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Education

  • The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, J.D., 2011
  • The Ohio State University, B.A. (Journalism), summa cum laude with honors, 2006
  • The Ohio State University, B.A. (Political Science), summa cum laude with honors, 2006

Bar Admissions

  • Ohio - 2012
  • United States Supreme Court - 2017 

Reported Cases

State v. Lowe, 1st Dist. Hamilton No. C-130048, 2013-Ohio-4224
 
State v. Nash, 1st Dist. Hamilton No. C-120864, 2014-Ohio-129
 
State v. Sanders, 1st Dist. Hamilton No. C-130193, 2014-Ohio-511
 
State v. Phillips, 1st Dist. Hamilton No. C-130460, 2014-Ohio-2614
 
State v. Davenport, 1st Dist. Hamilton No. C-130307, 2014-Ohio-2800
 
State v. Houston, 1st Dist. Hamilton No. C-130429, 2014-Ohio-3111
 
State v. Sullivan, 1st Dist. Hamilton No. C-130628, 2014-Ohio-3112
 
State v. Simmons, 1st Dist. No. C-130126, 2014-Ohio-3695, 19 N.E.3d 517
 
State v. Vanzandt, 142 Ohio St.3d 223, 2015-Ohio-236, 28 N.E.3d 1267
 
State v. Flannery, 1st Dist. Hamilton No. C-140426, 2015-Ohio-1360
 
State v. Frazier, 1st Dist. Hamilton No. C-140369, 2015-Ohio-3116
 
State v. Hendrix, 1st Dist. Hamilton No. C-150194, 2016-Ohio-2697

State v. Batista
, 1st Dist. No. C-150341, 2016-Ohio-2848, 64 N.E.3d 498
 
State v. Hackney, 1st Dist. Hamilton No. C-150375, 2016-Ohio-4609
 
State v. Ventura, 1st Dist. No. C-150495, 2016-Ohio-5151, 69 N.E.3d 189
 
State v. Rahab, 150 Ohio St.3d 152, 2017-Ohio-1401, 80 N.E.3d 431
 
State v. McCray, 1st Dist. No. C-160272, 2017-Ohio-2996, 91 N.E.3d 288
 
State v. Thornton, 1st Dist. No. C-160501, 2017-Ohio-4037, 91 N.E.3d 359
 
State v. Batista, 151 Ohio St.3d 584, 2017-Ohio-8304, 91 N.E.3d 724 (2017), cert. denied, 138 S.Ct. 1607, 200 L.Ed.2d 788
 
State v. Hamilton, 1st Dist. Hamilton No. C-160247, 2017-Ohio-8140
 
State v. Buck, 1st Dist. No. C-160320, 2017-Ohio-8242, 100 N.E.3d 118
 
State v. Beasley, 152 Ohio St.3d 470, 2018-Ohio-16, 97 N.E.3d 474
 
State v. Pennington, 1st Dist. Hamilton No. C-170199, 2018-Ohio-3640
 
State v. Thomas, 1st Dist. Hamilton No. C-170400, 2019-Ohio-132

Joshua Thompson

Municpal Trial Counsel

Professional Biography

513-946-3863

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Mr. Thompson is a 2011 graduate of The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.  He was admitted to practice in Ohio in 2012. 

Mr. Thompson was in the appellate division from 2013-2019, now is in the municipal division after interning with the office in the summer of 2011 and fall/winter of 2012.

Prior to law school, Mr. Thompson was a journalist and worked at a newspaper copy editor in Springfield, Missouri. He was also editor-in-chief of The Ohio State University’s student newspaper, The Lantern.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • Greater Cincinnati Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
  • Cincinnati Bar Association
  • Ohio State Bar Association

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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