections, and the Medina County Estate Planning Council. She is a contributing author to several estate planning books such as LEGACY: Plan, Protect and Preserve Your Estate, GENERATIONS: Planning Your Legacy, and GIVING: Philanthropy for Everyone.

Marie serves and has served on numerous non-profit boards of directors. She is a frequent speaker at both public and private programs, speaking on estate planning, charitable and business planning, and varied issues of elder law. Marie also has a regular column in the Medina County senior newspaper, “Helping Hands.”

The mission of Marie’s firm is to provide exceptional counseling and service to her clients. She spends time inquiring about family dynamics and listening to her clients’ concerns. She strives to explain difficult concepts in understandable terms and makes herself accessible to answer questions. She believes in the value of a premium estate plan to accomplish appropriate personal goals for her clients and their loved ones.

ANN E. SALEK is an attorney in Medina focusing her practice in estate planning, estate administration, and elder law areas. She earned her undergraduate degree from Allegheny College in Pennsylvania, worked for LTV Steel for two years in Cleveland and then completed law school at the Cleveland Marshall College of Law. She graduated Cum Laude from law school and finished in the top 10% of her class. She then practiced law for approximately five years in downtown Cleveland with the law firm of Cavitch, Familo, Durkin & Frutkin.

Ann took a brief respite from practicing law while having children and returned to practice law in Medina, where she resides with her family. She is a member of the Ohio State Bar Associations’ Probate and Trust Law Section, the Medina County Bar Associations’ Probate and Trust Law Section, as well as the Medina County Estate Planning Council. She has been involved in the Medina community serving for three years as Treasurer on the board of the Medina Preschool PTA. She was a founding member of the Stewardship Council and has chaired the Gift Card Program for the past 4 years at the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church.