SALEM, Ohio – Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell, Ltd., today announced that Attorney J. Bradley Allison has joined the law firm and will serve clients from the firm's Salem office.

Allison is the Law Director in the City of East Palestine and will maintain that position while at HHM. He will focus his private practice in estate planning, probate administration and general law.

Allison, an East Palestine resident, has practiced law since 1985. Before joining HHM, he was a partner with Allison & Blasdell, an East Palestine firm that is dissolving as its senior partner, Daniel A. Blasdell, winds down his private practice to focus on his work as municipal attorney for the City of Columbiana.

Allison is a graduate of the University of Tennessee Law School in Knoxville, Tenn., and holds an undergraduate degree from Maryville College in Tennessee. He is a member and former chair of the Columbiana County Bar Association's Certified Grievance Committee.

He is a member and two-time former President of the East Palestine Rotary Club, and also a former member of the Salem Community Hospital Board of Directors. He is President of the East Palestine Playground and a member of the Boards of the Threshold Residential Services Foundation and the Nash Community Foundation.

Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell Ltd. is the area's largest law firm, with nearly 30 attorneys at offices in Youngstown, Warren and Salem. The firm provides legal solutions to corporations, other businesses, non-profit organizations, government agencies and individuals.

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For more information, contact:
Paul Dutton, Esq., Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell, Ltd., (330) 744-1111 or pdutton@hhmlaw.com or
Dan J. Pecchia, Pecchia Communications LLC, (330) 720-6912, or dan@pecchiacomm.com