Sharon A. Skirbunt (Member), born in Cleveland, Ohio, March 22, 1954; admitted to Ohio Bar, 1986. Education: Kent State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1975); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1986). Sharon was one of the first in Ohio to receive certification in Mediation, having been certified by the Academy of Family Mediators in 1992 as a Business, Family and Divorce Mediator. Sharon has been published in the "Probate Law Journal of Ohio," with her article, The Perils of Estate Planning and Divorce, which deals with the interaction between divorce and estate planning considerations. Sharon is also a Contributing Author: "Modification of Parental Rights and Responsibilities," Chapter 16,Banks Baldwin, Ohio Domestic Relations Law; "Custody" and "Litigating the Enforceability of Pre-Marital Agreements," Chapters 1 and 2, Family Law Litigation in Ohio. Sharon has also lectured extensively to both attorneys and non-attorneys: "Drafting and Enforcing Pre-Marital Agreements," former Cuyahoga County Bar Association, Domestic Relations Trial Advocacy Institute; "Domestic Relations Litigation," National Business Institute; "Estate Planning for Qualified Retirement Plans," former Cleveland Bar Association, Estate Planning and Probate Section; "Understanding the Estate Planning Process," Northeast Ohio Elder Law Program, Inc., Lake County Council on Aging, Lakeland Community College, Merrill Lynch; "Understanding the Divorce Process," Dean Witter. Sharon is an Inaugural Member of the Center for Principled Family Advocacy. She is also a Member of: Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (Estate Planning and Probate Section, Family Law Section); former Cuyahoga County Bar Association (Chair, Family Law Section, 1994); Ohio State and American Bar Associations (Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section). Practice Areas: Family Law; Estate Planning; Premarital Agreements; Appellate Practice; Mediation and other Alternative Dispute Resolution Processes.