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Our Mission

We will treat every client with DIGNITY, fight for JUSTICE and give them HOPE every day.
 

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Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:00pm

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Municipal Division

The Municipal Division provides representation to indigent adults, facing possible incarceration, who are charged with misdemeanor violations of the Ohio Revised Code and the Cincinnati Municipal Code, including certain traffic charges.

Indigency is determined based on certain Federal Poverty Guidelines.

First degree misdemeanor offenses are the most serious in Ohio.  They carry a maximum possible sentence of 180 days in a local jail facility.

Examples of first degree misdemeanors frequently handled by our attorneys:

Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence (‘OVI’ for short, formerly referred to as ‘DUI’)

  • Assault
  • Domestic Violence
  • Theft
  • Child Endangering
  • Falsification, and
  • Aggravated Menacing


The Municipal Division employs 32 attorneys, including 5 supervisors and a director with an average of ten years legal experience each. In a typical year, this Division will handle over 30, 000 cases.

Our attorneys handle cases through all phases from arraignment to evidentiary hearings to trial, sentencing and probation violations.


  Sean Vicente Director Municipal Division 513-946-3715
  Raffi-neè Alexander Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3680
  Justin Bagley Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3726
  Darin Barber Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3659
  Alex Barengo Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3821
  Kelly Barnett Investigator 513-946-3741
  Caleb Baum Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3674
  Kara Blackney Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3696
  Kelsey Carpenter Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3724
  Allison Cox Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3683
  Carmen Duddey Administrative Specialist 513-946-3802
  Lauren Dynes Municipal Senior Trial Counsel 513-946-3681
  Brittany Ellis Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3854
  Bonita Fulton Administrative Specialist 513-946-3872
  Jeff Geiman Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3865
  Caitlyn Idoine Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3843
  Shannon Gresham Administrative Support Coordinator 513-946-3653
  Veronica Hand Municipal Social Worker 513-946-3727
  Samuel Heller Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3720
  Robert Hendricks Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3684
  Sharonda Hunter Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3661
  Wendy Jacobs Administrative Specialist 513-946-3670
  Heather Krismer Administrative Specialist / Paralegal 513-946-3874
  Saria Lattimore Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3664
  Jesse Laurens Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3691
  Kelly Leggett Municipal Senior Trial Counsel 513-946-3734
  Sarah McGowan Administrative Specialist 513-946-3851
  Madison Meredith Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3839
  Ben Migdal Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3701
  Peter Montgomery Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3693
  Scott Nazzarine Municipal Senior Trial Counsel 513-946-3739
  Andrew Radin Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3677
  Paige Rothan Administrative Specialist 513-946-3852
  Andrew Schoenling Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3725
  Athena Stefanou Municipal Senior Trial Counsel 513-946-3740
  Margaret Stork Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3864
  Jessica Strudthoff Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3689
  Leigh Taunton Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3682
  Joshua Thompson Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3863
  Craig Turner Investigator 513-946-3723
  John Waggal Municipal Trial Counsel 513-946-3673
  Michael Welsh Municipal Senior Trial Counsel 513-946-3668

 

Adult Services
Office Hours: Mon - Fri 8am - 4pm
230 E. 9th Street, 2nd Floor
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: 513-946-3700
Fax: 513-946-3707
Juvenile Services
Office Hours: Mon - Fri 8am - 4pm
125 E. Court Street, 9th Floor
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: 513-946-8282
Fax: 513-946-8242
Guardian ad litem
Office Hours: Mon - Fri 8am - 4pm
125 E. Court Street, 8th Floor
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: 513-946-8292
Fax: 513-946-8272

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