Zone Initiative Team

City Attorney Pfeiffer started the innovative program called the Zone Initiative in 2008.

The program is designed to enhance communication between the City Attorney’s Office, the Columbus Division of Police, Code Enforcement, the City Departments of Health and Sanitation, neighborhood associations and other community organizations in order to aid in uplifting Columbus neighborhoods. A secondary goal of the project is to increase municipal court prosecutors’ and municipal court judges’ awareness of the effects of crimes on the quality of life in Columbus neighborhoods.

Working closely with the Division of Police, Code Enforcement, Columbus Public Health, Sanitation and community organizations, this unit focuses on the elimination of public nuisances that blight the City’s neighborhoods. Whether it is abandoned and deteriorating houses, open dumping, street prostitution, boot joints, excessive noise or trash and debris, this unit seeks to eliminate these problems. Using the statutory jurisdiction (R.C. 1901.181 and 1901.183) of the Environmental Division of the Franklin County Municipal Court, this unit will file complaints for injunctive relief, seeking equitable solutions to persistent problems. Mediation will also be attempted.

Steve Dunbar, Section Chief	614-645-6914	[email protected]
Tiara Ross, Deputy Chief Zone Attorney	614-645-0781	[email protected]
Christopher Clark, Zone Attorney	614-645-5670	[email protected]
Robert Doersam, Zone Attorney	614-645-7075	[email protected]
Louisa Edzie, Zone Attorney	614-645-0316	[email protected]
Alison Ortega, Zone Attorney	614-645-0771	[email protected]
Sarah Pomeroy, Zone Attorney	614-645-8619	[email protected]
Kenyatta Wilder, Zone Attorney	614-645-5346	[email protected]
Sophie Yano, Zone Attorney	614-645-5980	[email protected]
Rachel Catus, Legal Intake Counselor	614-645-7573	[email protected]
Anneliese Rankin, Paralegal	614-645-0766	[email protected]
Karla Rumora, Paralegal	614-645-7579	[email protected]
Amanda Trerotola, Legal Administrative Assistant	614-645-0402	[email protected]
Ian Wiley, Legal Secretary	614-645-8868	[email protected]

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Zone Assignments

Designed around the Columbus Police Division's organization of the city into five zones, City Attorney Pfeiffer has assigned an Assistant City Attorney to each zone.

The zone assignments are as follows: