APRIL 18, 2024
Jackson County Prepares for Off-Site Court
Preparations are underway in Jackson County to welcome the Supreme Court of Ohio for an official session of oral arguments in a program called Off-Site Court.
APRIL 15, 2024
Reading and Writing Legal Briefs and Opinions Is Getting Easier
The third edition of the Supreme Court of Ohio Writing Manual is now available and promises to improve the readability of legal documents.
APRIL 8, 2024
Conduct Board Files Attorney Discipline Recommendations
The Ohio Board of Professional Conduct has filed 10 reports with the Supreme Court of Ohio, nine recommending discipline for Ohio attorneys and one recommending discipline for a sitting judge.
APRIL 4, 2024
Applications Now Open for Money for Courts to Improve Criminal Reporting
The Ohio Attorney General is making $2.45 million in funding available to courts to help improve the system of criminal background checks and the accuracy and completeness of the state’s criminal records database.
MARCH 28, 2024
Conduct Board Announces April Disciplinary Hearings
The Ohio Board of Professional Conduct today announced six disciplinary cases set for hearing in April.
MARCH 19, 2024
Public Comment Open: Proposed Changes to CLE Requirements
The Supreme Court of Ohio has opened a 45-day period for public comment on proposed amendments to the Rules for the Government of the Bar of Ohio regarding continuing legal education (CLE) requirements for Ohio attorneys.
APRIL 25, 2024
Lawyer Suspended for Intoxicating Teens and Groping One of Them
The Supreme Court of Ohio today suspended a Westlake attorney based on his criminal convictions for providing two teenage girls with alcohol and groping one of them.
APRIL 23, 2024
Developer May Be Entitled to Prejudgment Interest from Port Authority
A Cincinnati area port authority is subject to a state law that directs a party who breached a contract to pay an additional sum for delaying payment while the matter is disputed in court, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled.
APRIL 18, 2024
Charge Against Teen May Proceed in Adult Court
A teen may be charged and convicted of tampering with evidence in the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court after his murder case was transferred from juvenile court, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled today.
APRIL 17, 2024
Database Collection of Death Information Not Public Record
A statewide database of dead Ohioans with the names and addresses associated with the causes of death is not available to the public via a public records request because it contains “protected health information,” the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled today.
APRIL 16, 2024
Court Hears Claim That Finding of Passion or Rage in First Murder Trial Must Apply to Retrial
Dujuan Wiley was an admitted drug dealer when he was attacked in his bedroom by three men, including one of his regular customers.
APRIL 4, 2024
Video Testimony in Sex Crime Case Unconstitutional, But Not Enough to Overturn Conviction
The Supreme Court of Ohio today upheld the sexual battery conviction of a Logan County man, finding that the impermissible videoconference testimony from a witness did not impact the outcome of the trial.
APRIL 2, 2024
Medical Negligence Case Raises Questions About Voting Instructions for Juries
A 37-year-old man died after an emergency surgery in 2017, and his estate sued the medical providers.
APRIL 24, 2024
For Judge Andrew King of the Fifth District Court of Appeals, public service runs in the family. It began with his grandparents who served in World War II in the Army Air Corps and Cadet Nurse Corps.
Assigned Judge Wants to Leave Everywhere Better Than He Found It
As a first-year law student, Judge Juergen Waldick sat in the back of Ohio Northern University’s moot courtroom with sights set on becoming a prosecutor.
Assigned Judge Has Served All Levels of Courts
After graduating from college, Judge Eugene Lucci spent his days enforcing the law. By night, he was gaining a greater knowledge about the laws he was sworn to enforce.
APRIL 19, 2024
Hometown Attorney Appointed Warren Municipal Court Judge
Attorney Natasha Natale is the new judge of Warren Municipal Court in Trumbull County.
APRIL 10, 2024
Trailblazing Judge Sits for Supreme Court Argument
Making her third appearance on the Supreme Court of Ohio bench, Judge Carol Ann Robb served as an assigned judge during oral arguments Tuesday.
MARCH 29, 2024
Municipal Judge Appointed to Appeals Court
Judge Katelyn Dickey of the Columbiana County Municipal Court was appointed today to serve as judge for the Seventh District Court of Appeals.
MARCH 26, 2024
Mentorship from the Court Brought This Assigned Judge Back
Judge Charles Sulek’s favorite part of the Thomas J. Moyer Judicial Center isn’t the courtroom or grandeur of the law library.
April 25, 2024
Scenes from Ohio Supreme Court ‘Off-Site Court’ session: The Telegram
The Ohio Supreme Court held its 83rd Off-Site Court session on Wednesday, April 24, 2024.
Co-chair of Judge4Yourself group resigns after state GOP leader blasts anti-Trump Facebook posts: Cleveland.com
A former longtime judge and leader in Democratic circles in Cuyahoga County resigned Wednesday as co-chair of a group of local bar associations that rates judicial candidates after the head of the Ohio GOP criticized her social media posts.