Anna Parise

Anna M. Parise's www.dworkenlaw.com/attorneys/associates/anna-parise/ legal practice includes domestic relations, divorce, family law, child support, spousal support, and custody. Anna is sensitive to her clients' concerns and desires to effectively resolve issues in the most amicable and practical way possible. Anna is also frequently appointed by trial courts in Cuyahoga, Geauga, and Lake Counties as guardian ad litem to protect the interests of children. Formerly with a small boutique firm specializing in labor law, Anna joined Dworken & Bernstein Co., L.P.A. in 2005.

Anna graduated with cum laude honors from Myers University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Paralegal Education in 1995. Anna was awarded her Juris Doctorate with cum laude honors from Case Western Reserve School of Law in 1998.

Anna is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, Lake County Bar Association, and Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association. She serves as co-chair of the Lake County Bar Association's Family Law committee.

Dworken & Bernstein www.dworkenlaw.com offers a full range of legal services for businesses, individuals, and families in litigation and transactions with offices in Painesville and downtown Cleveland. Dworken & Bernstein is the largest law firm in the Lake, Geauga, and Ashtabula County area.

Ohio Lawyers Give Back www.ohiolawyersgiveback.org was founded by Dworken & Bernstein Co., L.P.A. to promote the use of cy pres in class action settlements. When a class action is settled, plaintiff and defendant agree to a fund amount to pay all class members. Since many class members have moved, passed-away, or can't be found, millions of settlement dollars go unclaimed. That settlement money is intended to benefit the class—rather than revert to the wrongdoing defendant—so the ancient doctrine is now being used to distribute the unclaimed money to charities and non profits.

Over $22 million dollars has already been distributed, just by the sponsors, a single law firm. If cy pres were used more broadly, hundreds of millions of dollars each year would be available to help charities, non-profits, and the communities where we live. This website is dedicated to advancing the use of cy pres in all class action settlements where a large pool of unclaimed settlement funds is expected.