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Alysia Goss

Adjunct Professor of Law

Adjunct

School of Law

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Alysia has been an Assistant Public Defender with the Montgomery County Public Defender’s Office since she became an attorney in 2010. As an assistant public defender, Alysia has worked in both the misdemeanor and felony divisions, and has tried a number of cases. Additionally, Alysia is certified in Ohio to be appointed as co-counsel in capital cases.

In 2022, Alysia became her office’s first Training and Development Coordinator. Within her first 18 months as a trainer, Alysia organized and implemented two in-house trial schools. In 2023, Alysia helped to resurrect the Ohio Public Defender Trial School. This statewide trial school, which was held at the University of Dayton School of Law, hosted 68 attorneys from over 15 different public defender’s offices throughout Ohio.

Alysia’s responsibilities include training and mentoring all new attorneys at her office, creating various training programs for all attorneys, and providing support by being perpetual co-counsel during trials and motion hearings. In addition to training attorneys, Alysia also runs her office’s internship/externship program. Each semester, Alysia brings in new undergraduate and law students to learn about being a public defender.

In February 2019, Alysia was named a Rising Star by the Dayton Bar Association. In her free time, she coaches and serves as legal advisor for Centerville High School's mock trial team (her alma mater).