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COLUMBUS – A federal district court judge has ordered OSU to participate in mediation with Dr. Strauss’s sexual abuse survivors, holding in abeyance OSU’s Motion to Dismiss. Judge Michael H. Watson of the Southern District of Ohio ruled that the case, which was brought by victims of former OSU physician Dr. Richard Strauss, will proceed...

Multiple students describe sexual misconduct during exams COLUMBUS, Ohio (July 18, 2018) - Attorney Scott Elliot Smith of Smith Law Office is representing victims of Dr. Richard Strauss, the physician formerly employed by Ohio State University who is alleged to have engaged in sexual misconduct of male students during medical exams and procedures. "Many students...

On April 26, more than six years after a 2012 shooting incident that left a young man with a serious leg injury, an Ohio jury returned a $1.25 million verdict. Then 16-year-old Alex Napier was shot in the leg by a homemade "wad" from a shotgun owned by then 18-year-old Terry Ickes on March 2,...

In early 2017, the Smith Law Office welcomed Attorney Nikolas D. Owen as its newest associate. A graduate of The Ohio State University and Capital University Law School, Mr. Owen is an accomplished attorney and student of the law. He is a recipient of both the CALI award for Constitutional Litigation and Robert Weiler Company...

Columbus attorney Scott Elliott Smith was one of two attorneys who secured a $10,988,793.11 verdict on behalf of a truck driver who was severely injured after swerving off the road to avoid a collision with a Schwan's home delivery truck that failed to yield at a stop sign. The driver who was found negligent, Debra...