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Troy Tenace of Toledo appeals his conviction and death sentence for the aggravated murder of 76-year-old Edward Kozlowski in 1994 during a robbery of the victim's home.
Does ‘Offer To Sell’ Support Conviction When ‘Drug’ Actually Sold Is Fake?
Must Non-Custodial Parent Be Found Unsuitable Before Neglected Child Placed With a Non-Parent?
When a juvenile court has found a child to be neglected by her custodial parent and has awarded temporary custody to non-parents, if a non-custodial parent whose conduct was not implicated in the neglect finding subsequently seeks custody, may the court deny custody to the parent in favor of a non-parent custodian absent an explicit judicial determination that the non-custodial parent is unsuitable?
The Board on the Unauthorized Practice of Law has recommended that the Supreme Court order Ajamu M. Kafele of Gahanna , who is not an attorney, to cease engaging in the unauthorized practice of law. The board has also recommended that a civil penalty of $10,000 be assessed against Kafele for continuing to prepare and file court documents on behalf of a third party business entity and another individual after being warned that his actions in providing such services to third party “clients” must stop because they constituted the unlicensed practice of law.
Drug Trafficking – Does ‘Offer To Sell’ Support Conviction When ‘Drug’ Actually Sold Is Fake?
"I am pleased to report that members of the public may now access Supreme Court dockets (and other case information) live on the Internet. This morning, a link for “Supreme Court Case Management System—Case Docket Search” was added to both the court’s home page (http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/) and the Clerk’s Office page (http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/Clerk_of_Court/). Chief Justice Moyer announced the release today at his State of the Judiciary Address.
Government of the Bar of Ohio as set forth below.
practice law from Ohio will be valid until midnight, March 15, 2006.
associations in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.
temporarily waived as set forth below.
practice of law in Ohio. See Gov.Bar R. VI(6)(A) and (B).
It was reported in a story from Medical News Today that a federal judge in Cincinnati on Friday allowed abortion providers two weeks to comply with an abortion-related Ohio law (HB 421) -- which was passed in 1998 but never enforced. The law requires unmarried minors to obtain parental consent before seeking abortions as well as a 24-hour waiting period for any woman before undergoing the procedure. The law will take effect on Sept. 22 unless more litigation ensues in the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.
2004-0284. Comer v. Risko, 2005-Ohio-4559.
Knox App. No. 03CA14, 2003-Ohio-7272. Judgment reversed and cause remanded.
2004-0892. Fostoria v. Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Assn., 2005-Ohio-4558.
Seneca App. No. 13-03-26 , 2004-Ohio-1945. Judgment reversed.
Binding arbitration — Standard of review — A party cannot raise on appeal an issue that was not presented at the arbitration proceeding.
2004-1425. Columbus City School Dist. Bd. of Edn. v. Wilkins, 2005-Ohio-4556.
Board of Tax Appeals, No. 2002-V-1301. Decision vacated.
Trusts — Application for exemption from real-property taxation.
2004-1509. Wenner v. Midland Title Security, Inc., 2005-Ohio-4555.
Richland App. No. 03CA107, 2004-Ohio-3989. Sua sponte, cause dismissed as having been improvidently accepted.
2004-1941. State ex rel. Internatl. Paper v. Trucinski, 2005-Ohio-4557.
Franklin App. No. 03AP-963, 2004-Ohio-5520. Judgment affirmed.
2004-R-440 Ronnie C. and Laurie A. Rector v. William W. Wilkins, Tax Commissioner of Ohio. Personal Income Tax. Tax Commissioner affirmed. Board members concur.
2004-M-794 Board of Education of the Avon Local School District v. Lorain County Board of Revision, the Lorain County Auditor and Martti and Carole Putkonen. Real Property Tax. Value found. Ms. Margulies, Mr. Eberhart concur; Mr. Dunlap dissents.
2004-K-850 South Euclid-Lyndhurst City School District Board of Education v. Cuyahoga County Board of Revision, Cuyahoga County Auditor, and Warner Real Estate, LLC. Real Property Tax. Value found. Board members concur.
