Office Directory


City Attorney

 Zach Klein  City Attorney  614-645-7385 cityattorney@columbus.gov
 Meredith Tucker  Chief of Staff  614-645-7385 mctucker@columbus.gov
 Katie Aukerman  Executive Assistant  614-645-8603 ksaukerman@columbus.gov

 


Administration

Operations

 Brian Shinn  Deputy Chief of Staff  614-645-5525 beshinn@columbus.gov
 Terri Fassbender  Human Resource Manager  614-645-6393 tlfassbender@columbus.gov
 Christi Power  Fiscal Director  614-645-8994 cmpower@columbus.gov
 Bridget DeCrane  Grant Manager  614-645-7915 bldecrane@columbus.gov
 Michael Owen  Fiscal Coordinator  614-645-6937 mdowen@columbus.gov
 Mark Rutkus  Project Director  614-645-2934 mkrutkus@columbus.gov

Community and Government Affairs

 Chad Smith  Director of Advocacy/Engagement  614-724-5579 chaddsmith@columbus.gov

Communications

 Pete Shipley  Communications Director  614-645-0338 pjshipley@columbus.gov
 Angelo Thomas  Digital Manager  614-645-0314 aathomas@columbus.gov

Technology

 Adam Beckett  IT Director  614-645-1856 adbeckett@columbus.gov
 Jamie Fairchild  Deputy IT Director  614-645-3145 jwfairchild@columbus.gov
 Ethan Newberry  IT Specialist  614-645-6694 elnewberry@columbus.gov

 

 


Civil Division

Claims

 Brian Shinn  Chief of Claims  614-645-5525 beshinn@columbus.gov
 Paul Khoury  Claims Attorney  614-645-8914 ptkhoury@columbus.gov
 Brent Ralston  Claims Attorney  614-645-7991 bmralston@columbus.gov
 Tanya Banks  Paralegal - Legal Investigator  614-645-7893 tdbanks@columbus.gov
 Tonya Bowles  Paralegal - Legal Investigator  614-645-8283 tlbowles@columbus.gov
 Allie Rohletter  Paralegal - Legal Investigator  614-645-1752 alrohletter@columbus.gov
 Daniel Herbert  Paralegal - Legal Investigator  614-645-7681 dwherbert@columbus.gov
 Erin Rosenlieb  Paralegal - Legal Investigator  614-645-6908 etrosenlieb@columbus.gov

 

Civil Legal Assistants

 Baylor Dunn  Paralegal  614-724-5372 bjdunn@columbus.gov 
 Charlinda Emile  Paralegal  614-645-8850 chemile@columbus.gov
 Doug Girard  Paralegal  614-645-5454 drgirard@columbus.gov
 Marjorie Parsons  Legal Secretary  614-645-7385 mjparsons@columbus.gov

General Counsel

 Lara Baker-Morrish  Chief Counsel  614-645-7388 lnbaker-morrish@columbus.gov
 Linda Bickerstaff  General Counsel Attorney  614-645-2126 llbickerstaff@columbus.gov
 Joshua Cartee  General Counsel Attorney  614-645-5395 jmcartee@columbus.gov 
 Beth Harding  General Counsel Attorney  614-645-7970 bfharding@columbus.gov
 Sarah Harrell  General Counsel Attorney  614-645-8987 slharrell@columbus.gov
 Joshua Monroe  General Counsel Attorney  614-645-0480 jpmonroe@columbus.gov
 Robert Tobias  General Counsel Attorney  614-645-8940 rstobias@columbus.gov

Labor and Employment

 Susan Williams  Chief of Labor and Employment  614-645-2586 sewilliams@columbus.gov
 Paul Bernhart  Labor and Employment Attorney  614-645-7461 pmbernhart@columbus.gov
 Jim Hogan  Labor and Employment Attorney   614-645-0322 jahogan@columbus.gov
 Leigh Joyce  Labor and Employment Attorney  614-645-4980 lbjoyce@columbus.gov
 Meredith Shell  Labor and Employment Attorney  614-645-6939 mwshell@columbus.gov

