About Us

At Stephen G. Thomas & Associates Co., L.P.A., we clear the path to achieve your goals. Our general practice law firm provides extensive counseling and planning services. We are experienced practitioners whose negotiating and courtroom skills help individuals and businesses solve problems. We are based in the Cleveland area, but our clients’ needs take us from Northeastern Ohio to both coasts and beyond. When you encounter a roadblock, want to forge a new trail or simply want to follow your well-traveled path for success, we are there to help.

For business clients
We handle all legal and documentation matters from incorporation through the management and sale or succession of closely-held businesses.

We have serviced our domestic and international clients’ business needs, whether forming contracts or locating facilities with businesses in Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Mexico and throughout the United States.

Our vast business law experience permits us to act as general counsel for family-owned and closely-held businesses, handling or servicing their every legal need. Our extensive business litigation experience includes breach of contract, construction law, copyright, international trade, employment termination and discrimination, product licensing, professional, legal or accounting malpractice, and insurance coverage disputes.

For individuals and families
We develop and plan simple wills or complex estate tax planning trusts, handle real estate purchases, resolve zoning and land-use issues, and create corporate succession plans and trusts for children with special needs.

Clients benefit from our broad and distinguished experience. Raised in the law, with a lifelong exposure to legal thinking and 30 years of active practice, firm principal Stephen G. Thomas has personally handled thousands of legal matters, more than 50 of which have resulted in published appellate decisions. Respect for the practice of law, and appreciating its affect on all whom it touches, are essential qualifications of attorneys in the firm.

We adhere to high ethical standards and strive every day to achieve excellence in our representation and service. We invite you to thoroughly review our credentials; we welcome any questions you have.

Serving Northeast Ohio, including Cleveland, Chagrin Falls, Chardon, Akron, Elyria, Canton, the Chagrin Valley, the counties of Cuyahoga, Geauga, Summit, Lake, Ashtabula, Lorain, Stark and wherever else our clients' paths may lead.