Brad Hughes

Brad is a partner in Porter Wright’s Litigation Department and chairs the firm’s Appellate Practice Group. He represents clients in appeals, original actions and complex commercial litigation. Brad has assisted oil and gas clients and electric utilities in appeals before the Supreme Court of Ohio and in regulatory matters before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.

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Ohio Supreme Court Resolves Certified Conflict Regarding Oral Forbearance Agreements

Last Spring, we discussed on this blog a trifecta of noteworthy lending cases pending before the Ohio Supreme Court. Today, the Court resolved one of them, and in doing so also resolved a certified conflict among Ohio’s appellate districts regarding whether Ohio’s Statute of Frauds bars a party from relying on an oral forbearance agreement … Continue Reading

A Certified Question About “Wrongful Attempted Foreclosure” Likely To Be Left Unanswered For Now

By Brad Hughes on June 24, 2013 Categories: Ohio Law

On May 2, we reported here on a trifecta of noteworthy lending cases that were accepted for review by the Ohio Supreme Court. One of the three cases discussed in that post, Corbett v. Beneficial Ohio, Inc., is a certified-question case from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, in which District … Continue Reading

An Ohio Supreme Court “Trifecta” of Noteworthy Lending Cases on the Docket

By Brad Hughes on May 2, 2013 Categories: Ohio Law

At the end of April, the Ohio Supreme Court agreed to hear three notable cases that readers of this blog may wish to monitor – or perhaps even participate in as amici curiae. First, the Court has agreed to resolve a conflict among Ohio’s appellate districts regarding whether the Statute of Frauds precludes a foreclosure defendant … Continue Reading

Ohio Supreme Court Frowns On Constructive Notice Via Website Of Sheriff’s Sale

By Brad Hughes on September 6, 2012 Categories: Real Estate

On May 17, 2012, this blog reported on the oral arguments in PHH Mortgage v. Prater, a case from Clermont County, Ohio regarding the extent to which an internet website may (or may not) be constitutionally adequate notice of a sheriff’s sale. Yesterday, the Ohio Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in favor of the … Continue Reading

Ohio Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments Regarding Adequacy of “Website Notice” of Sheriff Sales

By Brad Hughes on May 17, 2012 Categories: Real Estate

On May 23, the Ohio Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in an appeal by PHH Mortgage Corporation that concerns whether a sheriff’s website can provide constitutionally sufficient notice of the date, time, and location of a sheriff’s sale of foreclosed property. Real estate lenders of all sorts will be interested in the outcome which has important … Continue Reading