Fresh Start Expungement Clinic

Due to high volume Fresh Start will only be taking the first 50 applicants per clinic.

We will begin handing out tickets at 8:30 AM day of clinic.

Please plan to spend the afternoon with us.

Please consider attending one of our future clinic dates:

Or in the alternative, contact the Ohio Justice & Policy Center to attend

their Second Chance Clinic. (513) 421-1108

Is a criminal record locking you out of jobs, housing, life? We can help clean up your criminal and juvenile records and give you a Fresh Start. The Law Office of the Hamilton County Public Defender is offering the Fresh Start Expungement Walk-in Clinic.

The clinic is held the 1^st and 3^rd Wednesday of every month from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. It is located at 125 E. Court Street, 9th Floor, in the building with Dunkin Donuts & Tom & Chee. No appointment necessary, but please bring a copy of your adult criminal record.

Veterans Day Seminars

Veterans Day Seminar Registration

Previous Veterans Day Seminars

Appellate Decisions

"Appellate Decisions" is a weekly e-mail sent out by the Law Office of the Hamilton County Public Defender's Appellate Division to its staff and panel attorneys. Every e-mail covers that week's decisions from appellate courts throughout Ohio, including all criminal decisions from the First District Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Ohio and the Supreme Court of the United States, that cover important changes in the law.

Importantly, only decisions from the First District Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Ohio, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (Federal Constitutional Issues), and the Supreme Court of the United States (Federal Constitutional Issues) must be followed by Hamilton County courts. All other decisions are merely persuasive in nature. "Appellate Decisions" is a compilation of those decisions. All writing in quotes is the work of the relevant court. None of this writing should be considered to be legal advice.

Appellate Decisions

Appellate Decisions 02/04/2019 - 02/08/2019

Appellate Decisions 01/28/2019 - 02/01/2019

Appellate Decisions 01/21/2019 - 01/25/2019

Appellate Decisions 01/14/2019 - 01/18/2019

More Appellate Decisions

Dignity Justice Hope

These signs are posted in our lobbies as a reminder to our staff that we assure our clients that we will treat each of them with DIGNITY, fight for JUSTICE and give them HOPE every day.

Municipal staff showing off the new Public Defender T-Shirts. Thanks again to the generosity of long time Public Defender supporters.

Ohio Juvenile Division Leadership Summit 2018

Congratulations to the entire Juvenile Division for their commitment to fearlessly advocating for and protecting the rights of system-involved children in Hamilton County.

Congratulations to Julie Nessler for getting The Noel E. Kaech Award in recognition for her impact and contributions to Hamilton County.

Stand Down

Here's a picture of Cheryl Horne, Ann Ohmer, Mike Hand and Stephanie Singler staffing our booth June 10th at the Hamilton County Municipal Court's Stand Down Program in Washington Park. Judge Melissa Powers organized the program to help veterans and homeless people clear up minor cases and to have outstanding warrants recalled.