The Ohio Supreme Court this week affirmed the convictions and death sentences of man who admitted to the brutal triple murder of his girlfriend and two young children. Caron Montgomery appealed from the judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas where he pleaded guilty to the Thanksgiving Day 2010 murder of his former [...]
The Ohio Supreme Court this week ruled that a Spencer Township trustee’s position was unlawfully “usurped” while he was away on active military duty. The per curiam decision granted a peremptory writ of quo warranto, or a remedy to litigate the right of a person to hold office, to Lucas County prosecuting attorney Julia Bates, [...]
The Ohio Supreme Court has granted a motion for interim remedial suspension of an attorney whom the Office of Disciplinary Counsel has deemed a threat to the public. Akron attorney Mark Andrew Chuparkoff was suspended from the practice of law immediately based on evidence that he violated the Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct and “poses [...]
COLUMBUS — Judith Ann Lanzinger had always considered herself a literal person, a judge who prefers words on paper to be clear — especially in legal briefs and statutes. But now the Ohio Supreme Court justice embraces some ambiguous words, teaching poetry to fellow judges, helping them, like herself, to use art and literature to [...]
The Ohio Supreme Court is seeking public comment concerning the report and recommendations of the Task Force to Examine Improvements to the Ohio Grand Jury System until the end of this month. The task force, convened in January by Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor, released its full report on July 13 with 10 recommendations aimed at [...]
A Westerville attorney was suspended from the practice of law for one year this week after the Ohio Supreme Court considered charges of neglect and misconduct filed by the Columbus Bar Association. The lawyer, Darwin Richard Roseman, was admitted to the practice of law in 1995. In 2015, the Board of Professional Conduct of the [...]
In a 4-3 ruling this week the Ohio Supreme Court held that an electric company could not be held liable for injuries sustained by a motorist who was struck by a deer and then hit a utility pole. The decision reversed the rulings of two lower courts — the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas [...]
Former Franklin County Municipal Court Judge Harland Hale has had his law license reinstated by the Ohio Supreme Court this week. The former environmental court judge resigned from the bench in 2013 amid scandal including sexual harassment allegations and pending discipline for the improper dismissal of a speeding ticket. In a 5-2 decision in Nov. [...]
The Ohio Supreme Court last week ruled that Springfield City Schools must release student contact information requested by the nonprofit School Choice. “Springfield is ordered to provide the records requested by School Choice that pertain to students whose parents had signed Springfield’s consent form and that fall within any of the nine categories of personally [...]
The Ohio Supreme Court recently imposed a two-year suspension from the practice of law with credit for time served on a Kentucky attorney. The lawyer, Meredith Lynn Lawrence of Warsaw, Ken., was admitted into the practice of law in Ohio in 1977. Last year, the Office of Disciplinary Counsel charged Lawrence with professional misconduct stemming [...]