Ruby Wilz
Title:
Training Director
Department:
Executive DirectorPhone Number:
(513) 946-3664Email:
RWilz@hamiltoncountypd.orgProfessional Biography:
Ruby earned her B.A. in Political Science from The Ohio State University in 2015 and her J.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 2018. While in law school, she was a fellow with the Ohio Innocence Project, where she helped investigate claims of wrongful convictions throughout Ohio. She also worked as an intern for the Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Ohio and in the appellate division of the Law Office of the Hamilton County Public Defender. After law school, Ruby worked as a staff attorney at the Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati where she litigated family law and housing cases on behalf of low-income clients. Unable to ignore her passion for indigent defense, Ruby joined the Municipal Division of the Hamilton County Public Defender's Office in March of 2023. In August of 2024, she was promoted to the Youth Defense Division.
Education:
University of Cincinnati College of Law, J.D. 2018, Cum Laude; The Ohio State University, B.A. 2015, Magna Cum Laude
Bar Admissions:
Ohio, 2018; S.D. Ohio 2020
