S. Scott Haynes

Mr. Haynes is an Ohio State Bar Association Board Certified Family Law Specialist (Divorce, Dissolution, Custody, Child Support, Visitation, Parental Rights and Responsibilities of unmarried parents, Legal Separation, Grandparents Rights, Spousal Support, QDROs, and Prenuptial Agreements). Mr. Haynes also has extensive training and experience in collaborative divorce. The collaborative law model uses a cooperative approach to help couples and their families resolve the issues that arise in the termination of a marriage. Through this model, the parties are able to control the decision making, timing and costs of the process with the goal being to provide parties and their attorneys a structured, non-adversarial process to deal with the issues relating to the termination of their marriage. For more information on collaborative law go to www.winwindivorce.org. Mr. Haynes is also a trained domestic mediator and has assisted couples in mediating all aspects of their martial disputes.

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Mr. Haynes is a frequent lecturer to Judges, Magistrates and fellow lawyers on family law topics including spousal support, child support, alternative dispute resolution and collaborative Law.

Mr. Haynes sits on the Advisory Board of and is a frequent contributor to The Domestic Relations Journal of Ohio. His most recent published articles are “The Ohio Collaborative Family Law Act” (Domestic Relations Journal of Ohio, May/June 2012) and “Hunting for Cohabitation in the Spousal Support Jungle” (Domestic Relations Journal of Ohio, March/April 2014.)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Columbus Bar Association (Family Law Committee Member and Chairperson, Court of Appeals Sub-Committee 2006 to present). Ohio State Bar Association (Family Law Section Member). Ohio Academy of Collaborative Divorce Professionals (Board Member 2008 to present and current President). International Academy of Collaborative Professionals. Association of Family and Conciliation Courts.​

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

• Ohio State Bar Association Board Certified Family Law Specialist.
• Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers www.AAML.org
• AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell for Family Law.
• Ohio Super Lawyers for Family Law.

Haynes Kessler Myers & Postalakis

Domestic disputes and family law matters typically involve extremely personal and emotionally heavy topics. These situations can quickly be made worse by inexperienced legal counselors or lawyers who pressure you into contested litigation. At our firm, we do things differently.

The lawyers at Haynes Kessler Myers & Postalakis help clients pursue fair and reasonable solutions to their domestic and family issues, including division of property, alimony, child custody, child support, paternity action, visitation, shared parenting arrangements, and marital agreements (prenuptial and postnuptial). When handling any combination of these topics, we work to negotiate and secure decisions on as many areas as possible before litigating the remaining issues in the courtroom, which can save you time and money. We pride ourselves on the fact that many of our cases are resolved before ever reaching trial. Rest assured, however, our team does have experienced litigators who can empower you through skilled courtroom representation, when necessary.