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A Dayton Bar Association Production – ReTrial Podcast decodes legal history that happened in Dayton, Ohio. These cases, lawyers and stories set the stage for present-day learning across our nation. Hosted by trial attorney & historian, David Greer and Judge Gerald Parker. This DBA and Dayton Bar Foundation project was partly funded by grants from the Dayton Legal Heritage Foundation and the Jack W. and Sally D. Eichelberger Foundation of The Dayton Foundation.
Season 3:
July 8, 2025 Ep1: K-9 Policing with Kettering Police Department
August 5, 2025 Ep2: Montgomery County Coroner's Office
Listeners go behind the scenes of the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office with veteran forensic pathologist Dr. Russell Uptegrove, who shares insights and stories from his 21-year, 8,500-autopsy career, revealing the science, humanity, and importance of death investigations in the justice system.
September 9, 2025 Ep3: Competency, Insanity & Mental Health in the Courts
Judges Mary Wiseman, Kimberly Melnick and Timothy O’Connell join forensic psychologist Dr. Kara Marciani to unpack how courts handle mental health and competency cases, revealing what really happens behind the scenes of evaluations and hearings.
October 7, 2025 Ep4: Inside Montgomery County Probate Court Adoptions
Judge Dave Brannon and Patricia Hodson from Children’s Services share how probate court helps create forever families through adoption, foster care, and life-changing moments beyond the paperwork.
November 4, 2025 Ep5: Naturalization & Becoming a U.S. Citizen
Judge Michael Newman highlights how Naturalization Ceremonies in Dayton celebrate freedom, civic pride, and the inspiring journeys of new citizens who now call the Miami Valley home.
December 2, 2025 Ep6: The Law in Media & Journalism
A deep dive into a conversation where law and media intersect with Dayton’s own James Brown of WHIO discuss the challenges of covering crime and court cases in a society obsessed with quick clips, social media, and sensational headlines.
February 3, 2026 Ep7: Inside the Jury Box
An exploration of the unpredictable world of jury selection, where shocking admissions, awkward moments, bias, humor, and human instincts shape who ends up on a jury and reveal the people behind the questionnaires.
March 10, 2026 Ep 8: Abduction, Kidnapping, Murder: One of the Biggest Trials in Dayton History
In September 1975, Dayton furniture store owner Lester Imhoff vanished, sparking a nationally known kidnapping-murder case involving a $400,000 ransom note made from children’s alphabet letters—one of the city’s biggest trials—discussed with retired Judge Dennis Langer.
Season 2:
June 11, 2024 Ep1: Ohio Abortion Wars
From death threats to a local gangster performing illegal abortions, this episode is full of history on the controversial issue of abortion and demonstrates how the law follows society.
July 15, 2024 Ep2: Protecting the Cash NCR Antitrust
History tells the story of varying perspectives. Some saw NCR as a Dayton staple and hero in the flood while others did not agree with how they conducted business. Learn more about the role of NCR in Dayton and the Antitrust case. Special guest Brady Kress President and CEO at Dayton History.
August 28, 2024 Ep3: The Death Penalty Law, Morality, and Economics
Everyone knows they are going to die. The mercy of death is when you don’t know how or when. We discuss deep questions with special guest Attorney Gary W. Crim. Does the death penalty really stop people from killing? What is it like representing someone who is given the death penalty?
September 22, 2024 Ep4: Legal Marketing
Some call it progress, learn about the business of law and the growth of legal service marketing with special guests and marketing icons Attorney Michael Wright and Attorney Doug Mann.
October 22, 2024 Ep5: Criminal Justice System
We take a look at how the legal system has evolved over the years and what could be removed or added to our current system.
November 26, 2024 Ep6: The Resurrection Project – Turning Convicts into Citizens
A conversation about the issue of mass incarceration and how we might turn individuals who have committed crimes into productive citizens. Special guest Judge Walter Rice.
January 7, 2025 Ep7: Kidnapping Corporations – Mead vs Occidental
The concept of corporate greed, mergers and acquisitions and a major case in Dayton history that was considered a hostile takeover.
February 4, 2025 Ep8: The Law Belongs to The People – West Publishing v MDC/Lexis
Learn about a lawsuit that prevented a monopoly of computerized legal research and turned Mead Data Central into Lexis-Nexis. A transition into digital.
Season 1:
February 9, 2023 Ep1: School Desegregation
The School Desegregation case that lasted from 1972 to 1975. We'll take a look at both sides of the case, their strategy and ultimately the decision that impacts our present-day realities.
February 23, 2023 Ep2: Rikes versus Beerman
The antitrust case between department store giants, Rikes and Beerman, how they left downtown Dayton for the suburbs and ultimately disappeared.
March 9, 2023 Ep3: John McMahon
Many call John McMahon the greatest lawyer in Dayton's history. His 69-years of active practice started in 1852.
March 23, 2023 Ep4: Herb Eikenbary
Get to know Herb Eikenbary, known as the Ringmaster of Dayton and one of the most memorable lawyers who died in 1974, leaving behind a fund for struggling young lawyers.
April 6, 2023 Ep5: Moses Jones
Moses Jones came to Dayton as its first black attorney in the year 1900.
April 20, 2023 Ep6: Roy Freeman
Go back in time almost 100 years to a case in which a black man was charged with killing a Dayton policeman in 1927.