Stories & Strategies

Musings on how to lawyer, reports on thought-provoking cases, and rants on the current state of the legal profession by Jay Milano, a nationally known criminal defense lawyer in Cleveland, Ohio.

In this documentary, law enforcement faces scrutiny as Americans demand justice after police violence claims multiple Black lives in Cleveland.
Jay is featured in this Sony Music Entertainment production on Apple Podcasts.
Jay's son Michael, director of 137 Shots, spoke at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
Listen to this special edition of My BarStory, where Jay takes us on a journey through his career.
"At The Discretion of The Chair" is an opinion piece published in the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal in June 2021.
"What if...?" is an opinion piece published in the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal in January 2022.
It is a lawyer's duty to engage in civilized confrontation, not only with their adversaries but also with the judge.
The Holy Love Ministry sits in a cornfield west of Cleveland. It is built upon the relationship between an otherwise ordinary
The following is an excerpt from an opinion piece published at cleveland.com on on January 31, 2016. The “truthful plea

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