Managing partner, Holzfaster, Cecil, McKnight and Mues, a Dayton, Ohio law firm. Publisher of the Ohio Family Law Blog. Enjoy my legal tidbits. Go UD Flyers!

Mr. Mues graduated from Wittenberg University in 1975 and the University of Dayton School of Law in 1978. Since graduation from Law School, Mr. Mues has been practicing law in Dayton with an emphasis in Domestic Relations litigation. He joined as a partner in his present firm, Holzfaster, Cecil, McKnight & Mues, in January of 1992.

Mr. Mues has been active throughout his professional career in addressing child welfare related issues. He served for many years on the Board of Directors of Montgomery County Children Services and the Board of Directors of For Love of Children, Inc. In addition, since 1981 he has served as an impartial hearing officer and now as a state level review officer for the State of Ohio Board of Education in disputes involving school districts and parents of handicapped children concerning appropriate educational plans. Mr. Mues is a member of the Foundation Board of Dayton Children's Hospital and a member of the Fund Raising Board of Hospice of Dayton.

He is a member of various local, state and national Bar Associations and professional organizations and regularly attends seminars covering Family Law topics presented throughout the State of Ohio and the country.

Mr. Mues successfully persuaded the Ohio Supreme Court in 1984 to issue a landmark decision in the case of Castle v. Castle, extending the legal obligation of non-custodial parents to pay child support for their disabled children indefinitely beyond the child's 18th birthday until such time, if ever, that the child's disability or handicap end.