Brandon W. McHugh

Recognition & Awards

• Super Lawyers Listing 
  • 2021 – 2024 – Ohio Rising Stars 
• Best Lawyers Listing 
  • 2024 – Ones to Watch 
    • Commercial Litigation 
    • Criminal Defense: White-Collar 
    • Litigation – Antitrust 
    • Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs 
    • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

• Finished in the One Hundredth Percentile on the Ohio State Bar Exam.
• Graduated in the Top Five of the University of Akron School of Law, Spring 2017 Graduating Class.

Admissions & Education

ADMISSIONS

• The Bar of the State of Ohio, 2017 – present
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, 2017 – present
• United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio, 2017 – present
• United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 2018 – present
• United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 2018 – present
• United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2020 – present

EDUCATION

THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW
Juris Doctor, Litigation Certificate, Summa Cum Laude, December 2016

Honors & Activities:

• Akron Law Review, Associate Editor
• Moot Court Honor Society
• Brooklyn Law School Jerome Prince Memorial Evidence Competition, Participant
• Board of Trustees Scholarship Recipient
• Dean’s List, 2013-2016

Cali Excellence for the Future Awards for Highest Grade in Class:

THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
Bachelor of Arts Summa Cum Laude, December 2010
Major: Political Science

Honors & Activities:

• Dean’s List, 2008-2010

Professional Associations

• Member, Stark County Bar Association, 2017 – present
• Member, Akron Bar Association, 2017 – present
• Member, Ohio State Bar Association, 2018 – present
• Member, American Association for Justice, 2018 – present
• Member, Ohio Association for Justice, 2018 – present
• Member, Stark County Association for Justice, 2019 – present

Community Involvement

• Member of the Logistical Board, Orchard NEO
• Member, Christ Community Chapel

Reported Decisions

• Grange Ins. Co. v. Swearengen, Ohio App. 7th Dist. No. 21 JE 0005, 2021-Ohio-3596
• Peter Sworak dba Camper Care v. Great Lakes Recreational Vehicle Association, Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Summit Cty. No. CV 2020 11 3137, 2021 WL 5494397 (Sept. 29, 2021)
• Abington Emerson Capital, LLC v. Adkins, S.D.Ohio No. 2:17CV0143, 2021 WL 1087312 (Mar. 22, 2021)
• Abington Emerson Capital, LLC v. Adkins, S.D.Ohio No. 2:17CV0143, 2021 WL 611998 (Jan. 22, 2021)
• Abington Emerson Capital, LLC v. Landash Corporation, S.D.Ohio No. 2:17CV0143, 2019 WL 3521649 (Aug. 2, 2019)
• Gibson Bros., Inc., et al. v. Oberlin College & Conservatory, et al., Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Lorain Cty. No. 17CV193761, 2019 WL 7556252 (June 27, 2019)
• Aljaberi v. Neurocare Center, Inc., Ohio App. 5th Dist. Stark No. 2018CA00154, 2019-Ohio-2181
• Gibson Bros., Inc., et al. v. Oberlin College & Conservatory, et al., Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Lorain Cty. No. 17CV193761, 19 N.W.P.I.Lit.Rpts. 267, 2019 WL 4273719 (May 8, 2019)
• Gibson Bros., Inc., et al. v. Oberlin College & Conservatory, et al., Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Lorain Cty. No. 17CV193761, 2019 WL 7556250 (Apr. 22, 2019)
• Gibson Bros., Inc., et al. v. Oberlin College & Conservatory, et al., Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Lorain Cty. No. 17CV193761, 2019 WL 7556255 (Apr. 05, 2019)
• Martell v. Martell, 155 Ohio St.3d 1413, 2019-Ohio-1205, 120 N.E.3d 31
• Gibson Bros., Inc., et al. v. Oberlin College & Conservatory, et al., Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Lorain Cty. No. 17CV193761, 2018 WL 10245981 (Dec. 07, 2018)
• Harley v. Ostrander, Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Cuyahoga No. CV-2017-884619, 2018 WL 7199369 (Dec. 8, 2018)
• Abington Emerson Capital, LLC v. Adkins, S.D.Ohio No. 2:17CV0143, 2018 WL 4771526 (Oct. 3, 2018), on recons. in part, 2018 WL 6427683 (Dec. 7, 2018)
• Hoover Kacyon, LLC v. Martell, 2018-Ohio-4928, 125 N.E.3d 265 (Ohio App. 5th Dist.)
• Bortz v. Freedom USA, Inc., Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Summit Cty. No. CV 2017 06 2566, 2017 WL 7803769 (Dec. 6, 2017)