Alison Breaux beat odds to become Summit Co. Common Pleas judge TRACEY BLAIR Legal News Reporter Published: June 9, 2017 Alison Breaux is proving the naysayers wrong. When the 43-year-old West Akron ...

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 ...

Akron Law holds first Summer Trial Academy SHERRY KARABIN Legal News Reporter Published: September 25, 2015 It’s not often in life that people get the chance to try out a career before choosing it.

AKRON––Mental Health Court and Family Intervention Court, two specialized dockets of the Akron Municipal Court, recently earned a renewed certification from the Ohio Supreme Court’s Commission on ...

The Summit County Court of Common Pleas was bustling last Friday with high school students from 11 different area schools for the Ohio Mock Trial Competition, sponsored locally by the Akron Bar ...

Court rules man responsible for FBI informant's death will be resentenced ANNIE YAMSON Special to the Legal News Published: August 7, 2014 A Cleveland man convicted of the murder of an FBI informant ...

Getting medical records can be time-consuming and expensive for everyone. But few lawyers (and fewer medical providers) know that federal law now limits how much a provider can charge for records. And ...

As a child Casey Weinstein started a neighborhood trash pickup organization; as a young adult he served in the United States Air Force, where he worked to keep government data safe from hackers along ...

Trump signs executive orders to boost nuclear power, speed up approvals WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed executive orders recently intended to quadruple domestic production of nuclear ...

ICE raids and their uncertainty scare off workers and baffle businesses WASHINGTON (AP) — Farmers, cattle ranchers and hotel and restaurant managers breathed a sigh of relief last week when President ...

Akron Fire Chief Ed Hiltbrand to retire SHERRY KARABIN Legal News Reporter Published: September 2, 2016 When Edward Hiltbrand first joined the Akron Fire Department in 1985, he said he had no idea ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Imagine finding out your friends hosted a dinner party and didn't invite you, or that you were passed over for a job you were excited about. These moments hurt, and people often ...