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Attorney Bios

Timothy D. Churchill

Senior Partner

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

Thirty-six 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.

Russell A. Smith

Partner

EDUCATION:

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

BAR ADMISSIONS:

State Bar 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.

Kimberly B. Kuhn

Partner

Kimberly Kuhn has dedicated 20+ years of her practice to the area of family law. Kim is licensed in both Ohio and Michigan and handles divorce cases, paternity and custody cases, post-judgment enforcement issues, modification of child and spousal support, custody and parenting time, and complicated interstate custody matters involving the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act. She has also handled grandparent rights, third-party custody cases, and change of domicile cases. Kim practices in the Ohio counties Lucas and Wood and the Michigan counties Monroe and Lenawee.

Kim attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and then transferred to Eastern Michigan University, where she graduated with honors. Kim graduated cum laude from The University of Toledo College of Law in 1995. Kim spent two years at The University of Toledo Law Review and was a Student Articles Editor in her second year. Kim's law review note, "Battered Woman Syndrome Testimony: Dunn v. Roberts, Justice Is Done By The Expansion Of The Battered Woman Syndrome," was published in the 25th edition of the University of Toledo Law Review and has been cited in other college law review notes.

During law school, Kim was a clerk for the Honorable Michael W. Labeau of the 38th Circuit Court in Monroe County, Michigan. After graduating from The University of Toledo College of Law, Kim was a staff attorney for the late Honorable Frederick H. McDonald of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas General Division. Kim also has been appointed as a Guardian Ad Litem in Lucas and Wood County Domestic Relations cases.

EDUCATION:

The University of Toledo College of Law, Toledo, OH
J.D. cum laude
Law Review
American Jurisprudence Award Land Transactions
Eastern Michigan University

o B.A. with honors 1990

BAR ADMISSIONS:

Ohio 1996
Michigan 1997
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan 2002
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio 2005

PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS:

State Bar of Michigan
Family Law Section of State Bar of Michigan
State Bar of Ohio
Toledo Bar Association
Monroe County Bar Association

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT POSITION:

Partner, Churchill, Smith, Gonzalez & Kuhn LLP

PUBLICATIONS:

Battered Woman Syndrome Testimony: Dunn v. Roberts, Justice Is Done By The Expansion Of The Battered Woman Syndrome University of Toledo Law Review 25th Edition

Alfonso J. Gonzalez

Partner

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:

State Bar of Michigan
Family Law Section of State Bar of Michigan
State Bar of Ohio
Toledo Bar Association
Monroe County Bar Association

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT POSITION:

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

Senior Litigation Counsel

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), acknowledgment of parentage matters, and complicated interstate, as well as international custody cases. She has represented clients from other states and 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.

EDUCATION:

Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, MI
J.D. cum laude
Order of the Coif
Law Review
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
B.A. 1986
Major: Latin
Dean's List
Frank O. Copley Award for Outstanding Course Work

BAR ADMISSIONS:

Michigan 2002
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan 2002

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS:

State Bar of Michigan
Family Law Section of State Bar of Michigan
Monroe County Bar Association
Oakland County Bar Association
OCBA Laches Editorial Board 2022-2023

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT POSITION:

Senior Litigation Counsel, Churchill, Smith, Gonzalez & Kuhn LLP

PAST POSITIONS:

Preserving Your Client's Right to Reopen a Judgment for Non-Disclosure of Assets, Family Law Journal, Volume 41, Number 2, 2011.
To Merge or Not to Merge: How to Handle Your Property Settlement Agreement, Michigan Family Law Journal, Volume 40 Number 5, May 2010.
How to Conduct Criminal Proceedings in Washtenaw County, Res IPSA Loquitor, May/June 2007
The New Self Defense Act Defensible or Dangerous, Res Ipsa Loquitor Jan/Feb 2007

PAST POSITIONS:

Schwartz Law Firm, Senior Attorney
Washtenaw County, Criminal Defense Court-Appointed List
Co-chair, Criminal Law Section, Washtenaw County Bar Association
Douglas R. Mullkoff, Esq., Independent Contractor
Kenneth M. Mogill Esq., Independent Contractor

REPRESENTATIVE CASES:

Peric v Peric, 2005 WL 2090787, 1 (Mich App)(custody appeal) (unpublished)
Nash v Salter, 280 Mich App 104 (2008) (UCCJEA appeal)
Escue v Escue, Court of Appeals unpublished opinion No. 360393, November 21, 2023 (validity of prenuptial agreement)New Paragraph

Allexis M. Stang

Associate Attorney

Allexis M. Stang 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, and 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, LLP 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 ASSOCIATIONS AND 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

Cameron A. Ervin

Associate Attorney

Cameron A. Ervin graduated magna cum laude from The University of Toledo, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Law and Social Thought while playing football for the University of Toledo Rockets. After only two and a half years of undergraduate studies, Cameron attended the University of Toledo College of Law, graduating in December of 2023 with his Juris Doctor degree.

During his time at the University of Toledo College of Law, Cameron was the Student Bar Association President and a member of the Trial Advocacy team for two years. Cameron was also one of the Co-Founders of the Trial Advocacy Spring Competition at the University of Toledo College of Law. During law school, Cameron was a certified legal intern at the Toledo Legal Aid Society and the University of Toledo College of Law Civil Advocacy Clinic. Once Cameron completed law school, he was inducted into the Order of the Barristers, a national honor society for graduated law students and practicing lawyers who demonstrated exceptional skill in trial advocacy, oral advocacy, and brief writing. Cameron passed the Michigan February 2024 Bar Examination and joined the firm shortly after.