About Brad Proudfoot
My background
Bradley J. Proudfoot comes from a blue collar family with his roots right here in Northeast Ohio. His father, Jim, and mother, Jean, raised his sister Brandy and Brad with strong family values. Hard work, discipline, the importance of family, and a dedication to your community were instilled in Brad from a young age.
As a child, his family lived in the village of Lodi for awhile before moving to a farm house on Fixler Road just outside of Wadsworth. He attended Sharon Elementary for kindergarten until his family moved to Carroll County. Brad graduated from Carrollton High School located in Carroll County.
Back in 2014, Brad took a position with the local law firm Palecek, McIlvaine, Hoffmann & Morse as an associate attorney. That lead him back to the great city of Wadsworth. Now Brad, his wife, Angela, and their children Sophie, Carmelo, and Laila continue to make Wadsworth home. Brad and Angela couldn't ask for a better community to live, work, and raise their children.
Education and Experience
Brad has the experience to be your next Wadsworth Law Director. He has served since January of 2020 as the Assistant Law Director and Prosecutor for the city of Wadsworth. Prior to that, Brad represented various municipalities, school boards, and public officials and officers.
Brad understands the duties and responsibilities for the Law Director position. He is familiar with the Municipal Court and all of its mechanisms because he is there everyday interacting and working with the staff.
Education
University of Toledo - Juris Doctor / Master of Public Administration
Kent State University - Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Magna Cum Laude
Experience
Assistant Law Director / Prosecutor - City of Wadsworth, January of 2020 to present
Associate Attorney - Critchfield, Critchfield & Johnston, October 2018 to December 2019
Associate Attorney - Reitz, Paul & Shorr, March 2018 to October 2018
Associate Attorney - Palecek, McIlvaine, Hoffmann & Morse, March 2014 to March 2018
Awards and Recognition
- Reader’s Choice “Best of the Best” Attorney; Medina Gazette (2019)
- Community Volunteer of the Year; Wadsworth Area Chamber of Commerce (2019)
- Distinguished Donor; The Bookshelf Children’s Reading Room, Medina, Ohio (2017)
- Public Service Commendation; University of Toledo – College of Law (2010)
Community Involvement
Brad Proudfoot has been involved with the Wadsworth community and surrounding areas since he arrived here. From serving on local boards to volunteering his time for various charitable enterprises, Brad makes service and involvement in Wadsworth a priority.
Wadsworth Public Library Foundation; Board of Trustees (2016 to 2022)
- Vice-President – 2018 to 2022
- Treasurer – 2017
Lions Club International; Wadsworth, Ohio (2014 to present)
- President -2021 - 2022
- 2nd Vice-President - 2018 - 2021
- Executive Board – 2018 to 2022
Project: LEARN of Medina County; Board of Trustees (2016 to 2019)
Sacred Heart Parish; Wadsworth, Ohio (2015 to present)
- Parishioner
Wadsworth Area Chamber of Commerce – (2014 to present)
- Member
City of Wadsworth Board of Nuisance Abatement, Term expired December 31, 2019
Kent State University Alumni Association
- Life Member
Carrollton High School Alumni Association
- Life Member
Main Street Wadsworth (2020 to present)
- “Friends of Main Street Wadsworth”
Professional Associations and Memberships
Brad Proudfoot has served the Wadsworth community as an attorney for the better part of a decade. He began his career in Wadsworth as an associate of the law firm Palecek, McIlvaine, Hoffmann & Morse. That is where he began to hone his skills as a trial attorney with particular tutelage coming from Wadsworth's current Law Director, Tom Morris.
Medina County Bar Association – 2014 to present
- President – 2020
- President-Elect - 2019
- Vice-President – 2018
- Treasurer / Secretary - 2017
- Chair – New Lawyer/Young Lawyer Committee (2015-2017)
- Chair – Law Day Committee (2019)
- Character and Fitness Review Committee (2014 to present)
Medina Law Library Association– 2014 to present
Medina County Law Library Resources Board – 2022 to present
- Board of Trustees - 2022 to present
Ohio State Bar Association – 2013 to present
Akron Bar Association – 2013 to 2019
Akron Law Library – 2013 to 2019