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Prosecutor’s Division

Lara Baker, Chief Prosecutor
375 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
614-645-7483
Fax : 614-645-8902

“The city attorney shall be the prosecuting attorney of municipal court. He may detail such of his assistants as he may deem proper to assist in such work. He shall prosecute all cases brought before such court and perform the same duties, so far as they are applicable thereto, as are required of the prosecuting attorney of the county.” Columbus City Charter, section 68

The Prosecutor’s Division prosecutes criminal misdemeanor offenses in the Franklin County Municipal Court not only for the City of Columbus, but for the State of Ohio, Franklin County’s townships and under contract to the villages of Canal Winchester, Harrisburg, Lithopolis, Lockbourne, Marble Cliff, Minerva Park, Obetz, Riverlea, Valleyview and Urbancrest, as well as the municipalities of Bexley, Grove City and Worthington.

Also within the Prosecutor’s Division are housed (click on each to learn more):

Appellate
Check Resolution
Domestic Violence/Stalking Unit
Prosecution Resources Unit
Night Prosecutor Mediation Program
    Traffic Diversion Program


Lara Baker, Chief Prosecutor645-8081lnbaker@columbus.gov
Bill Hedrick, First Assistant645-8874brhedrick@columbus.gov
Melanie Tobias, Appellate Director645-8876mrtobias@columbus.gov
Anne Murray, Domestic Violence Director645-0314ammurray@columbus.gov
Robert Tobias, Prosecution Resources Unit Director645-8940rstobias@columbus.gov
Jeffrey Bennington, Domestic Violence Prosecutor645-0806jrbennington@columbus.gov
Anna Firestone, Domestic Violence Prosecutor645-8900alfirestone@columbus.gov
Michael Wander, Domestic Violence Prosecutor645-0317mhwander@columbus.gov
Ian Overking, Domestic Violence Prosecutor645-8988imoverking@columbus.gov
Cynthia Seckerson, Prosecutor645-0316clseckerson@columbus.gov
William Sperlazza, Prosecutor645-7479wasperlazza@columbus.gov
Brandon Shroy, Prosecutor/Assistant City Attorney645-8936beshroy@columbus.gov
Allison Lippman, Prosecutor645-8088ajlippman@columbus.gov
Adam Sheets, Prosecutor645-6413ajsheets@columbus.gov
Jarrod Skinner, Prosecutor645-8932jbskinner@columbus.gov
Peter Scranton, Prosecutor645-8178pjscranton@columbus.gov
Michael Allbritain, Prosecutor645-8835mcallbritain@columbus.gov
Melissa Hicks, Prosecutor645-8926mahicks@columbus.gov
Andrew Kielczewski, Prosecutor645-8946atkielczewski@columbus.gov
Robert Levering, Prosecutor645-8880rblevering@columbus.gov
Amy Meyers, Prosecutor645-8938ammeyers@columbus.gov
Stephen Steinberg, Prosecutor645-8930sjsteinberg@columbus.gov
Danielle Thornsberry, Prosecutor645-8908dnthornsberry@columbus.gov
Tyler Wilcox, Prosecutor645-8123tjwilcox@columbus.gov
Deana Rybak, Prosecutor645-0770djrybak@columbus.gov
Jessica Bacon, Prosecutor645-8942jebacon@columbus.gov
Candice Christon, Prosecutor645-8898clchriston@columbus.gov
Chris Stevens, Prosecutor645-0809cjstevens@columbus.gov
Orly Ahroni, Prosecutor645-8086orahroni@columbus.gov
Jesse Curry, Administrative Assistant645-8910jwcurry@columbus.gov