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Medina Municipal Court: (2010) |
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State of Ohio v. Nicholas Andrukat;client charged with OVI/OVI BAC; improper high beams; motion to suppress granted; State dismissed OVI charges; client pled to minor misdemeanor high beam traffic offense
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State of Ohio v. Robert Ovall III;co-counseled case with Attorney William LeFaiver; client charged with OVI/OVI BAC .222gr/dl; marked lanes; motion to suppress granted; State dismissed OVI charges; client pled NC to marked lanes minor misdemeanor traffic violation
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Medina County Common Pleas Court (2010) |
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State of Ohio v. Kenneth R. Bailey;client's petition to challenge re-classification of offender registration from 1x per year for 10 years to 2x per year for 25 years granted based on Supreme Court of Ohio's decision in State v. Bodyke (June 3, 2010), Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-2424 |
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State of Ohio v. Daniel Potter;client's petition to challenge re-classification of offender registration from 1x per year for 10 years to 2x per year for 25 years granted based on Supreme Court of Ohio's decision in State v. Bodyke (June 3, 2010), Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-2424 |
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State of Ohio v. Donald J. Phifer;reclassification notification case; Attorney General's Office sought reclassification from ten year reporting requirement to lifetime reporting every ninety days; motion to terminate all registration requirements granted; court found petitioner had no duty to register in the first place
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Ninth District Court of Appeals |
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State of Ohio v. Kyle Phillps (2007);appellant's convictions for attempted rape and abduction reversed due to trial court's failure to advise Mr. Phillips of mandatory post-release control at change of plea hearing; remanded to trial court |
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Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court (2009) |
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State of Ohio v. Timothy Turner;co-counsel with partner Andrew Korduba; client charged with two counts rape (Felony 1), one count kidnapping (Felony 1), two counts felonious assault (Felony 2), one count aggravated robbery (Felony 1), and one count domestic violence (M1); client faced over 56 years in prison; State dismissed all charges |
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| Personal Injury Cases (since 2000): |
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Gary Bryant v. Ohio Edison Co, et al.; electrical burn injury case to 50-year-old married male; settlement of $1.3 million |
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Eggeman, Executor of Estate of Robert Keith Chapman v. Brinker International Inc., et al.; wrongful death of 40-yr-old single male struck head-on by drunk driver; dram shop liability; $1 million settlement |
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Tina Harrell, et al. v. Delta Management, Inc. (dba Christie's Cabaret); premises liability shooting case; 38-yr-old female entertainer shot inside club; $425,000 settlement |
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Robert Greene, et al. v. USA, Dept. of Veterans Affairs; medical malpractice case; failure to diagnose colorectal cancer; 53-yr- old African American Vietnam Vet; $725,000 settlement; |
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Contreras v. ERA Enterprises, LLC; premises liability case involving stabbing of two clients outside nightclub in parking lot; total settlement of $159,000 |
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Recent Cases: |
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Acquittal of a 40-year-old white male charged with rape of a child under ten; client faced life in prison if convicted |
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Eighteen-year-old white male charged with two counts of aggravated arson, felonies of the first degree, and facing twenty years in prison; client confessed to setting fires; pled to one reduced charge of attempted aggravated arson, felony of third degree; client served just over one year in prison |
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Client charged with violating Civil Protection Order based on repeated phone calls to protected person; facing six months in jail; charge dismisse |
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