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854 ABA Journal Ohio articles.

Appeals court reverses $68K verdict against lawyer over claimed termite damage in home prior to sale

Updated: When Sarah Seitz first saw her dream home, it contained only a couch in the living room, a spare tile in one bedroom closet and some window coverings on the floor of another bedroom closet. All, it turned out, concealed termite damage in the home that attorney Anne C.…

Apr 1, 2013 4:43 PM CDT

Joseph Kelner, attorney who sued sitting Ohio governor over Kent State slayings, is dead at 98

Joseph Kelner, a personal injury attorney best known for the litigation battle he fought, and arguably won, over an iconic Vietnam War protest at Kent State University, has died. He was 98 years old. A former president of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association and the American Trial Lawyers…

Mar 8, 2013 7:55 PM CST

Sued by bank, lawyer says he was also victimized by client’s $297K check scam

An Ohio lawyer is now embroiled in litigation after apparently being victimized in an overseas check scam perpetrated by a purported client. F. Stephen Chamberlain says he deposited a $297,500 cashier’s check into his Union Bank trust account and, after being assured by a JPMorgan Chase Bank representative that the…

Feb 27, 2013 6:58 PM CST

Lawyer’s indictment delays client’s murder trial

Convicted of murder earlier this month and sentenced to 18 years to life, Lamar Simmons, 35, was facing a second murder trial on Monday in an unrelated Ohio case. But it had to be delayed after Simmons’ defense lawyer, Greg Cohen, was indicted. The attorney is accused of trying to…

Feb 27, 2013 5:58 PM CST

Man who punched his own lawyer is convicted, gets 34 years, plus 6 months, and faces new charges

A man who punched his own lawyer in the face last week when the attorney argued against the client’s desire to fire him has been acquitted on an an attempted murder count even though he subsequently appeared in front of the Ohio jury in restraints. But Dionte Lummus was convicted…

Feb 11, 2013 11:30 PM CST

Why this client ended up in restraints at trial

When 20-year-old Dionte Lummus told an Ohio judge Monday that he wanted to fire the lawyer who is defending him in an attempted-murder trial, attorney Will Oswall said it wouldn’t be fair to his client to lose his counsel midtrial. At that point, Lummus threw a punch toward Oswall’s face…

Feb 5, 2013 4:43 PM CST

‘Race rater’ evidence blocked in EEOC bias suit over Kaplan credit checks; case gets tossed

Kaplan Higher Education Corp. has won dismissal of a lawsuit that alleged its hiring credit checks discriminated against black job applicants. U.S. District Judge Patricia Gaughan of Cleveland granted summary judgment for the company on Monday after blocking an EEOC expert witness, the New York Times reports. The expert had…

Jan 30, 2013 4:04 PM CST

Video captures courtroom attack of woman seeking protection order

All was apparently well until a magistrate judge reportedly left an Ohio domestic violence courtroom during a Friday hearing last week to see if the respondent had any pending arrest warrants. Almost immediately after the judge left and another woman entered the courtroom, a security video for the Summit County…

Jan 29, 2013 11:30 PM CST

Teacher with child phobia sues school for disability discrimination, says she was forced to retire

A high school French teacher in Ohio has sued her district, contending that her reassignment to a school that has elementary students constituted disability discrimination because she has a phobic fear of young children. Maria C. Waltherr-Willard, 61, had taught for decades in the Mariemont School District, which allegedly accommodated…

Jan 15, 2013 8:06 PM CST

Ohio Gov Avoids Obesity Execution Issue re 450-Pound Inmate, Grants Clemency on Another Basis

Sidestepping the issue of whether Ronald Post, at approximately 450 pounds, is too overweight to be humanely executed, Ohio’s chief executive has granted him clemency on another basis. Gov. John Kasich on Monday commuted Post’s death sentence to life without the possibility of parole, saying that this was appropriate, regardless…

Dec 17, 2012 10:55 PM CST

Ohio’s Calfee Halter Seeks More Partners in New Cincinnati Office

Ohio’s Calfee Halter & Griswold has posted the Help Wanted sign for partners in Cincinnati. The 160-attorney firm launched a new office there earlier this year, which now has four lawyers. However, it hopes to grow the attorney roster there to 30 within the foreseeable future, according to the Business…

Dec 10, 2012 10:45 PM CST

Ohio Lawyer Sues Mugshot Websites, Claims Right-of-Publicity Violation

An Ohio lawyer has filed a lawsuit that claims five websites that publish mugshots are violating state law. The websites will remove mugshots if individuals pay a fee, and that is the problem, according to Toledo lawyer Scott Ciolek. He says the websites are violating a right-of-publicity law that generally…

Dec 7, 2012 12:00 PM CST

Former Ohio AG Loses Law License for 6 Months Over Ethics Violations While In Office

A former state attorney general has had his law license suspended for six months by the Ohio Supreme Court. An attorney discipline board previously found that Marc Edward Dann engaged in conduct that adversely reflected on his fitness to practice law by soliciting improper compensation and filing false financial disclosures…

Nov 20, 2012 6:04 PM CST

She Did The Crime, She Holds the ‘Idiot’ Sign as Others Honk and Jeer re Illegal School Bus Pass

A woman who took a plea that requires her to hold a disparaging “only an idiot” sign at the scene of her crime—driving past a school bus on the sidewalk, near a day care center—is complying with her sentence. Shena Hardin, 32, stood out in the cold in Cleveland on…

Nov 13, 2012 9:09 PM CST

Newly Elected Ohio Justice Is Surprised After Low-Budget Win; Slogan Was ‘No Money from Nobody’

A candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court has eked out a win with a campaign budget of only $4,000. William O’Neill had shunned campaign donations and campaigned on the theme “no money from nobody,” the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. A former trial lawyer and appeals court judge, his current job…

Nov 13, 2012 12:00 PM CST

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Appeals court reverses $68K verdict against lawyer over claimed termite damage in home prior to sale

Joseph Kelner, attorney who sued sitting Ohio governor over Kent State slayings, is dead at 98

Sued by bank, lawyer says he was also victimized by client’s $297K check scam

Lawyer’s indictment delays client’s murder trial

Man who punched his own lawyer is convicted, gets 34 years, plus 6 months, and faces new charges

Why this client ended up in restraints at trial

‘Race rater’ evidence blocked in EEOC bias suit over Kaplan credit checks; case gets tossed

Video captures courtroom attack of woman seeking protection order

Teacher with child phobia sues school for disability discrimination, says she was forced to retire

Ohio Gov Avoids Obesity Execution Issue re 450-Pound Inmate, Grants Clemency on Another Basis

Ohio’s Calfee Halter Seeks More Partners in New Cincinnati Office

Ohio Lawyer Sues Mugshot Websites, Claims Right-of-Publicity Violation

Former Ohio AG Loses Law License for 6 Months Over Ethics Violations While In Office

She Did The Crime, She Holds the ‘Idiot’ Sign as Others Honk and Jeer re Illegal School Bus Pass

Newly Elected Ohio Justice Is Surprised After Low-Budget Win; Slogan Was ‘No Money from Nobody’

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