Harold Maxfield - Cleveland, OH
Attorney at Cavitch Familo Durkin Co LPA
Business Law Lawyers in Cleveland, OH
1300 East Ninth Street 20th Floor Cleveland, OH 44114
- 1 Super Lawyers®
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40
Years
Experience
Cleveland Business Law Lawyer
Updated: 05/08/2026
Areas of Practice
- Business Law
- Real Estate Law
- Title Insurance Law
- International Law
Attorney Information
Overview
Hal Maxfield is the Managing Partner of Cavitch Familo & Durkin with over 40 years of experience in all aspects of corporate and real estate business practices. Hal’s corporate experience includes contract negotiation and preparation, tax planning, mergers, acquisitions, and related transactions. He represents public and privately held companies, individuals, and numerous non-profit organizations on a wide variety of legal issues, which include choice of entity, financing, venture capital equity investment, management buyouts, executive compensation, and corporate succession planning. Hal’s real estate experience includes purchases, sales, financing, zoning, construction, environmental, development, joint ventures, and like-kind exchanges. He also represents banks and borrowers in financing transactions, landlords and tenants in office, industrial, and retail transactions, and owners in all aspects of real estate law.
He is an active member in the Ohio Bar Association and the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association and has been named an Ohio Super Lawyer by Law & Politics. He is also included in the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. For over twenty-five years, Hal has been co-editor of the Ohio Transaction Guide, published by Mathew Bender & Co. and Rabkin and Johnson Current Legal Forms.
Hal joined Cavitch in 1986 after he attained his Juris Doctor degree (cum laude) from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1986 and his Bachelor of Arts degree from Baldwin-Wallace in 1983 with a concentration in accounting. While he was attending law school, Hal was a member of the Cleveland-Marshall College Law Review.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Ohio Super Lawyer by Law & Politics
- 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America
- America's Top 50 Lawyers - Corporate Law - Ohio
- Recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America
Other Sources of Feedback About Harold Maxfield
Included on the 2026 Ohio Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2025 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2024 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2023 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2006 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2005 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2004 Ohio Super Lawyers list
Education
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Legal Education
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Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law,
Cleveland,
Ohio, 1986
Juris Doctor
Honors: cum laude
Law Review: Cleveland-Marshall College Law Review, Member
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Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law,
Cleveland,
Ohio, 1986
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Non Legal Education
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Baldwin-Wallace College, 1983
Bachelor of Arts degree
Major: Accounting
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Baldwin-Wallace College, 1983
Current Employment Position(s)
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President and Shareholder
Pro Bono Activities
- Exit Planning Institute of NE Ohio
Published Works
Articles
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Co-Editor, Ohio Transaction Guide, Mathew Bender & Co. and Rabkin and Johnson Current Legal Forms
Bar Admissions
- Ohio, 1986
Other Affiliations
- Association for Corporate Growth in Cleveland
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
- Ohio Bar Association
Contact
1300 East Ninth Street
20th Floor
Cleveland, OH 44114
Phone: 216-472-4606
Fax: (216) 621-3415
Email: Send a message
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