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EDUCATION:

• B.A., 1977, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• J.D., 1984, Thomas M. Cooley Law School

BAR ADMISSIONS:

• State Bar of Michigan - 1985 U.S. District Court - 1986 U.S. Tax Court - 1986

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

• Michigan State Bar Association
• Monroe County Bar Association
• Toledo Bar Association
• American Bar Association

EXPERIENCE:

• 36 years of experience with a broad range of experience in criminal law, family law, divorce, custody, real estate, commercial financing, bankruptcy, probate law and U.S. tax court.
  

EDUCATION:

• B.A. 1974, Western Michigan University
• J.D. "With Distinction" 1978, Thomas M. Cooley Law School

BAR ADMISSIONS:

• State of Michigan - 1979

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

• Michigan State Bar Association Monroe County Bar Association
• Criminal Law Section - Michigan State Bar
• General Practice Section - Michigan State Bar
• Past President - Eaton County Bar Association
• Past Member - Thomas M. Cooley Law School Board of Governors Past Member - Trial Lawyers of America

PERSONAL:

• Born 1952, Married, Five Children

EXPERIENCE:

• Extensive experience in the areas of criminal defense, divorce, custody, probate, juvenile law, personal injury, guardianship/conservatorship and civil law.
  

EDUCATION:

• B.S. in Criminal Justice, 1991, Bowling Green State University
• Masters in Public Administration, 1992, Bowling Green State University
• J.D. 1998, University of Toledo

BAR ADMISSIONS:

• State of Ohio – Northern District of Ohio

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

• Ohio State Bar Association, Toledo Bar Association

EXPERIENCE:

• Criminal law, family law, real estate, probate, estate planning, commercial and general civil litigation. Former magistrate in Lucas County Domestic Relations Court and judge in Lucas County General Division. Currently serves as an acting judge in Maumee Municipal Court. 
  

Carmen Moyer has dedicated 18+ of her 20 years as a lawyer to the practice of family law. Carmen has handled divorce cases, litigated pre and postnuptial agreements (as well as drafted them), paternity, change of domicile cases, prenuptial agreements, custody, parenting time and support issues (both pre and post judgment), acknowledgement of parentage matters, and complicated interstate, as well as international custody cases. She has represented clients from other states as well as other countries, including Australia, Dubai, Japan, China, Guam, and Brazil. Carmen has regularly practiced in the family courts of Wayne County, Oakland County, Macomb County, and more recently, Monroe and Lenawee County.

Carmen is a graduate of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She graduated cum laude from Wayne State University Law School in 2002. She spent two years on the Wayne Law Review and completed internships with both the U.S. District Attorney’s Office and the Honorable Judge Rosen, former federal district court judge, Eastern District of Michigan.

Carmen is a past co-author of “Unpublished Decision of the Month,” Michigan Family Law Journal. Her other published works appear below. In addition to practicing law, Carmen has volunteered at Compassion Ministry in Milan, Michigan, as well as Gleaners in Detroit. She has worked with the Women’s Survival Center of Oakland County, as well as the Christian Legal Aid Society of Michigan. She has participated in the Oakland County Bar Association Pro Bono Mentor Program.

Allexis M. Spencer graduated summa cum laude from Kent State University in 2020, where she graduated a year early and earned a bachelor’s degree in criminology and a minor in pre-law studies. After earning her bachelor’s degree, Allexis attended the University of Toledo College of Law where she graduated magna cum laude in December of 2022, a semester early, with her Juris Doctor degree. 

During her first year at the University of Toledo College of Law, Allexis interned at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio for the Honorable Judge James R. Knepp II. Allexis was the Vice President of the Family and Juvenile Law Society and a teaching assistant for the Contracts I class. In addition, Allexis is one of the co-founders of the truancy mediation program between the University of Toledo College of Law and Roger’s High School in Toledo, Ohio. Allexis has over 60 certified hours of mediation training through the Supreme Court of Ohio. Allexis earned several awards and scholarships while attending law school including the Honorable Frank Witt Wiley Scholarship, the Jermann Scholarship, the J. Thomas Lenga Memorial Scholarship, the Joel A. and Shirley A. Levine Public Interest Fellowship in Alternative Dispute Resolution Award, and the Levinson Family Dispute Resolution Clinic Award. 

Allexis joined Churchill, Smith, Gonzalez & Kuhn, L.L.P as an intern during her second year of law school and became an Associate Attorney after passing the bar in May of 2023. Allexis has an interest in the practice areas of family law and juvenile law.

EDUCATION:

• B.A., 2020, Kent State University 
• Summa cum Laude 
• George Eastman Outstanding Criminology and Justice Studies Student Award
• Wenninger Award for Community Service
• J.D., 2022, The University of Toledo College of Law
• Magna cum Laude
• Vice President of the Family and Juvenile Law Society
• Co-founder of the partnership between the University of Toledo College of Law’s Truancy Mediation Program and Roger’s High School
• Extern to the Honorable James R. Knepp, II, United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio 
  

BAR ADMISSIONS:

• State Bar of Michigan
• State Bar of Ohio

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

• State Bar of Michigan
• Ohio Supreme Court Certified Mediator (200+ hours)
• Family Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan
• Children’s Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan
• Young Lawyers Section of the State Bar of Michigan
• Certified Crime Victim Advocate