The Boyk Brief

In this episode, Marketing Director Desmond Strooh sits down with Boyk Law Paralegal Tammy Bronowski and Attorney Joe Shinaver, owner of Shinaver Law. Joe shares about his unique background in web development, programming, and law, and dishes out helpful tips about the technology he uses to optimize his practice and give his clients top-notch service. We also touch on the prospect of virtual trial...

In this episode, I sit down with Julia Benfield. As a nurse, paralegal, entrepreneur, and former Karate instructor, Julia is a true renaissance woman and is a force to be reckoned with. Julia and I talked through her varied career starting with nursing, then jumping into the worlds of law, education, and entrepreneurship. We also talk about the incredible value Julia adds as for our clients a nurs...

In this episode, Desmond Strooh sits down with someone very special in his life, his former boss at Susan G. Komen , Mary Westphal! Komen is the world’s largest breast cancer organization, and in honor of October being breast cancer awareness month, we wanted to give Mary an opportunity to talk about the current status of the fight against breast cancer and share about changes happening with the K...

In this episode, Chuck Boyk and Desmond Strooh sit down with Judge Myron Duhart. Judge Duhart currently a Lucas County Common Pleas Judge and is running for a seat on the 6th District Court of Appeals.  Judge Duhart talks about his upbringing in Toledo, his education, his philosophy on the bench. And he offers rarely shared details about *how* he made it to where he is today and *who* made him the...

In this episode, Boyk Law Attorneys Chuck Boyk and Andrea Young sit down with Lori Olender, a judicial candidate for the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas.  Lori shares about how she decided to be a lawyer at the age of nine and then walks us through her career, first as a public defender and then as a Child Victim Prosecutor. A devoted football fan, Lori talks about how she came to love The Clev...

In this episode, Boyk Law Attorney Andrea Young and sits down with the Honorable Judge Nicole Khoury for an in-depth chat about Judge Khoury’s career both in the courtroom and on stage. This episode of the Boyk Brief was recorded in Judge Khoury’s offices at the Toledo Municipal Court. Judge Khoury tells Andrea about growing up in a musical family in Toledo’s south end and how she started singing....

In this episode, Boyk Law Attorney Andrea Young and Marketing Director Desmond Strooh sit down with the talented and funny criminal defense attorney Kurt Bruderly. Kurt shares what drew him to practice criminal defense law and his thoughts about the criminal law system. We also dive into what true justice is, whether the system is broken, and the role of theater in jury trials. Kurt wraps up by an...

In this episode, Chuck Boyk and Boyk Law Attorney Wes Merillat sit down with Toledo athletic legend Terry Crosby . Terry shares stories about his phenomenal career as a high school football and basketball star in the 1970s. Terry then talks about his international professional basketball career, and how he’s so happy to be back in Toledo! Chuck and Wes also chat with Terry about his current work a...

In this episode, our firm owner Chuck Boyk sits down with insurance defense Attorney Shannon George, an Attorney at Ritter, Robinson, McCready & James, Ltd. Shannon is one of the very few attorneys in the state of Ohio to have tried a civil case before a jury during the pandemic! She shares details about the safety measures put in place and walks us through each stage of the trial. She also te...

In this episode, Attorney Mike Bruno shares stories about cases that hinged not so much on evidence, but on footwear, being a jerk, and humiliating a juror. Fellow Attorney Katie Harris talks about witnessing a serious clothing misjudgment in court and her own experiences as a juror. Katie also gives tips for appearing in court virtually, and Mike tells a story of how that was happening… in the 80...

In this episode, we sat down with veteran Attorneys Chuck Boyk and Mike Bruno to try to answer the question, "What is Personal Injury Law?" Because we deal with so many auto accidents, we are intimately familiar with car insurance. Chuck sat down with his personal insurance agent, Nicole Bloomer, to talk about the types coverage available with car insurance and which ones actually make s...