Dawn is one of the founding partners of McFadden Bushnell. Dawn moved to Chagrin Falls, Ohio when she was in High School. She attended law school at Case Western Reserve University and has most of her professional life in the Cleveland area. Dawn focuses on assisting clients and their families with estate planning, elder law planning, special needs planning as well as estate administration. When not in the office, she can be found in Shaker Heights, Ohio, with her husband André and their dog Feather.

Dawn has been a member of the planning section for the Ohio State Bar Association Elder Law Institute since 2018 and was co-chair for the 2020 and 2021 Elder Law Institute. Dawn helped to establish the separate Special Needs Planning Seminar as part of the Elder Law Institute. The 4th OSBA Special Needs Planning seminar was held in 2022. Dawn is also the past Co-Chair of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association’s Small Firm & Solo Practitioner section.

Education:

• Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (J.D. cum laude), Order of the Barristers

• Bowling Green State University, OH (B.A. Political Science)

Experience:

• Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, NC

• Jones Day, Cleveland, OH

Affiliations:

• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

• Ohio State Bar Association

• Academy of Special Needs Planners

• ElderCounsel

• WealthCounsel

• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

• Ladder Down Cleveland, Class of 2023

• The 216 Chapter of BNI

Admitted to Practice Law in:

• Ohio

• Florida

• New York

• North Carolina

CONTACT INFO

Dawn E. McFadden
McFadden Bushnell LLC
20600 Chagrin Boulevard, Suite 805
Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122
Phone: 216-714-0090
Email: dawn@mcfaddenbushnell.com