M. Lore' Whitney
M. Lore' Whitney was born October 30, 1961. She graduated from Lexington High School, Lexington, Ohio in 1980, graduated from Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio, in 1984, with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Health and Physical Education. She then graduated from Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky in 1986, with a Masters Degree in Animal Science. She also attended the University of Kentucky and then proceeded to graduate from the Ohio Northern University Claude W. Pettit College of Law, Ada, Ohio, in 1991, having received a law degree.
While attending college Lore' worked at AK Steel and was a member of the USW169. She also worked at Pebble Creek Golf Course for 30 years. Lore' has been engaged in the practice of law since 1992. Practice consists of Domestic Relations, Family Law, Probate and Juvenile. She is also a part time Magistrate with Mansfield Municipal Court. Lore' is a member of the Richland County Bar Association having served as past president, and she is also a member of the Ohio State Bar Association. In her spare time, Lore' is involved with the Lexington Athletic Booster Club while serving on the Board of Directors. In addition she enjoys raising cattle and working on her farm.
R. Rolf Whitney
R. Rolf Whitney was born May 15, 1957, in Richland County, Ohio. He graduated from Lexington High School in 1975 then attended Denison University. In 1979, he received his B.A. in Political Science from Denison along with a Secondary School Teaching Certificate for Social Studies, from the State of Ohio. Thereafter, Rolf attended the University Of Dayton School Of Law, receiving his degree in 1982. While attending school he was employed in commercial construction and in a local factory.
Rolf Whitney has been engaged in the practice of law since joining the firm of Inscore Rinehardt and Whitney in 1982. His practice consists primarily of criminal defense in the north central Ohio area including Richland, Crawford, Morrow, Ashland, Knox, Hocking, Morgan, Perry, Muskingum, Licking, and Fairfield Counties.
He is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Richland County Bar Association, and the Perry County Bar Association. He holds a Death Penalty certification from the Ohio State Supreme Court.
Rolf has been active in several organizations, such as Lexington Athletic Boosters (serving on the Board of Directors), Independent Contest and Pleasure Horse Association (also serving on the Board), member of Mid-Ohio Concert Band, and various coaching activities, including former employment as a seventh grade football coach for Lexington Junior High. In addition, he served three full terms as an elected member of the Lexington Local School Board of Education.
Rolf also holds Diving and Crossfit Level One certifications.
Rolf Whitney has 3 children: Morgen Whitney (graduate of Liberty University and operating a horse farm in Lexington, KY), Cody Whitney Miller (graduate of Austin Peay State University and married to W/O James Miller, US Army), and Gabriel Whitney (graduate of Hocking Technical College, Kent State University, Walsh College, and is currently a doctor of physical therapy in the Boston, Massachusetts).