“Being subject to a baseless felony prosecution is one of the worst things that can happen to a person at the hands of their government,”
Andy Geronimo, director of the Case Western Reserve University First Amendment Law Clinic, said the indictments were very troubling to him. “From all appearances, this is
The lawsuit filed Dec. 8 in the Ohio 8th District Court of Appeals followed two demand letters from Burkons’ attorney, Peter Pattakos: one to Beachwood’s
The lawyer for Beachwood City Councilman Mike Burkons has filed a second taxpayer’s demand letter claiming Beachwood City Council president James Pasch had prior knowledge
The front page of today’s Plain Dealer (and Advance Ohio’s sister publication Cleveland.com) contains a nauseating piece of Cleveland Foundation propaganda attempting to defend the
Without prior council authorization, Pattakos argued in his Oct. 22 letter to Beachwood Law Director Diane Calta, Scalise’s representation is not legal. Pattakos wrote that
“We’ve never seen in the state of Ohio this statute used to prosecute someone for violating someone’s First Amendment right to freedom of speech,” Pattakos
A GlenOak High School counselor is suing a detective for arresting her in a case that had “more holes than Swiss cheese.” Dawn Jones-Harrington of
“With the release of recent census data giving rise to widespread reports that Cleveland is now the poorest large city in the U.S.—on top of
As reported this morning by the Cleveland Jewish News, Beachwood City Councilman Mike Burkons has retained attorney Peter Pattakos to represent him in criminal proceedings