Alysia is the Director of the Ross County Public Defender's Office in Chillicothe, Ohio. Prior to joining the Ross County office, Alysia was with the Montgomery County Public Defender’s Office in Dayton, Ohio.
Alysia has been a public defender her entire legal career and has tried a number of cases. She is certified in Ohio to be appointed as defense counsel in capital cases. In 2022, Alysia became the Montgomery County Public Defender Office’s first Training Director. Within her first two years as Training Director, Alysia organized and implemented two in-house trial schools. The following year, Alysia resurrected the Ohio public defender trial school. This annual statewide school, which is held at the University of Dayton School of Law, hosts attorneys from all over the state and is still going strong today.
Alysia enjoys being adjunct faculty at the University of Dayton School of Law, where she teaches both Trial Practice and the Criminal Law Capstone. Alysia has a B.A. in business from Washington State University and a J.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. In her free time, Alysia coaches her alma mater's high school mock trial team, and enjoys spending time with her fellow public defender fiancé and three kids.