2005-A-305 Ryan Investments v. William W. Wilkins, Tax Commissioner of Ohio. Personal Property Tax Penalty Abatement. Tax Commissioner affirmed. Board members concur.
2005-K-712 Shelley Poole v. William W. Wilkins, Tax Commissioner of Ohio. Sales Tax. Dismissed—lack of jurisdiction. Board members concur.
2005-A-802 Cleveland Municipal School District Board of Education v. Cuyahoga County Board of Revision, Cuyahoga County Auditor, and Renaissance Center Ltd. Part. Real Property Tax. Dismissed. Board members concur.
COLUMBUS, OHIO (September 9, 2005) -- The Board of Commissioners of the Clients' Security Fund of Ohio (CSF) met on Friday, September 9, 2005 and awarded $88,203.99 to 30 victims of attorney theft. Ten former or suspended Ohio attorneys were found to have misappropriated client funds.
The CSF Board of Commissioners reimbursed $1,300 to two former clients of former Brown County attorney Edward L. Harp after finding that he accepted fees but failed to provide the services requested. Mr. Harp was suspended from the practice of law in Ohio on March 11, 2004. On September 2, 2004, Mr. Harp surrendered his license to practice law in Ohio, with discipline pending.
A former client of Cuyahoga County attorney Willie L. Griffin was reimbursed $5,722.00 by the Clients' Security Fund of Ohio as a result of Mr. Griffin’s failure to account for expenditures of client funds. Mr. Griffin was suspended from the practice of law in Ohio on November 15, 2000. A former client of attorney Michael Troy Watson, also of Cuyahoga County, was reimbursed$1,100.00 for services that Mr. Watson failed to provide. Mr. Watson was suspended from the practice of law in Ohio on December 26, 2002.
Two former clients of suspended Franklin County attorney Perry R. Silverman were reimbursed $14,333.33 as a result of Mr. Silverman’s failure to release or otherwise account for client funds. Mr. Silverman was suspended from the practice of law in Ohio by the Supreme Court of Ohio on May 10, 2004.
Former clients of two other Franklin County attorneys were awarded reimbursement by the CSF Board of Commissioners. Two former clients of suspended attorney Mary Ann Torian were reimbursed a total of $13,000.00 as a result of Ms. Torian’s failure to provide the services requested. Ms. Torian was indefinitely suspended from the practice of law in Ohio on July 13, 2005. A former client of suspended attorney Randall C. Treneff was reimbursed $750.00 in fees paid for services that Mr. Treneff failed to provide. Mr. Treneff was indefinitely suspended from the practice of law in Ohio on December 15, 2004.
Three clients of former Lucas County attorney Kathleen Striggow were awarded a total of $11,775.34 in reimbursement for fees paid for services that were not provided. Ms. Striggow resigned from the practice of law in Ohio, with discipline pending, on July 1, 2004. In September, 2004 Ms. Striggow pled guilty to theft.
Sixteen clients of former Mahoning County attorney Mark S. Colucci were reimbursed a total of $28,950.00 as a result of Mr. Colucci’s failure to provide the services requested and his failure to account for client funds. Mr. Colucci resigned from the practice of law in Ohio, with discipline pending, on December 2, 2004.
A former client of Preble County attorney Herd L. Bennett was reimbursed $10,478.32 lost as a result of Mr. Bennett’s failure to repay funds loaned to him by his client. Mr. Bennett committed suicide on April 9, 2002.
A former client of Richland County attorney Barry F. Brickley was reimbursed $795.00 as a result of Mr. Brickley’s failure to provide the services requested. Mr. Brickley’s license to practice law was indefinitely suspended by the Supreme Court of Ohio on December 4, 2002.
The CSF was created in 1985 by the Ohio Supreme Court to reimburse victims of attorney theft, embezzlement or misappropriation. The CSF is not taxpayer funded, but funded entirely by registration fees paid by every Ohio attorney. Ohio has over 37,000 attorneys engaged in the active practice of law. Less than one tenth of one percent (1%) of those attorneys is involved in CSF claims.

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