Todd B. Kotler

Since 1999 I have labored to establish divorce settlements that are firm but fair and parenting-time schedules that work. Relocating and long-distance parenting plans. I resolve high-conflict situations, protective orders, and deal with parental alienation. I also have litigated a number of high value cases in both Summit and Stark Counties.

My firm also has handled a great number of high value transactions involving mineral rights, land leases and easements with energy companies. We have done joint ventures, partnerships, S corporations, LLCs, commercial and industrial developments, condominium developments or conversions and office building sales and purchases. Likewise, I have drafted construction contracts, lease negotiation and preparations, loan workouts and foreclosures as well as sale and purchase contracts.

Notably, I am among a handful of Ohio Attorneys who practice special education law. My focus in this area is on the parents of special needs children. I aid them in ensuring that these children receive the free and appropriate public education (FAPE) that each child is guaranteed under state and federal law.

University of Akron School of Law

J.D. (1998) | Law

1994 - 1998

Honors: Abramson Scholarship

Partner

Arnold, Gruber, & Haren, Ltd.

2014 - Current

Owner - Attorney

Todd Kotler, Attorney at Law

1999 - 2014

ETHICS FOR OHIO TITLE INSURANCE AGENTS AND ATTORNEYS

Stark County Bar Association

November 1, 2017

PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

National Business Institute

2016

Ohio Special Education Law - Course Materials

National Business Institute

June, 2015

UNRAVELING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT (IDEA)

National Business Institute

2013

E-Commerce; The Tidal Wave of Change

Akron Bar Association, Examiner

2000

ETHICS FOR OHIO TITLE INSURANCE AGENTS AND ATTORNEYS, Real Estate Seminar, Canton, Ohio

November 1, 2017

Stark County Bar Association

https://www.nbi-sems.com/ProductDetails/Ohio-Special-Education-Law/Course-Book/75791CDR?N=0&searchTerm=kotler

UNRAVELING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT ACT (IDEIA), Ohio Special Education Law, Youngstown, Ohio

June 8, 2017

National Business Institute

https://www.nbi-sems.com/ProductDetails/Ohio-Special-Education-Law/Course-Book/75791CDR?N=0&searchTerm=kotler

Ethics and Technology - Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Net, Legal Technology Seminar, Independence, Ohio

December 19, 2015

National Business Institute

Safety Disclosures and State and Federal Record Keeping Laws, School Safety Law, Fairlawn, Ohio

November 6, 2014

National Business Institute

Establishing the Framework of Special Education Law 2013, Fairlawn, Ohio

August 21, 2013

National Business Institute

Domestic Relations Mediator

Supreme Court of Ohio Judicial College Training

2022

Class of 2022 OSBF Fellow

Ohio State Bar Foundation

2022

The Ohio State Bar Foundation Fellows are an elite group of attorneys who volunteer their time, talent, and treasure to advance the law and build a better justice system through community service efforts and philanthropic gifts to the Foundation.

Ohio State Bar

Member

Current

Stark County Bar Association

member

2014 - Current

Activities: Member of Family Law, Real Estate and Community Relations Committees. Co-chaired 2017 Real Estate Law Seminar

Ohio

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Q. Why wouldn't settlement go to living widow after my father's passing?

March 10, 2025

A: The actual answer is within Ohio's Statute of Descent and Distribution R.C. 2105.06 (C) states that if the person dies the property passes as follows:

"If there is a spouse and one child of the decedent or the child's lineal descendants surviving and the surviving spouse is not the natural or adoptive parent of the decedent's child, the first twenty thousand dollars plus one-half of the balance of the intestate estate to the spouse and the remainder to the child or the child's lineal descendants, per stirpes" so your mom gets 20K plus one-half. The children from the other relationship get the other half (minus the 20k your mom gets off the top. The policy underlying this statute supposes you will inherit from your mother eventually. This is a sad lesson on why EVERYONE needs an estate plan. ... Read More

Q. Is a recording of a child admissible in Ohio custody court?

March 9, 2025

A: I believe you should listen to your attorney. I would be highly offended if one of my clients were trying to crowdsource a second opinion. Trying to use a recording of a child in court is highly inadvisable. It never sounds the way to a judge the way a client thinks it will. At the most i might have a guardian ad litem listen to it. Again, i must stress that your attorney knows the details of this case far better than anyone in this forum.

Q. My house is contingent on me finding a house. We have made an offer on a house and they accepted.

April 18, 2024

A: Well it sounds like this might be the case, there's really no substitute by for investing in the time of an attorney to actually review the language of the agreement about what you're talking. It's the contract for sale of the home and your agreement with the realtor that's going to control. You need to look at the language in the agreement.