In this week’s issue of Scene, our feature story delves into the world of Summit County Juvenile Court, where discipline isn’t always handed down the way it should be.
“Canning Miss A” tells the tale of Laura Asbury, a model detention officer who dedicated seven years to helping at-risk girls stay out of trouble. The fruits of her devotion are evident in the girls themselves – girls once destined for sad, destructive paths who are now holding down jobs, going to school, and learning to love themselves again. And every one of them will tell you that they couldn’t have done it without their dear Miss A…
This article appears in Apr 30 – May 6, 2008.
To whom it may concern- I am writing as President of the Akron Bar Association to reply to comments made on this website. I am prompted to write by the reality that judges are not permitted, by the Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct, to reply to comments like these . As a result our Bar Association and hundreds of other Bar Associations across this country respond for those who cannot.
There are several comments on these pages about activities and actions occurring at the Summit County Court of Common Pleas Juvenile Division and Detention facility. The judge of that Court, Judge Linda Tucci Teodosio, is also the President–elect of the Bar Association.
The Bar Association fights everyday for the rights of our citizens to exercise their Constitutional rights, including Freedom of Speech.A basic premise of the right of free speech is that a healthy debate prompts dialogue and examination. But any debate worth listening to requires an airing of both sides of an issue. That in turn requires that the debaters identify their particular biases and prejudices when those cannot be readily discerned by the listeners or in this case, the readers. I have identified my connection to the Judge. My suggestion is that those who have created this website and those who post comments do the same so that the citizens of Summit County fully understand the interests of those who express their opinions.
Additionally, I would note that several items concerned employment matters and other internal decisions. Issues like these are often fact sensitive and deserving of full and complete review. The conclusions reached or inferences drawn on those matters do not appear to be supported by all the facts. Finally, one of your readers noted that the Judge received a recommendation from the Bar Association. The process involved in that recommendation, as for all the judges or candidates, is a straightforward one. A Judicial Commission was created many years ago. Members of the Commission, equally divided between members of all political parties, meet to review the information supplied by the candidates for judicial office. The candidate is interviewed by two members of the body, questions are asked and comments received from the candidate. The candidate then leaves the room and a vote is taken. That vote is not recommended, acceptable, or highly recommended. Obviously, the candidate being reviewed has no vote in that process and is not privy to the identity of those voting one way or the other.It was this process that yielded the Bar Association’s recommendation for Judge Tucci Teodosio.
Thank you for the chance to express a different view. J. Dean Carro President of the Akron Bar Association
jimmy dean you sound like a real smart talking baby!!!! let that WOMEN judge do HER own talking fatso. you really ound like a fat smart baby in a suit! do you realize how whiny you sound?! you must be rich huh so why spend time on the poor mans tv! real good one fatso! i bet you look like a sausage patty but fatter and smarter! you’re the president of a Bar! do know how dumb that is!?! get a life fatso! do waste all of our time on the internet!
Mr. Carro,
Can you please tell me why public defenders and court appointed attorneys is Juvenile (and other) courts have a much higher loss rate than paid attorneys?
Well, I DO know! It seems that judges, Teodosio, as well as the magistrates under her, allow far less than the VIGOROUS and ZEALOUS representation in their court rooms. Attorneys’ Cannon of Ethics has NOT been changed to read “if the price is right”, yet the poor receive incompetent counsel in most cases. Not that the lawyers don’t know better, but that they aren’t paid to give 100%.
Teodosio and her crew of family wreckers allow CSB to separate families with their rubber stamp of approval. The bar members who serve as GAL’s and attorneys show up for court, but do next to nothing in most cases. I know of TWO attorneys on the court-appointed list that take the job seriously (Thank you Alex and Vince for your tireless efforts for families!)
As to how your bar association handles this problem, well, your lack of discipline on submitted complaints speaks for itself…YOU DO NOTHING!
So, until the bar polices itself on the quality of public defenders and court appointed attorneys, please don’t insult the general public with your defence of your members. SAVE IT FOR THE POOR THAT DESERVE ZEALOUS REPRESENTATION !!!
Roz McAllister
Ohio Family Rights
President