Ashton E.M. Bizzarri
Schneider Smeltz Spieth Bell LLP
1375 East 9th Street, Suite 900
Cleveland, OH 44114
United States
Ashton Bizzarri is an Associate Attorney in the firm’s Trusts & Estates Practice Group. She focuses her practice in the areas of estate planning and trust and estate administration, while also representing clients in trust and estate litigation.
Prior to joining SSSB, Ashton was an Associate Attorney at two Akron law firms, focusing exclusively on estate planning and trust and estate administration. She was also a Trust Officer at Key Private Bank, where she handled trust administrations, which provided her with the knowledge and understanding of a corporate fiduciary’s perspective. Ashton was also a Law Clerk at the Summit County Probate Court, which exposed her to the inner workings of the Probate Court.
In 2014, Ashton received her J.D. from the University of Akron School of Law, where she graduated cum laude, in the top 15% of her class. During law school, Ashton served on the Akron Law Review, where she was Assistant Editor for the Constitutional Law Journal and received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award (highest grade) in the following areas: Wills, Trusts, and Estates II; Civil Procedure II; Civil Procedure I; and Constitutional Law. Prior to law school, Ashton earned her undergraduate degree at Kent State University, where she graduated summa cum laude, with a major in Psychology and two minors: Business Administration and Criminal Justice.
Areas of Practice
- Trusts & Estates
- Estate Planning
- Probate and Estate Administration
- Trusts and Trust Administration
- Fiduciary Representation
- Trust, Estate, and Probate Litigation
- Gift, Estate, and GST Tax Planning
Licensed to Practice
- Ohio
Education
- The University of Akron School of Law, Juris Doctor, cum laude (Top 15%), 2014
- Kent State University, Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, Psychology (Major), Business Administration and Justice Studies (Minors), 2010
Admissions & Associations
- State of Ohio
- Ohio State Bar Association, Member
- Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law Section
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Member
- Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law Section
- Women In Law Section
- Young Lawyers Section
- Estate Planning Council of Cleveland, Member
Awards & Honors
- Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America since 2024 for Practice Areas:
- Litigation - Trusts and Estates
- Trusts and Estates
- Selected to the Ohio Rising Stars list: 2023-2024
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award® (highest grade):
- Wills, Trusts, & Estates II
- Civil Procedure II
- Civil Procedure I
- Constitutional Law I
Community Activities
- Susan G. Komen Northeast Ohio Associate Council Board, Secretary
Articles & Presentations
- What You Need to Know: How to Use the Guardian’s Bond in Furtherance of a Maximizing Recovery in a Surcharge Motion, Probate Law Journal of Ohio, July/Aug 2024
- Respecting Wills-The Aretha Franklin Estate Dispute, September 2023
- Lisa Marie Presley’s Amendment To “Promenade Trust” Challenged Under California Law—Lessons for Ohio Practitioners, Probate Law Journal of Ohio, Jul./Aug. 2023
- Probate Law Journal of Ohio, Jul./Aug. 2023
- Suspicious Minds–Lisa Marie Presley's Trust Amendment Challenge, February 2023
- Cryptocurrency Estate Planning's Other Nightmare, CMBA Bar Journal, December 2021
- Estate Planning for Cryptocurrency, Crain’s Cleveland, November 2021