Edward G. Marks - Cincinnati, OH
Attorney at Barron Peck Bennie & Schlemmer
Estate Planning Lawyers in Cincinnati, OH
3074 Madison Road Cincinnati, OH 45209 - 1723
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Cincinnati Estate Planning Lawyer
Updated: 02/16/2026
Areas of Practice
- Estate Planning 20%
- Probate and Trust Administration 50%
- Miscellaneous 30%
- Arbitration
- Mediation
- Legal Malpractice
Litigation: 10%
Attorney Information
Overview
Mr. Marks has had a varied career in the law. The early years of his practice saw him in the courtroom, litigating primarily personal injury, civil rights and commercial matters. From 1976 through 1995, he served as primary outside counsel for the largest health insurance company in Ohio. In recent years, his practice has focused in the fields of estate planning, trust and probate administration, and the representation of individuals in a broad variety of their legal needs.
Mr. Marks has long been interested in communications and the arts. He represented the family of Cincinnati philanthropists J. Ralph Corbett and Patricia Corbett for many years, and through them gained an increased interest in many of the arts institutions of our community.
Since the early 1970s, he has served as Secretary of Cincinnati Arts Association and its predecessor, Cincinnati Music Hall Association. (CAA operates Music Hall and the Aronoff Center for the Arts, plus the Weston Art Gallery and an education program that serves up to 100,000 school children each year.)
He is also on the board of Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, and chairs its Governance and Nominating Committee. Further, he is secretary of Greater Cincinnati Arts and Education Center, which in partnership with the Cincinnati Public Schools, recently completed construction of a $62-million School for Creative and Performing Arts; GCAEC also has assumed a commitment to raise permanent funding for the arts programs at this K-12 arts school.
Mr. Marks has volunteered, as well, as a legal advisor and/or volunteer with numerous other non-profit organizations, including a stint as president of Cincinnati-Kharkiv Sister City Project. He has served on the board and as an officer of his own synagogue and other organizations in the Jewish community locally and nationally. Most recently, he was the organizing President of Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati, which merged 23 Jewish cemeteries into a single organization.
Mr. Marks always has had an interest in education. Throughout his legal career he has taught at dozens of seminars for lawyers. For 10 years, he taught a college-level course in Broadcast Law, and in recent years, as a board member of the Leavitt Institute for International Development, he has participated in administering and teaching a two-semester course on the Rule of Law and the Jury System in the law schools of several cities in Ukraine, whose new Constitution will provide a guarantee of trial by jury beginning in 2012.
Mr. Marks resides in Clifton (where he serves as president of his homeowners' association) with his wife of 45 years, Anita; they have two adult daughters, both of whom reside in the San Francisco area.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Special Award for Community Service, Cincinnati Bar Association
Education
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Legal Education
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University of Cincinnati College of Law,
Cincinnati,
Ohio, 1967
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Law Review: University of Cincinnati, 1965 - 1967
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University of Cincinnati College of Law,
Cincinnati,
Ohio, 1967
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Non Legal Education
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University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati,
Ohio, 1963
B.F.A., Bachelor of Fine Arts
Honors: With Honors
Major: Broadcast education
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University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati,
Ohio, 1963
Current Employment Position(s)
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Partner
Past Positions
- WKRC Television, News writer-producer, 1960 - 1964
- WKRC Radio, On-air talent, Newsman, 1964 - 1966
Classes and Seminars
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Broadcast Law, Univ. of Cincinnati, 1972 - 1983
- Ethics in Probate Practice, Sterling Educ. Svcs.
Pro Bono Activities
- Service to Volunteer Lawyers for the Poor (Award for Excellence, 2007), 1990 - 2010
- Volunteer Representation of Numerous Non-profit Organizations
Representative Clients
Member, Bd. of Gov., Comm. Chair
Wyoming Fine Arts Center
Cincinnati Arts Association
Gtr. Cinti. Arts & Education Center
Representative Cases
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Potters Medical Center, Inc. v. Ratchford
- Citation: 480 N.E.2d 789
- Court: Ohio
- Year: 1985
- Serial Number: 1985138590
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Wade v. Bethesda Hospital
- Citation: 356 F.Supp. 380
- Court: S.D.Ohio
- Year: 1973
- Serial Number: 1973104945
Bar Admissions
- Ohio, 1967
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1968
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 1968
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1970
Other Affiliations
- Ohio State Bar Association, 1972 - 1995 (Member, Bd. of Gov., comm. chair)
- Cincinnati Bar Association, 1970 - 1985 (Member, Bd. of Gov., comm. chair)
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Contact
3074 Madison Road
Cincinnati, OH 45209 - 1723
Fax: 513-721-2301
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Website: http://www.davidlefton.com
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