Bradford Gearinger

Bradford M. 'Buck' Gearinger, of Akron, Ohio died on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. He graduated from the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee in 1962. He graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1965. He then served on active duty in the United States Marine Corps from 1965 through 1968 attaining the rank of major USMCR. In 1968, he joined the law firm of Buckingham, Doolittle and Burroughs and became a member of the Akron Bar Association. He did insurance civil defense work from 1968 to 1979. In 1979, he joined his law partner, Timothy Scanlon, to form the firm of Scanlon and Gearinger Co., L.P.A. and practiced plaintiff's personal injury tort litigation from 1979 to 2006. He then served as of-counsel with the law firm of Hill Hardman, LLC, retiring in September 2011. He served as president of the Akron Bar Association from 1988-1989 and received the Akron Bar Association Professionalism Award in 1998. He was a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers and International Society of Barristers. He was predeceased by his daughter, Hally Gearinger Robinson and is survived by his wife, Paula; son, Brian Gearinger; daughter-in-law, Jane Yang; and son-in-law, Luke Robinson. He is further survived by three wonderful grandchildren, Victoria Belle Robinson, Owen Bradford Robinson and Gale Bradford Gearinger. The family will receive friends on Sunday, June 4 from 3:00pm to 6:00pm at Hummel Funeral Home at 500 East Exchange Street, AKRON. A funeral service will be held graveside on Monday, June 5 at 11:00am at Rose Hill Memorial Park at 3653 West Market Street, AKRON (Fairlawn). A celebration of life will be held immediately following at the Hilton Akron/Fairlawn Hotel at 3180 West Market Street, AKRON (Fairlawn). Memorials may be made to the Akron Bar Foundation or your charity of choice.