Deal & Hooks

WELCOME

Welcome to the website for Deal & Hooks, LLC. We hope that you take a few minutes to browse the different content that our site has to offer. We are excited to publish the Ohio Criminal Law Blog, which is located on our website. Additionally, we will post news stories of interest for our clients, and attempt to post important updates to reflect changes in the laws.

We are a full service law firm that focuses our practice on criminal law, family law and civil litigation. Each of the different areas of law we practice in has a special page for more information. Additionally, we have a FAQ page to hopefully answer any questions that you may have before calling us. Finally, we have added helpful links for you to learn more about the law, courts and the legal system in general.

If you have any questions please contact us.

Courts Where We Appear

The attorneys at Deal & Hooks handle cases in all courts throughout Ohio. We are licensed and have appeared before courts in numerous counties; including Montgomery County, Miami County, Greene County, Clark County, Warren County, Preble County, Champaign County, Butler County, Clermont County, Clinton County, Highland County, Hamilton County, Allen County, Hancock County.

Additionally, we appear in local cities such as Dayton, Kettering, Miamisburg, Oakwood, Vandalia, Huber Heights, New Lebanon, Troy, Piqua, Xenia, Fairborn, Springfield, Eaton, Springboro, Fairborn, Lebanon, Mason, Middletown, Hamilton, West Chester, Oxford, Batavia, Wilmington, Cincinnati, Lima, and Findlay.

We are licensed to handle all State cases and any Federal case in the Southern District of Ohio at the trial level, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court.

The Ohio Criminal Law Blog

The Second District rules against unwarranted police intrusions!

Sorry for the delay in posting of late, but there has not been much of interest to discuss these past few weeks. Today, however, the Second District Court of Appeals reversed the trial court on a motion to suppress issue in State v. Hiram Abner (2011), Montgomery App. No. 24140, 2011-Ohio-4007. The attorney for the [...]

Clark County trial court reversed on sentencing issue and strongly reprimanded

On June 17 the Second District reversed the Clark County Court of Common Pleas in State v. Watkins (2011), Clark App. No. 10CA008, 2011-Ohio-2979. What is particularly unique in this case is the strong reprimand that the Court of Appeals issued to the trial judge when it reversed the trial court’s sentence. The case had [...]

A surprise decision in the Ohio Supreme Court

The Ohio Supreme Court issued a surprising 4-3 ruling today in State v. Everette (2011), 2011-Ohio-2856. Essentially, the Court overruled the Second District and held that the 180 days time period to file for post-conviction relief starts with the filing of the certified copy of the transcripts. The trial court in Montgomery County had dismissed [...]

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