Mahoning Criminal Defense Attorney

Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas

Judges

Honorable Judge Anthony D’Apolito (Courtroom Number 1)
Honorable Judge Maureen A. Sweeney (Courtroom Number 2)
Honorable Judge R. Scott Krichbaum (Courtroom Number 3)
Honorable Judge John M. Durkin (Courtroom Number 4)
Honorable Judge Anthony Donofrio (Courtroom Number 5)

Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas
120 Market Street
Youngstown, Ohio 44503
(330) 740-2158

Hours of Operation: 8 AM to 4:30 PM Monday through Friday

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Judge D’Apolito was elected to the court in 2016. His current term ends in 2022. He was sworn into office by his father, Judge Lou D’Apolito, who at the time was also a Common Pleas judge in Mahoning County.

Judge Sweeney was appointed to the court in 2004 by Ohio’s then-governor, Bob Taft. She has since been elected and re-elected. Her current term ends in 2021. In 2018, she ran unsuccessfully for the 7th District Court of Appeals.

Judge Krichbaum is the longest-serving elected official in the county. He was elected in 1990 and re-elected every six years since then. He has served on many boards and legal commissions and has been active in the community. In 2018, Ohio’s Supreme Court gave him an award of appreciation for serving on the Board of Bar Examiners for twenty years. The judge is a Youngstown native and YSU graduate. While attending law school, he worked as a bailiff for the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas under Judge Clyde Osborne. He began a private criminal defense practice in 1980, in his hometown.

Judge Durkin’s term ends in 2021. He was admitted to the bar in 1983. He opened a private practice in Youngstown in 1984 that handled criminal defense, personal injury, and malpractice. He closed the office in 1997 when he was elected to the bench. He established the drug court in Mahoning County.

Judge Donofrio was sworn into office in 2018 by his father and brother, one retired from the 7th Ohio District Court of Appeals and one currently serving on that court. The judge is a Youngstown native and a graduate of Ursuline High School. He has worked as a blood bank technician, working full time and going to law school at night. After graduating, he was hired as an assistant prosecutor for Mahoning County. He also worked for a time as deputy general counsel for B.J. Alan Company (Phantom Fireworks).

Mahoning County Court #2 (Boardman)

Honorable Judge Joseph M. Houser

8110 Market St.
Boardman, Ohio 44512
(330) 726-5546

Hours of Operation: 8:30 AM to 4 PM Monday through Friday

Mahoning County Court #3 (Sebring)

Honorable Judge JP Morgan

606 E. Ohio Avenue
Sebring, Ohio 44672
(330) 938-9873

Hours of Operation: 8:30 AM to 4 PM Monday through Friday

Mahoning County Court #4 (Austintown)

Honorable Judge Scott D. Hunter

6000 Mahoning Avenue
Austintown, Ohio 44515
(330) 740-2801

Hours of Operation: 8:30 AM to 4 PM Monday through Friday

Mahoning County Court #5 (Canfield)

Honorable Judge Molly K. Johnson

72 N. Broad Street
Canfield, Ohio 44406
(330) 533-3643

Hours of Operation: 8:30 AM to 4 PM Monday through Friday

Mahoning County Municipal Courts Campbell Municipal Court

Judge Patrick P. Cunning

351 Tenney Avenue
Campbell, Ohio 44405
(330) 755-2165

Hours of Operation: 8 AM to 4 PM Monday through Friday

Struthers Municipal Court

Judge Dominic R. Leone III

6 Elm Street
Struthers, Ohio 44471
(330) 755-1800 Ext. 114

Hours of Operation: 8 AM to 4 PM Monday through Friday except legal holidays

Youngstown Municipal Court

The Honorable Carla J. Baldwin (Courtroom 1), Presiding Judge
The Honorable Renee M. DiSalvo (Courtroom 2), Judge
The Honorable Anthony Sertick, Jr. (Courtroom 3), Magistrate

9 West Front Street, 3rd Floor
Youngstown, Ohio 44503
(330) 742-8855 (Courtroom 1)
(330) 742-8853 (Courtroom 2)
(330) 742-8857 (Courtroom 3)

Hours of Operation: 8 AM to 4 PM Monday through Friday

District Attorney District Attorney Paul J. Gains

Mahoning County Prosecutor’s Office
21 W. Boardman Street
6th Floor
Youngstown, Ohio 44503
(330) 740-2330