Adam M. Fried
Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Adam Fried is an attorney with Fried Law Group LLC in Beachwood, Ohio whose practice focuses on disputes involving estates, trusts, and fiduciary responsibilities. His work centers on helping individuals and families address complex probate and estate conflicts while protecting their legal rights and financial interests. Adam’s practice includes Elder Law, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, and Trusts and Estates matters throughout Ohio.
Adam has served as trial counsel in numerous estate and trust disputes in probate and civil courts. His litigation experience includes will contests, trust contests, executor and trustee removal actions, disputes involving the interpretation of wills and trusts, fiduciary accounting matters, breach of fiduciary duty claims, and cases involving contested gifts or beneficiary designations. Through detailed investigation, discovery, and courtroom advocacy, he works to present clear factual and legal arguments on behalf of his clients.
In addition to his legal practice, Adam has contributed to legal education. He has taught courses on wills, trusts, and estates at Cleveland State University College of Law and has spoken to professional and legal organizations about probate litigation and estate disputes. He approaches advocacy with a focus on thorough preparation, including fact development through depositions and careful cross-examination. Adam believes that clearly explaining the legal issues and supporting law to clients, parties, and the court is an important part of effective representation.
Based in Beachwood, Ohio, Adam represents clients through Fried Law Group LLC in matters involving Elder Law, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, and Trusts and Estates, including disputes arising in probate court and related proceedings.
Overview
- Case Western Reserve University, J.D., graduated 1995
- Ohio, 1995
- American Bar Association - Probate and Trust Section
- American College of Trust and Estate Counsel - Fellow
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association - Probate and Trust Section
- Ohio State Bar Association - Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Law Section Council
- William K. Thomas Inn of Court - Immediate Past President, Master of the Bench, Executive Board
- Cleveland-Marshall College of Law - Adjunct Professor; Wills, Trusts & Estates
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1996
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2000
- Ohio, 1995
- American Bar Association - Probate and Trust Section
- American College of Trust and Estate Counsel - Fellow
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association - Probate and Trust Section
- Ohio State Bar Association - Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Law Section Council
- William K. Thomas Inn of Court - Immediate Past President, Master of the Bench, Executive Board
- Cleveland-Marshall College of Law - Adjunct Professor; Wills, Trusts & Estates
- Case Western Reserve University, J.D., graduated 1995
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1996
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2000
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus

- Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Cleveland (2026)
- Elder Law, Cleveland (2021)
- Elder Law, Cleveland (2019)
- Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Cleveland (2018)
- Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Cleveland (2015)
- Elder Law
- Litigation - Trusts and Estates
- Trusts and Estates
- Estate Planning
- Fiduciary Duties
- Litigation
- Probate
- Trust Administration
- Rated AV® Preeminent™: Very Highly Rated in Both Legal Ability and Ethical Standards by Martindale Hubbell Peer Review
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America for Elder Law and Litigation - Trusts and Estates, since 2009
- Selected as Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year 2015 – Litigation – Trusts and Estates – Cleveland
- Recognized as a Rising Star and as a Super Lawyer by Ohio Super Lawyers Magazine
Additional Information
Case History
- Barbara Rheinhold v. Edward Reichek, et al.
- Allison L. Farmer, et al. v. Renee S. Berry, et al.
- J. Tomazic v. A. Rapoport, Trustee, et al.
- Dunlap v. Key Bank, et al.
- In Re: Estate of Baltic
- Rosalind Franklin v. Emily Franklin, et al.
- I. Schnipper v. D. Swartz
- Greg Thompson, Guardian v. Paul Radis
- B. Beveridge v. G. Beveridge, Executrix/Trustee
- MacDowell v. DeCarlo
- Toma v. Toma
- Maxwell v. DeCarlo
- Brady v. Hickman, Lowder Co., LPA
- Brady, ex rel. Brady v. Hickman, Lowder Co., LPA
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