The First District Court of Appeals has published a notice of proposed amendments to its Local Rules and is inviting public comment through December 31, 2025. Because Durst Kerridge practices extensively in the First District, we closely monitor all local rule changes...
On April 22, 2025, Durst Kerridge Partner Paul R. Kerridge argued the case of In Re: L.E.S. before the Ohio Supreme Court. Alex J. Durst joined Paul at the counsel table, along with our co-counsel, Diana Link of Link Nestheide Family Law. In Re: L.E.S. is a same-sex...
We are excited to announce that we have secured a major victory for our client in Ohio’s First District Court of Appeals in First Financial Bank v. Tailored Fund Cap, LLC, 1st Dist. Hamilton No. C-230626, 2024-Ohio-4982. The appeal involves an intercreditor dispute...
Following our first and second posts detailing the facts and legal issues, let’s break down our oral argument in First Financial Bank v. Tailored Fund Cap LLC. I thoroughly prepared, to the point where I was waking up at night thinking about the appeal. Logistic...
In our last post, we addressed the importance of concisely breaking down dry and esoteric commercial litigation issues in a way that is easy to follow. In this appeal, we did that by beginning our Brief with a hypothetical. Let’s dive into the legal issues. Those...
Last week, I again got to do two of my very favorite things: argue in the Court of Appeals and interact with future members of the legal profession. This appeal, captioned First Financial Bank v. Tailored Fund Cap LLC, is before Ohio’s First District Court of Appeals....
