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AKRON, Ohio — Prosecutors and defense attorneys have outlined many of the schemes Jimmy Dimora and Michael Gabor are accused of in court records that led up to the trial that opened last week.But as prosecutors make their case in front of a jury, new details emerge -- names, more information about how a scheme may have worked and glimpses into possible new schemes yet to be … [Read more...] about Prosecutors in the Dimora trial naming names, providing new details

Name: James P. CelebrezzeBorn: 2/6/1938 Elected position/Job: Former Cuyahoga County domestic relations judge First noted: In charges against former county employee Michael Gabor. Lawyer: Michael DeJohn Corruption probe connections: Prosecutors say that former county employee Gabor paid another county employee, J. Kevin Kelley, $10,000 to bribe … [Read more...] about James P. Celebrezze

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Judge Timothy Flanagan will retire from the divorce-and-child-custody bench at year's end, ending a 26-year tenure as administrative judge, he confirmed Monday.Flanagan will leave a court that had been among the state's most beleaguered until it adopted broad reforms demanded by the Ohio Supreme Court earlier this … [Read more...] about Cuyahoga County divorce court’s Judge Timothy Flanagan to retire from the bench

Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze has removed herself from 88 cases that she inherited this year after her father retired from the bench.The action came after Chief Justice Thomas Moyer of the Ohio Supreme Court ordered Celebrezze to disqualify herself from one of the cases, citing a rule that requires judges to remove themselves from cases in which … [Read more...] about Cuyahoga County Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze removes herself from 88 cases

A husband embroiled in a protracted divorce case has accused a Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court judge of bias because her friend and campaign treasurer is working as the receiver in charge of assets in the case.Marc Strauss, an attorney and wealthy real estate developer from Willoughby, asked the Ohio Supreme Court last week to remove Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze from … [Read more...] about Lawyer asks Ohio Supreme Court to remove Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze from divorce case