Litigation

 Westley Phillips  Chief of Litigation  614-645-6959 wmphillips@columbus.gov
 David Dirisamer  Litigation Attorney  614-645-6964 djdirisamer@columbus.gov
 Aaron Epstein  Litigation Attorney  614-645-8944 adepstein@columbus.gov
 Sarah Feldkamp  Litigation Attorney  614-645-2749 snfeldkamp@columbus.gov
 Alexandra Pickerill  Litigation Attorney  614-645-0761 anpickerill@columbus.gov
 Lee Ann Rabe  Litigation Attorney  614-645-8910 larabe@columbus.gov
 Sheena Rosenberg  Litigation Attorney  614-645-6947 sdrosenberg@columbus.gov
 Sam Scherger  Litigation Attorney  614-645-7479 sjscherger@columbus.gov
 Alana Tanoury  Litigation Attorney  614-645-6945 avtanoury@columbus.gov

Police Legal

 Jeffrey Furbee  Section Chief  614-645-4523 jfurbee@columbuspolice.org
 Alexis Dorsey  Attorney  614-645-4530 addorsey@columbuspolice.org

Real Estate Division

 David Peterson  Chief Real Estate Attorney  614-645-7913 depeterson@columbus.gov
 Jeffrey Bennington  Real Estate Attorney  614-645-6929 jrbennington@columbus.gov
 Anthony Roseboro  Real Estate Attorney  614-645-6956 troseboro@columbus.gov
 Adam Fudala  Real Estate Specialist  614-645-7716 amfudala@columbus.gov
 David Fitzgerald  Paralegal  614-645-7909 djfitzgerald@columbus.gov
 William Lassiter  Real Estate Specialist  614-645-6912 wjlassiter@columbus.gov
 Jacqueline Maldonado  Legal Admin-Coordinator  614-645-7454 jlmaldonado@columbus.gov
 Darren Rigel  Real Estate Specialist  614-645-6735 dkrigel@columbus.gov
 Joshua Roberts  Real Estate Specialist  614-645-4895 joroberts@columbus.gov
 Juilene White  Legal Assistant  614-645-2584 jawhite@columbus.gov

Solicitor General

 Rich Coglianese  Solicitor General  614-645-0818 rncoglianese@columbus.gov
 Matthew Sturtz  Deputy Solicitor General  614-645-6962 mdsturtz@columbus.gov
 Sylvia Kramariusi  Senior Attorney  614-645-6161 sakramarius@columbus.gov

 


Prosecution Division

Administration

 Melanie Tobias  Criminal Division Chief  614-645-8876 mrtobias@columbus.gov
 Orly Ahroni  Deputy Criminal Chief - General Trial Unit  614-645-8081 jmgibson@columbus.gov
 Jennifer Reid  Lead Prosecutor - Procedural Justice Initiative  614-645-7749 jlgrant@columbus.gov
 Bonnie Finneran  Executive Assistant  614-645-1614 brfinneran@columbus.gov

Trial Staff

 Casandra Bufkin  Prosecutor  614-645-1568 cpbufkin@columbus.gov
 Lynda Clark  Prosecutor  614-645-7361 lyclark@columbus.gov
 Mackenzie Cutteridge  Prosecutor  614-645-8908 mlcutteridge@columbus.gov
 Brandon Edwards  Lead Prosecutor  614-645-6103 bnedwards@columbus.gov
John Ganger  Prosecutor  614-645-5123 jrganger@columbus.gov
Shelby Gallagher  Prosecutor  614-645-3627 dlhamad@columbus.gov
Jacob Grabinski  Prosecutor  614-645-1718 jcgrabinski@columbus.gov
Aaron Gullett  Prosecutor  614-645-8123 aagullett@columbus.gov
Haleigh Hamad  Prosecutor  614-645-8900 hshamad@columbus.gov
Justin Hykes  Prosecutor  614-645-0809 jrhykes@columbus.gov
Alex Laprocina  Prosecutor  614-645-8946 aclaprocina@columbus.gov
Johely Martin-Benavides  Prosecutor  614-645-5807 jomartin@columbus.gov
Lindsay Reid  Prosecutor  614-645-8874 lebozanich@columbus.gov
Kaitlyn M. Spahr  Prosecutor  614-645-7540 kmspahr@columbus.gov
Elena Tuhy-Walters  Prosecutor  614-645-8602 evtuhy-walters@columbus.gov
Gage Wise  Prosecutor  614-645-8938 grwise@columbus.gov

