On a regular basis I will have a client contact me after he or she has been charged with a theft offense that they just received a letter in the mail from the store’s lawyers. Whether it’s Wal-Mart, Target, Home Depot, or others, it’s not uncommon for their lawyers to send a theft penalty letter to the accused, demanding…
This is a question I hear from my clients, their families, and folks I come across in the area’s courts and jails. First off, what exactly is Judicial Release? Also referred to as “Shock Probation,” it’s a program offered through the courts as a means of granting an early release from prison in Ohio and being placed on probation….
Last year when the Ohio House of Representatives passed HB 86, it brought about a number of changes to the courts. A major component of HB 86 was how it effected the sentencing process in common pleas courts. This included when juveniles are tried as adults, known as bindovers. If a juvenile had his case “bound over” from juvenile…
At one of my pretrials this morning I was speaking with my client outside of the courtroom. As he asked me whether I had received the discovery from the prosecutor yet, I was able to pull out my iPad, hop online, download the reports, and share what the police were alleging in his case. It’s amazing to think that…
This morning in court I represented a client charged with an elevated felony charge of Obstructing Justice. This wasn’t my client’s first encounter with the justice system and, in fact, my client had previously served time in prison. Going in to court this morning we had no idea what the judge’s sentence would be. My client was extremely nervous…
Practicing criminal, DUI, and traffic law throughout Northeast Ohio, including but not limited to the following counties and cities: Cuyahoga, Summit, Medina, Lorain, Lake, Stark, Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, South Euclid, Lyndhurst, Shaker Heights, Beachwood, Pepper Pike, Orange, Moreland Hills, Chagrin Falls, Gates Mills, Hunting Valley, Lakewood, Rocky River, Westlake, Avon Lake, Parma, Garfield Heights, Bedford, North Royalton, Brunswick, Akron, Canton, Elyria, Oberlin, Mentor, and Painesville.