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 ...

CLEVELAND–Fisher Phillips, a national labor and employment law firm representing employers, has added Jazmyn J. Stover as a partner in its Cleveland office. Stover advises clients on critical ...

Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Magistrate Dan Dascenzo didn’t decide to go into the legal profession until after college, but once he began law school he said it was clear that the courtroom was ...

A Cleveland man convicted of the murder of an FBI informant and the assault of several FBI agents recently had his sentence reversed when a panel of three judges in the 8th District Court of Appeals ...

AKRON––Judge Elinore Marsh Stormer of Summit County Probate Courthas appointed Dr. Jennifer Dwyer to the Board of Summit County Developmental Disabilities, serving adults and children with ...

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 ...

As a child Casey Weinstein started a neighborhood trash pickup organization; as a young adult he served in the United States Air Force, where he worked to keep government data safe from hackers along ...

After almost 14 years at Akron firm Brouse McDowell, the newly chosen Judge Alan Koschik will spend another 14 years at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Since starting last ...

Dear Mr. Berko: Please explain what happens to the market during the third year of a president's term in office. The market is supposed to be up the third year, and I would like to invest about ...

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, ...

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 ...

When Edward Hiltbrand first joined the Akron Fire Department in 1985, he said he had no idea what challenges he would face or that he would one day be asked to serve as chief. But fast-forward more ...