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Education

  • University of Cincinnati College of Law, J.D. 2017

  • University of South Carolina, B.A. (Journalism), 2013

Bar Admissions

  • 2017  Ohio

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  • Greater Cincinnati Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

Sarah Nelson

Appellate Trial Counsel

Professional Biography

513-946-3665

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Sarah is a 2017 graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of Law. She was admitted to practice in Ohio that same year. 

Sarah spent the summer of 2016 interning with the Hamilton County Public Defender’s Officer in the appellate division, and returned as an appellate intern during her final semester. Sarah also interned with the Federal Public Defenders for the Southern District of Ohio and was a participant in the Sixth Circuit Clinic. During law school, Sarah was an associate member of the University of Cincinnati’s Law Review and the Senior Articles Editor with Portfolio for the Human Rights Quarterly. As a law student, Sarah obtained her limited license to practice law and argued cases on appeal in the First District and Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. 

Sarah joined the Public Defender’s Office in 2018. 


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
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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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