Critchfield, Critchfield & Johnston, Ltd.

Peggy J. Schmitz

Member

Email: Schmitz@ccj.com
Phone: 330.264.4444
Fax: 330.263.9278
Location: 225 North Market Street, Wooster, Ohio 44691

Profile
Experience
Community Service
Publications

Practice Areas:


Employment and Labor

  • Employment Litigation & Litigation Avoidance
  • Labor-Management Relations


Litigation

  • Commercial and Insurance


Higher Education



Education:

  • University of Akron School of Law
  • Bowling Green State University, B.A., cum laude

Awards and Honors:

  • Athena Award Recipient


Bar and Court Admissions/Memberships:

  • The Wayne County Bar Association
  • The Ohio State Bar Association
  • The American Bar Association
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
  • U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Corporate and Civic Involvement:

  • Board of Directors of the Wayne Savings Community Bank and its holding company, Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc., since 2008
  • Former Member, Board of Trustees
    • Wayne Center for the Arts (Chairperson)
    • Hospice of Wayne County (Chairperson)
    • United Way of Wayne and Holmes Counties (Chairperson)
    • STEPS at Liberty Center (Chairperson)
    • Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce (Chairperson)
    • Permanent Judicial Commission of the Synod of the Covenant, Presbyterian Church U.S.A (Moderator)
  • Current Member, Board of Trustees
    • Boys Village Foundation Board of Trustees
    • Ohio Church Residences

Publications and Lectures:

  • Peggy has lectured before the Ohio Judicial College and the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association. She is a frequent guest speaker, trainer and lecturer on employment and labor matters, and has published a number of articles in "The Regulatory Advisor", a monthly publication of The Council on Law in Higher Education.