Twenty defendants are before Akron Municipal Court Judge Jon A. Oldham on a recent morning — all struggling at various stages of drug addiction. Judge Oldham heads the Akron Municipal Recovery Court ...

The Summit County Court of Common Pleas was bustling last Friday with high school students from 11 different area schools for the Ohio Mock Trial Competition, sponsored locally by the Akron Bar ...

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kay Woods said she didn’t initially plan to enter the legal profession, but once she chose law she decided to focus on bankruptcy because she believed it would allow her to have ...

AKRON––Detective Gary Shadie of the Akron Police Department has been named the recipient of the 6th Annual Lt. John “Ed” Duvall Jr. Detective of the Year Award in recognition of his “tenacity, ...

Say the words health and transportation and two sets of very distinct images are likely to come to mind. But Akron and Summit County officials are working to change this so that the infrastructure ...

The Akron Legal News is a daily publication devoted to legal, financial, real estate and general news. Designated by the Federal, County and Municipal Courts as the Official Law Journal of Summit ...

The 11th District Court of Appeals ruled recently that a defendant was not entitled to a resentencing hearing after his death penalty was modified and reduced to life imprisonment. The appellant, ...

Ronald V. Johnson Jr. knew in junior high school that he wanted to be a lawyer, thanks to the influence of courtroom dramas on television and the movies. “Watching reruns of ‘Perry Mason’ on ...

Can an informational brochure be considered a written contract? That was the question that we had to answer in a case that came before us here – at the Supreme Court of Ohio. The case involved a man ...

The 11th District Court of Appeals recently overruled the appeal of Ronald Dudas, who had challenged the Lake County Court of Common Pleas’ decision denying his motion to withdraw his guilty plea to ...

Legal experts say the probate and estate planning practice area has been undergoing a transformation in recent years as the baby boomers age and require a variety of specialized legal services. To ...

Swearing-in ceremonies often have a special place in the hearts of elected officials and that was certainly the case for Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Anthony Donofrio. On Dec. 28, 2018, he ...