Bar Admissions:

• The Supreme Court of Ohio
• The United States Supreme Court
• The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Key Areas of Responsibility:

As Assistant Law Director, Randall works with City Administration and Department Superintendants in the preparation, negotiation and execution of equipment and service contracts, labor/management contracts, employment issues, and civil litigation matters. He handles initial review of insurance claims submitted to the City and serves as liaison between the City and its insurance carriers. He assists the Law Director in providing legal counsel to the Board of Zoning Appeals, Structural Board of Appeals, Planning and Zoning Commission, Code Enforcement Committee, Law Committee of City Council, and the Lancaster Port Authority. He provides assistance to the Law Director in the drafting of resolutions and ordinances; providing legal counsel to City of Lancaster Administration, City Departments, and City Council on various municipal law issues; attendance at City Council meetings; research and drafting of requested legal opinions; review and production of public record requests; review of criminal intakes for charges; and the day-to-day operations of the Law Director/City Prosecutor’s Office. He currently serves on the Advisory Council of the Child Advocacy Center, Advisory Council of the Fairfield County Visitation Center, Fairfield County Job and Family Services Criminal Justice CAPP Committee, Fairfield County Adult and Children First Council, Fairfield First Steering Committee, Advisory Committee of the Fresh Start Drug Court Program, Fairfield County Crisis Intervention Team, Sexual Assault Response Team, Community Corrections Board, and the Southeastern Correctional Institution Citizen’s Advisory Committee.

Background:

   Professional Affiliations

Randall is a member of the Ohio State and Fairfield County Bar Associations.

   Education

Randall is a 2000 graduate of The University of Cincinnati College of Law. He served as a staff member on the Immigration and Nationality Law Review 1999-2000. He received the George A. Dornette Professional Responsibility Award and was on the Dean’s Honors List. He graduated from the University of Charleston in 1986 magna cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science with minors in Psychology and Philosophy. He received the Frank E. Taylor Scholarship Award in Political Science 1983-1984 and recognition in Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges 1985.

Experience

Randall was an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in the Juvenile Division of the Butler County Prosecutor’s Office in Hamilton, Ohio, and an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in the Misdemeanor Division of the Clermont County Prosecutor’s Office in Batavia, Ohio prior to moving to Lancaster, Ohio. He joined the City of Lancaster Law Director/City Prosecutor’s Office as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney handling criminal/traffic cases in Municipal Court and their appeal to the Fifth District Court of Appeals. He served in the capacity of Senior Criminal Attorney and Senior Attorney in the Law Director/City Prosecutor’s Office prior to his promotion to Assistant Law Director.

Randall T Ullom

 Assistant Law Director

rullom@ci.lancaster.oh.us