John Mismas, a former teamster who graduated from The University of Akron School of Law in 2003, recently won the largest jury award for an asbestos case in Ohio history, totaling $27.5 million. The ...

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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 ...

AKRON––For those living with long-term mental illness and their families, the supports and services can be difficult to navigate. Summit County Probate Court’s New Day Court, the first of its kind in ...

Barberton Municipal Court Judge Todd McKenney is known for his political and legal accomplishments on and off the bench, but what some people may not know is that Judge McKenney is also a licensed and ...

Longtime Akron attorney and educator Robert Emerson Mohler may not have experienced it all, but he did impact the lives of many in Summit County during his 102 years. Mohler passed away on July 10 at ...

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 ...

Akron, Stow and Barberton municipal courts all have mental health dockets, which provide an alternative to incarceration for individuals with certain mental illnesses who are charged with misdemeanor ...

The 9th District Court of Appeals recently affirmed the convictions of Gracshawn Thomas, an Akron man who was found guilty of shooting and killing Alphonzo Golden and then trying to hide the evidence.

Starting in February Ohio’s certified public accountants will have a new leader for the first time in more than two decades. The Ohio Society of CPAs has announced that Scott Wiley will become its new ...

In a 4-3 decision handed down recently, the Supreme Court of Ohio declined to issue an opinion on how trial courts should consider post-traumatic stress disorder when sentencing a veteran. The ...

Alison Breaux is proving the naysayers wrong. When the 43-year-old West Akron resident unseated Republican Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Todd McKenney, many people in the legal community were ...