Clay Crates Serves As Mentor For Ohio State Bar Association

March 29, 2020

Attorney Clay Crates is serving as a mentor Attorney for the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA). Mr. Crates and his mentee recently attended Oral Arguments at the Third District Court of Appeals in Lima, Ohio on March 10, 2015.

Jennifer Brown & Clay Crates Aid Local High School

March 29, 2020

Attorneys, Clayton Crates and Jennifer Brown, visited Fairview High School on March 12th and 13th to perform mock criminal and civil trials with Fairview students. Pictured are Attorney, Jennifer Brown and Fairview teacher, Jesse Hotmire.

Dan Michel Among Distinguished Speakers At Ohio Insurance Law Seminars

March 29, 2020

In January, 2015, Daniel Michel spoke at a continuing legal education insurance seminar sponsored by the Ohio Association for Justice (OAJ). The seminar was conducted as part of a regional Continuing Legal Education series on insurance coverage disputes, in the cities of Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati. Mr. Michel provided Ohio attorneys with an update on […]

Dan Michel Gives Addresses Oaj Members At Annual Convention

March 29, 2020

Ohio Association For Justice President Daniel R. Michel addressed the Association during the Annual Winter Convention at the Westin Hotel in Downtown Cincinnati November 6-7. Attendees of the seminar benefitted from expert knowledge on talks from insurance subrogation to medical negligence updates and new techniques in trial advocacy. The OAJ works continuously to protect individual’s […]

Crates & Brown Educate New Lawyers On Importance Of Professionalism

March 29, 2020

Firm members Clay Crates and Jennifer Brown were invited to give a presentation among the distinguished speakers at The Ohio Association for Justice’s Annual Winter Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. During the hour-long speech, Crates and Brown educated new lawyers and fielded questions from the audience on the importance of professionalism and ethics in the practice […]

Crates Invited As Distinguished Speaker On Leadership At Ohio Northern University

March 29, 2020

On September 20, 2014 Clay Crates of Arthur, O’Neil, Mertz, Michel & Brown was asked to take part on a discussion panel for Ohio Northern University law students. Mr. Crates spoke with students about some of the tools they can use to become more effective leaders in their lives.

Crates Honored As Graduate Of Ohio State Bar Association Leadership Academy

March 29, 2020

Attorney Clay Crates of Arthur, O’Neil, Mertz, Michel & Brown graduated from the Ohio State Bar Association’s Leadership Academy in July of 2014. The Leadership Academy is a six month program that focuses on teaching and enhancing the leadership qualities of the participates in order to make them more effective leaders in their profession and […]

Dan Michel Named President Of Ohio Association For Justice

March 29, 2020

The law firm of Arthur, O’Neil, Mertz, Michel & Brown posed with Robert Kennedy, as they celebrated Dan Michel’s new leadership role as President of the Ohio Association for Justice. At its annual convention, May 7-9 in Columbus, Ohio, the membership of the Ohio Association for Justice will elect by acclimation Daniel R. Michel to […]

Jennifer Brown Listed On The 2014 Ohio Rising Star List

March 29, 2020

The law firm of Arthur, O’Neil, Mertz, Michel & Brown is proud to announce that Jennifer N. Brown was selected for inclusion in the 2014 Ohio Rising Stars list featuring outstanding young lawyers in Ohio. Jennifer is a partner with the law firm of Arthur, O’Neil, Mertz, Michel & Brown Co., L.P.A., where she focuses […]

Ohio’s New Expungement Law

March 25, 2020

Have you ever been denied new employment due to an old conviction of a criminal offense? If your application has been denied under the previous Ohio expungement law, you may be eligible to have your convictions sealed under the new Ohio law. Prior convictions which were not eligible to be sealed in the past may […]