About Brian M
Brian M Cremeans constructed his legal foundation in lecture rooms and courtrooms throughout Ohio. He earned a J.D. from Charlotte School of Law in 2014 after completing undergraduate work in history at Ohio University. Those years formed his approach to evidence and procedure and set the stage for a steady nearby practice.
His earliest legal knowledge came as a 2012 intern at Physician s Choice Laboratory Services, a position that exposed him to clinical and forensic issues that often occur in criminal cases. After law school he joined McCown & Fisher, LPA as an affiliate in 2014. He stayed thru the firm’s boom and its evolution into McCown, Fisher & Cremeans, LPA, turning into a companion in 2024.
In 2024 he additionally served as an appearing judge for the Lawrence County Municipal Court. The brief bench appointment positioned him in the role of factfinder and sentence-setter for a variety of misdemeanor and traffic things. The knowledge broadened his perspective on courtroom dynamics and at the responsibilities judges shoulder in smaller jurisdictions.
Cremeans’s education centers on impaired-driving and roadside procedures. He holds certification as a Field Sobriety Practitioner and as an ARIDE (Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement) Practitioner from the National College for DUI Defense. He is also a Standardized Field Sobriety Testing teacher certified by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Those credentials inform both his trial work and his instruction of officers and nonlawyers on checking out protocols.
Throughout his profession he has handled client work that touches on laboratory evidence, visitors enforcement, and criminal process. He has represented clients in proceedings and trials, and he has taken phase in pretrial bargaining sessions and evidentiary hearings. Colleagues say he brings a methodical approach to case preparation and an emphasis on cross-examination when scientific or technical evidence is at problem.
Cremeans has been a member of the Lawrence County Bar Association since 2015. He keeps ties to the local legal community thru bar events and court practice. Outside the courthouse he has remained engaged in the realistic teaching of officials and attorneys on roadside checking out standards.
He presently practices at McCown, Fisher & Cremeans, LPA, dealing with criminal defense and DUI things.