Matrix Systems

Kimberly Kidd  Matrix Systems Administrator  614-645-3829 kakidd@columbus.gov
Ronica Broadus  Legal Administrative Assistant  614-645-6694 rjbroadus@columbus.gov
Samantha Diamond  Paralegal  614-645-7579 sndiamond@columbus.gov
Krista Needles  Legal Administrative Assistant  614-645-8896 keneedles@columbus.gov
Aaron Rinehart  Legal Administrative Assistant  614-645-0409 arrinehart@columbus.gov

Legal Assistants

Tiffany Kinder  Legal Assistant Director  614-645-3216 tmkinder@columbus.gov
Bobbi Burley  Legal Administrative Coordinator  614-645-8934 bcburley@columbus.gov
 Kristen Blevins  Legal Administrative Assistant  614-645-0395 keblevins@columbus.gov
 Barb Estes  Legal Administrative Assistant  614-645-1599 bjestes@columbus.gov
 Jackie Keller  Legal Investigator/Paralegal  614-645-8209 jlkeller@columbus.gov
 Micahya LaMarr  Legal Administrative Assistant  614-645-8920 mdlamarr@columbus.gov
 Sariah Landers  Legal Administrative Assistant  614-645-6058 sjlanders@columbus.gov
 Mitch Mohler  Legal Administrative Assistant  614-645-8970 mdmohler@columbus.gov
 Naomi Kuo  Legal Administrative Assistant  614-645-1945 nlkuo@columbus.gov
Arvetta Simpson  Legal Administrative Assistant  614-645-0401 arsimpson@columbus.gov
Paige Payne  Legal Administrative Assistant  614-645-0768 pepayne@columbus.gov
Anna Traylor  Legal Administrative Assistant  614-645-8918 artraylor@columbus.gov
DeLandro Williams  Legal Administrative Assistant  614-645-6579 dcwilliams@columbus.gov

Prosecution Resources Unit

 Jennifer Reid  PRU Director  614-645-7749 jlgrant@columbus.gov
 Shawn Boyd  Legal Intake Coordinator  614-645-0778 srboyd@columbus.gov
 Judy Spitler  Victim Advocate  614-645-8860 jlspitler@columbus.gov
 Barb Williams  Legal Administrative Assistant  614-645-8840 bawilliams@columbus.gov

Domestic Violence and Stalking Unit

 Mary Lynn Caswell  Domestic Violence Director  614-645-6413 mlcaswell@columbus.gov
 Matt DiBartola  Domestic Violence Prosecutor  614-645-6969 mbdibartola@columbus.gov
 Michkayla Edmondson  Domestic Violence Prosecutor  614-645-8942 mredmondson@columbus.gov
 John Ganger  Domestic Violence Prosecutor  614-645-5123 jrganger@columbus.gov
 Amy Musto  Legal Administrative Assistant  614-645-8088 abmusto@columbus.gov
 Stephen Steinberg,  Sr Domestic Violence Prosecutor  614-645-8930 sjsteinberg@columbus.gov
 Michael Wander  Sr Domestic Violence Prosecutor  614-645-0317 mhwander@columbus.gov

