Columbus Ohio Criminal Defense Lawyer

Bill Meeks

Legal Practice:

Practicing individually as R. William Meeks

Born:

Columbus, Ohio, April 26, 1947

College:

University of Cincinnati, B.S., 1969

Law School:

Capital University, J.D., 1975

Membership:

Columbus Bar Association; Ohio Bar Association;(Member, Criminal Section); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, American (Member, Criminal Justice Section) Bar Association; Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Director, 1987—).

Admissions:

1975, Ohio; 1976, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1978, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1980, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky and U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 1988, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan

Special Counsel to Ohio Attorney General, 1978-1979.

Reported Cases: Berkemer v. McCarty (extended Miranda warnings to misdemeanor defendants); State v. Smith (imposed limitations on similar acts evidence)