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Prosecutor 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, Lockbourne, Marble Cliff, Obetz, Riverlea, Valleyview and Urbancrest, as well as the municipalities of Westerville and Worthington.

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

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


Lara Baker, Chief Prosecutor645-8081lnbaker@columbus.gov
Bill Hedrick, Chief of Staff645-8874brhedrick@columbus.gov
Jesse Curry, Executive Assistant645-8910jwcurry@columbus.gov
Michael Allbritain, Prosecutor645-8835mcallbritain@columbus.gov
Candice Christon, Prosecutor645-8898clchriston@columbus.gov
Joe Green-Church, Prosecutor645-8946jogreen-church@columbus.gov
Melissa Hicks, Prosecutor645-8926mahicks@columbus.gov
Benjamin Karrasch, Prosecutor645-8900bwkarrasch@columbus.gov
Robert Levering, Sr. Prosecutor645-8880rblevering@columbus.gov
Shawnda Martin, Prosecutor645-6103samartin@columbus.gov
Amy Meyers, Sr. Prosecutor645-8938ammeyers@columbus.gov
Jessica Moon, Prosecutor645-8942jbmoon@columbus.gov
Ian Overking, Prosecutor645-8988imoverking@columbus.gov
Kristen Rine, Prosecutor645-8123kkrine@columbus.gov
Deana Rybak, Prosecutor645-0770djrybak@columbus.gov
Lizett Schreiber, Prosecutor645-6413lmschreiber@columbus.gov
Peter Scranton, Prosecutor645-8904pjscranton@columbus.gov
Jennifer Shea, Prosecutor645-8908jlshea@columbus.gov
Brandon Shroy, Prosecutor/Assistant City Attorney645-8936beshroy@columbus.gov
Jarrod Skinner, Prosecutor645-8932jbskinner@columbus.gov
William Sperlazza, Prosecutor645-7479wasperlazza@columbus.gov
Stephen Steinberg, Prosecutor645-8930sjsteinberg@columbus.gov
Chris Stevens, Prosecutor645-0809cjstevens@columbus.gov