Ciccone denies charges in suit alleging racial discrimination
YOUNGSTOWN — An attorney for Mahoning County Clerk of Courts Michael Ciccone denied the charges in a racial discrimination lawsuit against the officeholder contending he had “legitimate, nondiscriminatory reasons” for firing a black employee. In response to Thais Scott’s July 21 lawsuit against Ciccone and the clerk of courts’ office, attorney David Smith of the Cleveland law firm of Meyers, Roman, Friedberg & Lewis — hired to represent them —wrote that the defendants “deny that plaintiff is entitled to any of the relief sought and denies liability related to this ...