Blog

Unit Size Amendments: Watch Out for Brokers Asking You to Assign Lease Rights (04/15/13)
Youngstown Charter Amendment Would Be a Negative for Landowners (04/11/13)
Protecting the Castle: Ohio Expands the Personal Residence Exemption (03/27/13)
I Have Seen the Promised Land (01/14/13)
Employee Handbooks Can Bring Benefits, Dangers (11/20/12)
Doing Business with Oil & Gas Companies Requires Close Scrutiny and Caution (07/03/12)
New EEOC Guidelines on Background Checks May Mean New Approaches for Employers (07/03/12)
Seismic Testing: Know Your Rights Around the ‘Big Bang’ (04/23/12)
NLRB Posting Rule Delayed Again (04/18/12)
Be Wary of Plans That Delay Payment of Oil & Gas Bonuses (04/04/12)

News

Employment Litigation Attorney Matthew M. Ries Joins HHM

WARREN, Ohio (May 14, 2013) – Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell today announced the addition of attorney Matthew M. Ries. Ries joins HHM after working as a litigation attorney for more than four years in the Columbus and Cleveland areas.  Ries’s practice with HHM will focus on civil and...

HHM Releases Document on Youngstown Charter Amendment

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (April 11, 2013) – A leading Northeastern Ohio mineral rights lawyer today released a document detailing the drawbacks of a proposed charter amendment going before Youngstown voters in the May 7 election.  Alan D. Wenger, chair of the oil and gas law practice group at...

Litigation Attorney Vito Abruzzino Joins HHM

SALEM, Ohio (March 19, 2013) – Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell today announced the addition of attorney Vito J. Abruzzino. Abruzzino joins HHM after nearly five years of work with the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps as a prosecutor, defense counsel and legal advisor. In addition to...

Youngstown Business Attorney Named to Super Lawyers List for 10th Straight Year

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (January 9, 2013) – Attorney James L. Blomstrom, a Youngstown attorney and member of the law firm of Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell, Ltd., has now been named to the Ohio Super Lawyers list every year for the past decade. Lawyers named to the list have all attained high peer...

Youngstown Creditors’ Rights Attorney Named to Super Lawyers List for 4th Consecutive Year

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (January 9, 2013) – Attorney Frederick S. (“Fritz”) Coombs III, a Youngstown attorney and member of the law firm of Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell, Ltd., has been recognized by his colleagues as a member of the Ohio Super Lawyers list for the fourth year in a row. Lawyers...

Youngstown Tax Lawyer Posts 'Fiscal Cliff' Deal Highlights

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (January 2, 2013) -- Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell Ltd., a regional law firm, has published a set of highlights on the fiscal cliff legislation adopted yesterday by Congress. Authored by George P. Millich, Jr., an attorney who focuses on taxation and estate planning, the memo...

HHM Lawyer Shirley J. Christian Elected President of Mahoning County Bar Association

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (June 26, 2012) – Shirley J. Christian, a member with Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell, has been elected president of the Mahoning County Bar Association, a professional society representing more than 500 lawyers. She is the second woman to be elected to this position, and began...

Youngstown Oil & Gas Attorney Authors Ohio Lawyer Article Urging Protection for Landowners

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (June 17, 2012) – Alan D. Wenger, an attorney with Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell Ltd., recently published an article in Ohio Lawyer warning lawyers who represent landowners to avoid lease pitfalls that could bring “disastrous consequences.”  Ohio Lawyer is published by the...

Litigation Attorney Megan Graff Joins HHM

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (June 12, 2012) – Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell today announced the addition of attorney Megan M. Graff to the firm’s Youngstown office. Graff joins HHM following four years in practice in Mahoning County, where she has concentrated in insurance defense, medical malpractice...

Oil & Gas Attorney Gina Strickland Joins HHM

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (May 22, 2012) – Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell today announced the addition of attorney Gina L. Strickland to the firm’s Youngstown office. Strickland joins HHM from Kenyon Energy LLC, of Oklahoma City, where she focused on real estate law in Ohio and West Virginia. Strickland’s...