Domestic Violence Advocates

 Julienne Long  Advocacy Coordinator  614-645-0319 jelong@columbus.gov
 Kristen Zimmerman  Advocacy Coordinator  614-645-0313 klzimmerman@columbus.gov
 Mackenzie Bastian  Victim Advocate  614-645-0403 mibastian@columbus.gov
 Meyceling Beteta  Victim Advocate  614-645-6232 mjbeteta@columbus.gov
Tina Boesch  Victim Advocate  614-645-6708 tkboesch@columbus.gov
 Kirsten Bonnette  Victim Advocate  614-645-1598 kebonnette@columbus.gov
 Emily Buchanan  Victim Advocate  614-645-0397 embuchanan@columbus.gov
 Rachel Careccia  Victim Advocate  614-645-1597 rrcareccia@columbus.gov
 Raquel Delgado  Victim Advocate  614-645-0310 rldelgado@columbus.gov
 Maren Dorne  Victim Advocate  614-645-0320 mjdorne@columbus.gov
 Grace Fathbruckner  Victim Advocate  614-645-2540 glfathbruckner@columbus.gov
 Bryawna Griffith  Victim Advocate  614-645-7224 bfgriffith@columbus.gov
 Hunter Jones  Victim Advocate  614-645-3060 hajones@columbus.gov
 Olivia Kuhn  Victim Advocate  614-645-7386 oskuhn@columbus.gov
 Asia Mohamud  Victim Advocate  614-645-6768 asmohamud@columbus.gov
 Maria Ramirez  Victim Advocate  614-645-7207 mdramirez@columbus.gov
 Kimberly Shaw  Victim Advocate  614-645-0399 kkshaw@columbus.gov
 Emily Williamson  Victim Advocate  614-645-8924 elwilliamson@columbus.gov

Stalking Advocates

 David Fox  Cyber Crime  614-645-3144 dmfox@columbus.gov
 Emma Fraser  Victim Advocate  614-645-2543 eafraser@columbus.gov

Appellate Unit

 David Pelletier  Appellate Director  614-645-0770 dcpelletier@columbus.gov
 Ryan Pelfrey  Appellate Attorney  614-645-0771 rmpelfrey@columbus.gov
 Joy Riley  Paralegal  614-645-6342 jariley@columbus.gov
 Fred Connor  Administrative Assistant  614-645-2541 fdconnor@columbus.gov
 Lee Holderman  Legal Intern  614-645-6695 rlholderman@columbus.gov
 Brett Kodger  Legal Intern  614-645-6698 bakodger@columbus.gov
 Maia Lacher  Legal Intern  614-645-6688 mklacher@columbus.gov
 Miranda Linscott  Legal Intern  614-645-8894 mmlinscott@columbus.gov
 Skyler Lord  Legal Intern  614-645-6698 srlord@columbus.gov
 Benny Plessinger  Legal Clerk  614-645-6664 blplessinger@columbus.gov

 


Property Action Team

Property Action Team

 Steve Dunbar  Section Chief  614-645-6914 scdunbar@columbus.gov
 Heidy Carr  Zone Attorney  614-645-0781 htcarr@columbus.gov
 Soogie Choi  Attorney  614-645-8936 shchoi@columbus.gov
 Christopher Clark  Attorney  614-645-5670 ccclark@columbus.gov
 Robert Doersam  Attorney  614-645-7075 rrdoersam@columbus.gov
 Louisa Edzie  Attorney  614-645-0316 laedzie@columbus.gov
 Kenyatta Wilder  Attorney  614-645-5346 klwilder@columbus.gov
 Sophie Yano  Attorney  614-645-5980 sryano@columbus.gov
 Hakima Cheik  Partner Relations  614-645-8619 hacheik@columbus.gov
 Anneliese Rankin  Paralegal  614-645-0766 arrankin@columbus.gov
 Jenee Lee  Community Relations  614-645-7573 jenlee@columbus.gov
 Shanese Logan  Paralegal  614-645-5381 selogan@columbus.gov
 Yesica Rodriguez  Outreach  614-645-7835 yerodriguez@columbus.gov
 Amanda Trerotola  Legal Administrative Assistant  614-645-0402 aftrerotola@columbus.gov
 Ian Wiley  Paralegal  614-645-8868 idwiley@columbus.gov