I am an attorney, representing individuals and small businesses in Portage County and throughout northern Ohio since 1974. I have been a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Portage County Commissioner.  I have never been a government attorney, and I have never been employed by Portage County except as an election day precinct worker. I am not a career public employee.

My candidate website is http://Mallin2012.com.  My attorney website is http://SafeKent.com.

I have written a mostly-monthly column of commentary on mostly-economic issues since 2007.  An archive of essays from 2007 - 2011 is onine at http://OldCountryLawyer.us.  More recent topical essays are online at http://FiscalCliffNotes.us.