Principled counsel.Written scope.
A pivotal contract, a family estate or a civil dispute: clear advice early prevents costly mistakes later. Ashcombe Street Law gives direct, attorney-led representation across Cincinnati and its surrounding courts.
- Location
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Weekday hours
- 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
- Fees
- Flat fees where scope is predictable
01 · Services
Core practice areas and fees
Practical transactional drafting and prepared courtroom advocacy, quoted as an upfront flat fee wherever the scope is predictable and under an itemised written retainer when a dispute needs representation. Nothing on this website forms an attorney-client relationship.
01.1 · Fee index
- 01Initial strategy consultation$250
- 02Estate plan, wills and trustsfrom $1,850
- 03Business formation and contractsfrom $1,250
- 04Real estate and commercial leasesfrom $950
- 05Civil and commercial disputesretainer
- 06Outside general counselfrom $1,500/mo
02 · Approach
Direct attorney access, plain-English advice and the fee agreed in writing.
Too many clients hire a firm for senior judgment and then watch their matter passed down a chain of rotating associates. At Ashcombe Street Law, the attorney who assesses your matter at the first consultation drafts the agreements, leads the negotiation and briefs you in plain English before every filing or deadline. How the firm works.
02.1 · Three steps
From the first question to finished work
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01
The conflict check is run
The names in the enquiry are checked against the firm’s existing clients before anyone reads the detail of the matter.
Before anything is discussed
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02
The engagement letter is sent
The service, its fee and what it excludes are set out in a letter for signature. Work outside it is quoted separately.
Within three working days
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03
The work comes back in writing
Drafts, marked-up contracts and assessments come back with a note of the rule or clause each point rests on.
The agreed date
02.2 · What one engagement contains
- 01 Scope
- A signed engagement letter stating what the service covers, what it excludes and which published fee applies to it.
- 02 Inputs
- The documents needed, listed once at the start. Nothing further is requested unless the scope changes and is requoted.
- 03 Handoff
- The finished documents or written assessment, with any deadline they create marked on the first page.
- 04 Next step
- One named action and the date it falls due. Where nothing further is needed, the closing letter says so instead.
03 · Gallery
The library, the stacks and the courtroom door
04 · Staff
Meet the attorneys and legal team
04.1 · Managing attorney
Eleanor Voss
Managing attorney
Trusts and estates attorney with an LL.M. in Taxation, crafting clear, family-centred wills, revocable trusts and probate-avoidance plans. She has practised in Ohio since 2006 and signs every engagement letter the firm sends.
04.2 · Business and real estate attorney
Daniel Okafor
Business and real estate attorney
Former in-house counsel, admitted in Ohio and the U.S. District Court, advising business owners, commercial landlords and property buyers on contracts, formations and closings. His mark-ups carry a plain-language note beside every clause he changes.
04.3 · Litigation attorney
Priya Raman
Litigation attorney and civil mediator
Trial attorney and Certified Civil Mediator representing businesses and individuals in contract, property and partnership disputes. Her written assessments set out options and time limits, never a predicted result.
04.4 · Certified paralegal
Thomas Keller
Certified paralegal and intake lead
NALA Certified Paralegal and commissioned notary public who runs conflict checks, court filings, closing binders and client scheduling. He is not an attorney and does not give legal advice.
05 · Reviews
Client reflections on the firm’s counsel
01
With a blended family and a small rental property, we kept putting off our wills because we assumed the process would feel morbid and confusing. Eleanor Voss walked us through every guardianship and revocable trust choice in plain language, quoted one flat fee upfront and showed us how to retitle our deeds. Walking out with the signed binder lifted a huge weight.
Martin and Evelyn S., Hyde Park
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02
Before we signed our first storefront lease, Daniel Okafor read the landlord’s forty-page draft and flagged uncapped HVAC replacement liability and a broad personal guarantee. He negotiated sensible caps without souring things with the owner, and drew up our two-partner LLC operating agreement the same month.
Kenneth D., founder, Northside
- Written
03
We bought an older mixed-use building without brokers and asked the firm to draft the purchase contract and audit the title. Daniel Okafor spotted a shared-access ambiguity on the survey ten days before closing, drafted a recorded easement with the neighbouring owner and kept our lender’s closing date intact.
Lauren and Gabriel T., Oakley
- Written
06 · Questions
Common questions before a consultation
How the first meeting works, how fees are set and where representation begins. These answers describe the firm’s practice and are not legal advice about any particular matter.
06.1 · Answers
01 Why is a conflict check run before documents are read?
Ohio’s professional conduct rules bar a firm from advising you if that conflicts with a current or former client in the same matter. A quick check of every person and company involved protects your confidentiality before any strategy is discussed.
02 Are fees flat or hourly?
Where the scope is well defined, such as an estate plan, an LLC formation or a commercial lease review, the fee is a flat figure quoted in writing. Contested disputes are billed in itemised increments against a trust retainer, with a statement every month.
03 Is the consultation fee credited if I go ahead?
Yes. The $250 consultation fee is credited against any flat-fee transactional or estate package retained within 14 days. If you do not go further, you still leave with a clear analysis of your options and deadlines.
04 Does sending the form make the firm my lawyer?
No. No attorney-client relationship is formed by this website, by the contact form or by an email reply to it. Representation begins only when the conflict check is clear and both sides have signed an engagement letter.
07 · Contact
Schedule a legal consultation
Name the parties involved and the general practice area, and the paralegal team will run the conflict check and offer a consultation time within one business day. An enquiry does not make the firm anyone’s lawyer.