MILESTONES

MILESTONES

HONORS

In hall of fame

John Nagy, longtime Youngstown radio newscaster, recently was inducted into the Ohio Associated Press Broadcasters Hall of Fame.

The AP award cites Nagy’s “serving with exceptional distinction and honor while upholding the highest ideals of broadcast journalism.”

Nagy’s 40-year career with WKBN radio and TV ended as news director in 2009. He was hired by WKBN in 1969 while still a student at Kent State University and was on TV covering the National Guard shootings at Kent State in 1970.

Later, he became news director on the radio side when the radio and television news departments were separated.

Last year, Nagy was a first-place winner for Ohio AP Broadcasters Best Regularly Scheduled News.

LAWYERS

Ohio Super list

Two lawyers with the Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell Ltd. law firm have been named to the Ohio Super Lawyers list. They are Atty. Frederick S. “Fritz” Coombs III, a creditors-rights attorney, and Atty. James L. Blomstrom, a business litigation attorney.

It is the second-straight year Coombs has been named to the list, and it is Blomstrom’s eighth- consecutive year on the list.

The list of top lawyers is published annually, based on balloting and peer review by attorneys throughout the Buckeye State. Only about 5 percent of the state’s attorneys appear on the Super Lawyers list.

Coombs has practiced law in Ohio for more than 30 years. He is certified as a specialist in creditors’-rights law by the American Board of Certification.

He graduated with honors from Denison University in Granville, Ohio, and earned his juris doctorate, cum laude, from the Moritz College of Law of Ohio State University. He is chairman of the law firm’s creditors’ rights practice group.

Blomstrom also practices in the areas of civil-litigation defense and employment and labor. He also has practiced law in Ohio for more than 30 years. He is certified in civil-trial-law advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Blomstrom graduated from the University of Chicago School of Law and earned his undergraduate degree, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.

Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell Ltd. has offices in Youngstown, Warren and Salem.

DOCTORS

New chiropractor

Dr. Matthew P. Meehan, a 2002 graduate of Lowellville High School, has received his doctor of chiropractic degree, magna cum laude, from Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa.

He received his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, in biology from Youngstown State University.

Dr. Meehan lives in Akron, where he will practice at McMillen Chiropractic and Rehabilitation Center.

He is the son of Paul and Patty Meehan and brother to Bryan and Krissy Meehan, all of Lowellville.

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