Youngstown attorneys plead guilty; sentencing Jan. 12

October 15, 2015 at 9:55p.m.

YOUNGSTOWN

Two downtown Youngstown lawyers pleaded guilty in federal court in Cleveland to a charge contained in an information filed last week by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Atty. Neal Atway pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy against rights; and his law partner, Atty. Scott Cochran, pleaded guilty to a single count of misbehavior in the presence of the court.

Chief U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. will sentence them Jan. 12.

The monthlong trial of Atway and Cochran on extortion and obstruction of justice charges ended in a mistrial earlier this year.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office had said it intended to retry the lawyers, but then filed the information containing the charges to which Atway and Cochran pleaded guilty.

Read more about the case in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.