Hiltner Trial Lawyers

Hiltner Trial Lawyers is a Criminal Defense Lawyer in Barberton, OH. The firm represents individuals facing serious criminal charges, with a specific focus on aggravated assault defense. Services include challenging felony-level assault allegations involving claims of serious bodily injury, weapons, or intent to commit another serious offense. The legal team examines medical records, expert opinions, and injury timelines to test whether alleged injuries meet the legal threshold for aggravated assault. When prosecutors allege the use of a deadly weapon, the firm scrutinizes the object involved and its legal status under Ohio law. Defenses also include self-defense and defense of others claims grounded in facts, witness testimony, and forensic evidence, as well as strategies for false or exaggerated accusations. The firm handles a broad range of other matters, including murder, manslaughter, rape, drug possession and trafficking, white collar crime, weapons charges, gambling offenses, and OVI (DUI) cases.

Maxwell Russell Hiltner is a trial lawyer known for preparing relentlessly and challenging every piece of evidence. He is a faculty member at the Trial Lawyers College, where he leads training sessions on case strategy, and he teaches a Trial Advocacy Course at the University of Akron School of Law. Hiltner frequently speaks at Continuing Legal Education events around the country and is often hired by other attorneys to try cases on their behalf. Before law school, he attended college on a full athletic scholarship for soccer and track, a background he notes shaped his approach to focus, preparation, and endurance in the courtroom. Andrew Stein serves as an associate attorney at the firm. Stein believes the government must prove facts and law before taking away someone’s freedom. He studied engineering at the University of Wisconsin Madison before shifting to political science and economics, eventually pursuing law to help clients directly over extended periods.

The firm serves clients in all 88 counties in Ohio and all 55 counties in West Virginia, as well as the United States District Courts for the Northern District of Ohio and the Southern District of West Virginia. Hiltner Trial Lawyers holds a rating of 5.00 based on reviews from clients who have used its services.

In Barberton, the firm applies a trial-ready strategy to protect the rights of those facing the most serious violent crime charges.