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These 192 rules apply across Summit County Court of Common Pleas, General Division. Where this judge's own standing orders above address the same topic, the judge's requirement controls.
Applications for attorney fees and expense reimbursement must be submitted on the appropriate form.
Payment or expense reimbursement for appointed representation requires submission of the OPD-1026 motion, entry, and certification and an Affidavit of Indigency approved by the assigned judge.
Fee requests for post-conviction matters or subsequent billing on an active case must identify that information and the matter type in the specified OPD-1026 section, using the assigned judge’s decision date as the termination date.
A party may file a memorandum contra objections or an appeal reply within seven days after the objections or appeal is filed.
When needed to support objections or an appeal, the moving party must file the transcript within 30 days after filing, unless the judge extends the time in writing because the court reporter cannot complete it.
Fees will not be paid if the Item 11 payment request is submitted to the County Fiscal Office more than 60 days after case termination, unless the Administrative Judge approves.
A written praecipe for transcript must be served on the chief court reporter within three days after the specified objections, appeal, contra objections, or appeal reply is filed.
A judgment creditor requesting an Order of Sale must serve written notice under Civ.R. 5 on the judgment debtor and each other party no later than two weeks before the scheduled sale.
At least seven calendar days before the sale, the judgment creditor must file a copy of the written notice with proof of service endorsed on it.
Any attorney appointed by the Court to represent an indigent defendant charged with a felony shall not request nor receive from said indigent, the indigent's relatives or anyone else, any fees for professional services rendered in connection with said appointment, without first securing the approval of this Court, and the Court shall, by journal entry, discharge such attorney from responsibility as appointed counsel.
Voir dire transcripts are not provided at County or State expense for indigent defendants’ appeals unless the trial judge approves an application showing good cause.
Court-appointed attorney fees are governed by the maximum-fee schedule fixed by the County Council.
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Judge Breaux graduated with honors from Kent State University and entered the University of Akron, School of Law in 1998. During her time in law school, Breaux competed statewide and nationally in several trial competitions, including the National Trial Academy and Tournament of Champions. She graduated in 2001 and began practicing as a civil law firm. As a litigator, she represented various types of clients, from individual claimants, to business owners to insurance companies in an array of civil suits including personal injury, torts, contract disputes, product liability and employment law. In 2004 Breaux left the civil arena to practice criminal defense where she represented individuals, often indigent, charged with crimes at both the misdemeanor and felony level.
In 2012 Breaux was appointed as a magistrate in the Akron Municipal Court where she presided over cases primarily in landlord/tenant disputes, small monetary claims and evictions.
After five years on the bench as a magistrate, Breaux was elected in 2016 to the Summit County Court of Common Pleas General Division in 2017. She currently maintains a docket of 450 cases – both civil (foreclosures, administrative appeals, and litigation – personal injury, business and contract disputes, medical malpractice and wrongful death) and criminal (low level drug and theft offenses to arson, sexual assault, felonious assault, trafficking in drugs to murder).
In January 2018 Judge Breaux set out to develop the first felony mental health court in Summit County. Garnering partnerships from local agencies and organizations dedicated to helping those diagnosed with mental illness, Breaux was able to begin the HOPE (Healing, Opportunity, Progress and Empowerment) Mental Health Court Program in the fall of 2018. The Program is designed to assist individuals diagnosed with severe mental illnesses to develop the ability to live positive, healthy and stable lives in the community. As one participant described the program:
“Because of the dedicated team led by Judge Breaux, HOPE Court is guaranteed to guide a person towards leading a stable and healthy life. I have a Team ready and willing to help and to listen to my concerns. I am surrounded by people who care. Normally this much compassion is hard to find in the justice system.”
Breaux was married in 2000 and currently lives in Akron, Ohio with her husband and their three children. She is an active member of the Akron Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, and the Scanlon Inn of Court, and she serves on the boards of The United Way of Summit and Medina County, The Akron Canton Regional Foodbank, and the Summit County National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
Courthouse: 209 S. High Street, Akron, OH 44308 (court phone 330.643.2162)
Court: Judge Breaux’s Court
Judge Breaux’s Courtroom is located on the Second Floor of the Main Courthouse. When you enter the Courthouse, you are on the Basement Level.
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Fax: 330.643.2413
Courtesy-copy rule applies for jury instructions and exhibits. Details: delivery 14 days before trial. Fourteen days before trial, provide and/or file jury instructions, witness lists, and exhibits with the court and provide courtesy copies to opposing counsel and the court.
Should issues arise, court must be contacted prior to filing any motions to compel.
The rule lists email alee@summitcpcourt.com and phone 330.643.2241. For difficulties with Zoom, users may contact the judicial assistant by phone or email.
Mutually agreed extensions are favored, but extensions and continuances require motions.
Motions in limine are due 28 days before trial.
For difficulties with Zoom, users may contact the judicial assistant by phone or email.
Mutually agreed extensions are favored, but extensions and continuances require motions.
Dispositive motions, responses, and reply briefs are permitted under the Civil Rules or CMO; sur-replies require leave of court.
Fourteen days before trial, provide and/or file jury instructions, witness lists, and exhibits with the court and provide courtesy copies to opposing counsel and the court.
Motions in limine are due 28 days before trial.
Should issues arise, court must be contacted prior to filing any motions to compel.
