Bart Leonardi

Background

About Bart Leonardi

Bart Leonardi is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law by the Ohio State Bar Association. His practice is concentrated in the areas of Estate Planning, Probate/Trust Administration and Probate Litigation. He counsels married couples, individuals, professionals and business owners regarding their estate planning, asset protection and wealth transfer needs. This includes helping clients with everything from a simple Will and Power of Attorney, to revocable trusts, to complicated trust planning designed to achieve specific goals including wealth transfer, business succession, asset protection, charitable giving or minimizing estate tax liability. Bart also has a significant probate practice. He represents executors and administrators in probate courts in Cuyahoga, Lorain, Lake and Geauga counties and throughout the Greater Cleveland area. In addition to counseling executors and administrators, Bart serves as estate administrator when the facts of the case dictate. His probate litigation practice includes representing the interests of individual beneficiaries, heirs and other interested parties when they have concerns about the way an estate is being administered. This includes will contest actions, fiduciary removal, creditor claims, wrongful death settlements, trust litigation and other litigation matters. Bart is admitted to practice in all state courts of Ohio and Kentucky and in the United States District Courts for the Northern District of Ohio and the Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky. He is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, Kentucky Bar Association and also serves on the Executive Committee of the Lawyers Guild of the Diocese of Cleveland. Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Probate, Probate Litigation