Tonya VanBenschoten

EXPERIENCE:
Tonya handles all aspects of family law- divorce, dissolution, separation, custody and support.
She has extensive experience with each element from negotiations to litigation. Tonya has completed the training for and has been a guardian ad litem for Hamilton and Clermont Counties. She has over sixty hours of training in mediation services, with an emphasis on family/divorce law.
In addition to family law, Tonya provides estate planning services and represents individuals seeking Chapter 7 bankruptcy relief.

MILITARY:
Tonya has been a member of the Kentucky National Guard since 2001. For the first seven years she worked as a military police officer, including a deployment to Baghdad, Iraq where she was awarded several medals including a Purple Heart.

In 2008, she commissioned as a Signal Officer and spent the next seven years in service to the 149th Brigade as a platoon leader, executive officer, and company commander.

Tonya is currently a Judge Advocate, serving as the Cyber Law Chief.

PERSONAL:
Tonya is married and lives in Northern Kentucky with their six children.

PRACTICE AREAS:
Family Law
Estate Planning
Bankruptcy

EDUCATION
B.A., Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green, KY), 2006.
J.D., Salmon P. Chase College of Law (Highland Heights, KY), 2011.

MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
Ohio Bar Association
Cincinnati Bar Association, Domestic Relations Committee
Clermont County Bar Association
National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
State of Ohio
State of Kentucky
United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio

Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University

J.D. (2011) | Law

2007 - 2011

Western Kentucky University

B.A. (2006) | Sociology, Psychology, Criminology

2001 - 2006

Judge Advocate

US Army

2016 - Current

Attorney

Shur Law Co LPA

2012 - Current

Introduction to Cyber Law, KYNG Annual Legal Update, Frankfort, KY

August 8, 2018

Kentucky National Guard

As cyber law chief for the KYNG, presented CLE to fellow Judge Advocates.

Client's Choice Award

Avvo

2013

2012 Top Contributor

Avvo

2012

State Bar of Ohio # 0088626

Member

Current

Ohio State Bar Association

Member

2012 - Current

Kentucky

Since 2018

Ohio

Since 2012

• Free Consultation
  30 minutes (in person or by phone)
• Credit Cards Accepted

• Divorce
• Bankruptcy
• Family Law
• Estate Planning
• Juvenile Law