Ohio State Bar Association

1700 Lake Shore Drive
Columbus, OH 43216
United States

(614) 487-2050

The Ohio State Bar Association was founded in 1880 and remains a voluntary organization to this day. The main purpose of the bar is to advance the professional interests of its members and become an indispensable resource to Ohio lawyers. The Ohio State Bar Association operates on the core values of member satisfaction, professionalism, foresight, quality services, and quality products. The organization provides its members with important resources like legal issue advocacy and continuing legal education programs and provides the public with legal educational information and tools.

Any prosecutor that fails, or refuses, to fully disclose all Brady/Giglio material (exculpatory and impeachment evidence including, but not limited to: records of police misconduct; public complaints; and, use-of-force reports) is subject to Rules of Professional Conduct [R.P.C.] 3.8(g): Special Responsibilities of the Prosecutor. Violation of R.P.C. 3.8(g) may included an individual attorney, while acting in the capacity of prosecutor, being sanctioned up to and including disbarment. The obligations upon the prosecutor are both retroactive and perpetual.

Ohio Open Records Law

Ohio Rev. Code sec. 149.43 et seq.

The Ohio Open Records Law, first enacted in 1963, is contained in Section 149.43 of the Ohio Revised Code. The law describes what records are available, what agencies are covered, what fees can be charged, who can ask for records, etc. Records include all records kept by any public office as well as records of both non-profit and for-profit private schools.

Anyone may request public records and no statement of purpose is required. In fact records requests need not even be submitted in writing and can be made anonymously. There are no restrictions to the use of records and the Ohio Open Records Law does not specify a time limit on open records request.

We the People

We the People have a Right to Know according to the Supreme Court of the United States [SCOTUS], past Presidents (of both major political parties), Congress, and the United States Department of Justice. As an expression of that Right to Know, we have coordinated valuable information from a number of resources into a single, public-facing, searchable database.

Police Officer Standards & Training [POST] Departments

Coulsen, Charles	Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1676158013 - 537096028 March 15, 2022	Attorney Misconduct, Bias, Failure to Disclose Brady/Giglio Material, Judicial Proceedings, Witness Tampering	Employer: Lake County Prosecuting Attorney Authority: Ohio State Bar Association
Rovito, Thomas	Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1663714112 - 20659428 August 3, 2022	Obstruction of Justice	Employer: Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney Authority: Ohio State Bar Association
Zushin, Benjamin	Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1678742868 - 1456278040 May 1, 2022	Attorney Misconduct, Bias, Coercive Plea Bargaining, Cooperative Misconduct, Failure to Disclose Brady/Giglio Material, Judicial Proceedings, Obstruction of Justice	Employer: Richland County Prosecuting Attorney Authority: Ohio State Bar Association