Federal Public Defender - Southern District of Ohio


About the Office of the Federal Defenders Confidentiality & Contact with Law Enforcement Know Your Rights Appointment of Counsel Outline of a Criminal Case Correspondence >> Helpful Links Inmate Locator Newsletter: Capital Habeas Unit:	Correspondence You must use your own judgment about writing letters. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding your case, you should contact your attorney immediatly. Your mail should not be censored from any correctional facility or jail; however, it is wise to write on the envelope: "CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE" Always include your return address and indicate your dorm or location in the facility or jail if you are incarcerated. For mailing address click here. Another alternative to mail is calling the office. This agency handles thousands of calls each year so you may experience some difficulties in reaching your attorney by telephone. Your attorney will make every effort to take your calls if he or she is available. Please remember, however that your attoney has other clients and must contend with frequent court appearances, witness interviews, and other matters that take them out of the office. If your attorney is unavilable, every effort will be made to put you in touch with an investigator, paralegal, or legal secretary who can answer your questions or take any information you would like to pass on to your attorney. Our office phone numbers are: Columbus: (614) 469-2999 Cincinnati: (513) 929-4834 Dayton: (937) 225-7687
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About the Office of the Federal Defenders
Confidentiality & Contact with Law Enforcement
Know Your Rights
Appointment of Counsel
Outline of a Criminal Case
Correspondence >>

Helpful Links
Inmate Locator

Newsletter:

Capital Habeas Unit:

Correspondence

You must use your own judgment about writing letters. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding your case, you should contact your attorney immediatly. Your mail should not be censored from any correctional facility or jail; however, it is wise to write on the envelope:

"CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE"

Always include your return address and indicate your dorm or location in the facility or jail if you are incarcerated. For mailing address click here.

Another alternative to mail is calling the office. This agency handles thousands of calls each year so you may experience some difficulties in reaching your attorney by telephone. Your attorney will make every effort to take your calls if he or she is available. Please remember, however that your attoney has other clients and must contend with frequent court appearances, witness interviews, and other matters that take them out of the office. If your attorney is unavilable, every effort will be made to put you in touch with an investigator, paralegal, or legal secretary who can answer your questions or take any information you would like to pass on to your attorney. Our office phone numbers are:

Columbus: (614) 469-2999
Cincinnati: (513) 929-4834
Dayton: (937) 225-7687