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.

Ohio State Bar Association is not in compliance with the nationwide, public-facing, Brady List; or:

Supreme Court of the United States [SCOTUS] Brady doctrine (1963);
US Freedom of Information Act (1967);
State Sunshine Law (see, below);
Open Government Act (2007);
Open Government Initiative (2009); and,
Open Government Directives (2009) issued by the United States Department of Justice.

This information has been curated by journalists and private citizens; and, this platform is available as-a-service to all Peace Officer Standards & Training [POST] Departments, Prosecutors, and Law Enforcement Organizations [LEOrgs].

Charles Coulsen	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
Thomas Rovito	Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1663714112 - 20659428 August 3, 2022 Obstruction of Justice Employer: Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney Authority: Ohio State Bar Association
Benjamin Zushin	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

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.

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