A teenager receives a citation for speeding or a similar offense, the teen or a parent pays the fine and points are assessed on the juvenile’s driver’s license. That’s the typical way that traffic ...

Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Tom Parker fell into the legal profession by accident. “I decided to become a lawyer because I knew how bad I was at math,” Parker said in a telephone interview.

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 ...

The United States Supreme Court recently granted certiorari to a Summit County Evergreen Homes case, State v. Willan (Supreme Court cite 13-7621). The case concerns the criminal charges brought ...

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 ...

The 11th District Court of Appeals ruled recently that a defendant was not entitled to a resentencing hearing after his death penalty was modified and reduced to life imprisonment. The appellant, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Olja Ivanic looked forward to welcoming some cousins from Sweden to her Denver home in June. Ivanic and the four travelers were planning to go hiking in Colorado and then visit Los Angeles and San ...

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 ...