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Supreme Court of Ohio reverses Eighth District; rules that prevailing parties may collect attorney’s fees incurred in defending punitive damages awards on appeal

Yesterday, in a 5-2 decision, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled in favor of our clients Christina Cruz and Heidi Kaiser, affirming that “prevailing parties

Summit County court worker sues judge, deputies for attacking him while entering courthouse from employee entrance—Cleveland.com

Curtis Williams II, a licensed psychologist working for a Summit County Common Pleas ...

Court social worker sues Akron, Summit County for alleged excessive force in 2020 arrest—Akron Beacon Journal

A court-appointed social worker has filed a federal lawsuit claiming his rights ...

Supreme Court of Ohio rejects KNR law firm’s appeal in class-action fraud suit

Today the Supreme Court of Ohio announced its decision to decline the KNR ...

“This was a fraud” — New evidence revealed in Canton McKinley pizza incident — Fox 8 Cleveland

CANTON, Ohio (WJW) – The attorney representing several Canton McKinley football coaches fired ...

Testimony in Canton McKinley pizza case confirms that football player’s attorney fabricated claims of religious discrimination against terminated coaches

In the interests of correcting the record and mitigating the damage caused by the defamatory accusations of antisemitism that made local, national, and international headlines and cost Marcus Wattley his job ...

Settlement to pay for Burkons legal fees—The Cleveland Jewish News

“Burkons[‘] lawyer, Peter Pattakos of the Pattakos Law Firm in Fairlawn told the CJN in a May 25 email that Burkons placed a ...

Appeals court OKs class-action lawsuit against law firm over $50 ʻinvestigative feeʼ charged to tens of thousands of clients—Cleveland.com

A three-judge panel of the Ninth District Ohio Court of Appeals last week unanimously upheld a lower court’s ...

Appeals court affirms class-action certification of fraud claims against KNR law firm

Yesterday, a unanimous panel of the Ninth District Court of Appeals in Akron (Carr, J, Hensal, J,  Sutton, J) issued a ruling affirming that tens of thousands of former clients ...