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Professionalism award

Atty. J. Gerald Ingram of Boardman, a criminal defense lawyer, recently received the Mahoning County Bar Association’s professionalism award.

The award is given to a lawyer who embodies the qualities set forth in the Lawyer’s Creed and has practiced law for 30 years or longer. Ingram received the award at a bar-association luncheon at Mount Carmel Hall, immediately after the annual opening of courts ceremony in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

Attorney honored

Atty. Charles L. Richards has been honored as one of the legal profession’s most distinguished professionals with three of the field’s highest awards.

He was selected recently by his peers for inclusion in “The Best Lawyers in America 2011” for the 16th-consecutive year, in the field of civil litigation. He also has been named “Ohio Super Lawyer” for the ninth consecutive year in the field of civil litigation defense, since its inception. And finally, he was included in “Top Lawyer,” in the American Registry’s listing of “America’s Most Honored Professionals,” a new award introduced in February 2011 and given to the top 10 percent of professionals in their field.

Richards has been practicing law in Warren for 42 years and focuses on commercial litigation, defense of governmental entities and general litigation.

He is past president of the Trumbull County Bar Association, a speaker at professional seminars and has appeared many times before the Ohio Supreme Court.

He is a member of numerous legal organizations.

Richards is the father of four and grandfather of two. He lives in Howland with his wife, Janet.

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