Ameer E. Mabjish, Esq.
Qualifications & Experience
Education
- University of Dayton School of Law, Dayton, Ohio (2004-2007)
- University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (1998-2003)
- St. Xavier High School, Cincinnati, OH (1994-1998)
Bar Admissions
- State of Ohio (2007)
- Commonwealth of Kentucky (2007)
- Federal - Eastern District of Kentucky (2015)
- Federal - 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (2018)
- Federal - Southern District of Ohio (2019)
Specialized Criminal Defense Training
- Capital/Death Penalty Litigation, DPA, Frankfort, KY (2013)
- Capital/Death Penalty Jury Selection, DPA, Frankfort, KY (2013)
- Jury Trial Advocacy, Litigation Persuasion Institute, DPA, Faubush, KY (2007)
- Kentucky Circuit, District, and Juvenile Court Practice and Procedure, DPA, Frankfort, KY (multiple weeks 2007-2008)
Employment
- Mabjish Law, PLLC (Nov. 2017 - Present, criminal defense lawyer & personal injury lawyer with offices in Cincinnati & Covington)
- The Risk Firm, Covington, KY (Oct. 2015 - Nov. 2017, criminal defense lawyer & personal injury lawyer)
- Assistant Adjunct Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati-Clermont (2 semesters 2016-2017)
- Senior producer, "Heroin USA" documentary with Soledad O'Brien. Watch the full documentary below.
- Staff Attorney III (criminal defense, felony trial attorney), Department of Public Advocacy's Covington Trial Office (Aug. 2007 - Oct. 2015)
- Law clerk, Waite, Scheider, Bayless, & Chesley, Cincinnati, OH (2006-2007, mass tort & personal injury lawyers)
- Law Clerk, Judge Norbert A. Nadel, Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, Cincinnati, Ohio (summer 2006)
- Law Clerk, Judge Richard A. Bernat, Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, Cincinnati, Ohio (summer 2005)
Personal Injury & Criminal Defense Lawyer
Personal Injury Lawyer
- Car accidents (cars, trucks, motorcycles)
- Wrongful death & fatalities
- Serious bodily injuries
- Traumatic brain injuries
- Excessive force and wrongful arrest
- Consumer protection litigation
- Breach of contract
- Insurance claims
Criminal Defense Lawyer
- Serious felonies and misdemeanors
- Juvenile offenses
- Alcohol related offenses
- OVI/DUI
- Probation and parole violations
- Drug trafficking and possession
- Robbery and burglary
- Theft and stolen property
- Forgery, fraud, and embezzlement
- Sex offenses
- Assaults involving serious injury
- Kidnapping
- Property damage
- Escape, obstruction, and tampering
- Weapons and guns
- Abuse of trust or power
- Abuse of children and family offense
- Human trafficking and prostitution
- Murder and other homicides
- Other matters involving serious physical injury or death.
Awards & Recognition
- Super Lawyers (2021-2024)
- Top-rated Car Accident Lawyers - Expertise.com (2020)
- Rising Stars - Super Lawyers (2019-2020)
- Top 100 Criminal Defense Trial Lawyers - The National Trial Lawyers (2017)
- Top 10 Attorneys - American Jurist Institute (2017)
- Client's Choice - Avvo (2016)
- Top 10 Under 40 - National Academy of Criminal Defense Attorneys (2016)
- Top 40 Under 40 - The National Trial Lawyers (2016)
- Top 10 Under 40 - National Academy Of Personal Injury Attorneys (2016)
- Continuing Legal Education Award - Kentucky Bar Association (2015)
- "10 Best" KY Criminal Law Attorneys for client satisfaction - American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys (2014-2016)
- Excellence in Advocacy in Juvenile Law - Department of Public Advocacy (2009)
Read Covington and Cincinnati personal injury lawyer and criminal defense lawyer Ameer's most recent publication on addiction and criminal justice reform published in the Northern Kentucky Tribune. It was cited in another good article published in the Kentucky Law Journal. The "war on drugs" has long since failed. Criminal justice's favorite tool has always been a hammer so they continue seeing every problem as a nail. We are not going to incarcerate, or hammer, our way out of addiction (or other criminal justice issues such as socioeconomic, institutional, and cognitive biases) so further criminalization and harsher penalties, especially when unevenly enforced, only continues to irreparably destroy the lives of people we all could otherwise help and save.