Department of Law

The City of Jeffersonville Department of Law employs two full-time attorneys who are responsible for all legal representation, enforcement of both city ordinances and Indiana statutes and legal advice for the mayor, departments, board and commissions.  The Department of Law has the following duties by Indiana law:

• Manage the legal affairs of the city

• Prosecute violators of city ordinances

• Give legal advice to the officers, departments, boards, commissions, and other agencies of the city

• Draft ordinances or other legal papers for the city and its departments, boards, commissions, and other agencies when requested by the proper officer

• Maintain custody of the records of the department

• Make all title searches and examine all abstracts required in public work of any kind, including opening, widening, or changing a street, alley, or public place

• Promptly commence all proceedings necessary or advisable for the protection or enforcement of the rights of the city or the public

• Use all diligence to collect costs, fees, and recoveries within the scope of the department's duties

• Report in writing to the city executive all matters that the department may consider important, and

• Report in writing, to the city fiscal officer all judgments for which the city is liable

Tom Lowe, Corporation Counsel

Tom Lowe is the head of the City of Jeffersonville Department of Law.  He handles legal matters for the City involving the following departments and areas:

• Fire

• Police

• Emergency Management

• Human Resources and Employee Safety

• Planning and Zoning

• Vehicle Maintenance

• Animal Shelter

• Parks and Recreation

Les Merkley, City Attorney

Les Merkley handles legal matters for the City involving the following departments and areas:

• Redevelopment

• Building Commissioner

• Finance

• Engineer/Drainage

• Street

• Information Technology

• Sewer

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Department of Law Ordinances/Statutes

• Indiana Code

• Indiana Constitution

Department of Law Documents/Announcements/Links

• Black's Law Dictionary

• Clark County Bar Association

• Clark County Court Records

• Clark County Courts

• Indiana Court of Appeals

• Indiana State Bar Association

• Indiana Supreme Court

• Indiana Trial Lawyers Association

• Supreme Court of the United States

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

• U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana

Putting the City's Work in Context

• EPA's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

• Indiana Association of Cities and Towns

• IC 5-14 Public Records and Public Meetings

• IC 5-22-6 Purchase of Services

• IC 5-22-7 Competitive Bidding

• IC 36-1-3 Home Rule

• IC 36-1-4 General Corporate Powers

• IC 36-1-12 Public Works Projects

• IC 36-4-9 City Departments, Boards and Appointed Officers

• Indiana Department of Environmental Management

• Indiana Department of Local Government Finance

• Indiana Department of Transportation

• Indiana Economic Development Corporation

• Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs

• Indiana Public Access Handbook

• Indiana State Board of Accounts

• Jeffersonville Parks and Recreation Department

• KIPDA

• National League of Cities

• Ohio River Bridges Project

• Ohio River Greenway

• One Southern Indiana

• ORSANCO

• PetFinder

• Ports of Indiana

• River Hills

• River Ridge Commerce Center

• RiverStage

• Smokin' on the River

• STATS Indiana

Resources for You

• 811: Call Before You Dig

• Better Business Bureau/Louisville

• Bureau of Motor Vehicles

• Center for Lay Ministries

• Childplace

• Clark County Health Department

• Clark County Solid Waste Management District

• Clark Memorial Hospital

• Community Action of Southern Indiana

• Community Foundation of Southern Indiana

• Congressman Todd Young

• Do Not Call List/Indiana

• Do Not Call List/National

• Federal Emergency Management Agency

• FEMA's Ready.gov

• Greater Clark Schools

• Indiana Civil Rights Commission

• Indiana Department of Child Services

• Indiana Department of Revenue

• Indiana Department of Transportation Highway Information

• Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs

• Indiana Department of Workforce Development

• Indiana Family and Social Services Administration

• Indiana Investment Watch

• Indiana Professional Licensing Agency

• Indiana Sheriffs' Sex and Violent Offender Registry

• Internal Revenue Service

• IU Southeast

• IVY Tech

• Jeffersonville Township Public Library

• Lifespan Resources

• National Flood Insurance Program

• New Hope Services

• Passports

• Perrin Family Park

• Product Recalls

• Senator Dan Coats

• Senator Richard Lugar

• Social Security Administration

• State of Indiana

• State Representative Steve Stemler

• State Senator Ron Grooms

• State Senator Jim Smith

• TARC

• TRIMARC

• U.S. Government

• Veterans Administration

• Wellstone Regional Hospital

Additional Community Links

• Build the Bridges Coalition

• Business First of Louisville

• Clark County 4-H

• Clark County Government

• Clark County Office of Emergency Communications

• Clark County Regional Airport

• Clark-Floyd Counties Convention and Tourism Bureau

• The Courier-Journal

• The Evening News

• Greater Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau

• Greater Louisville Inc.

• Howard Steamboat Museum

• Indiana 9

• Indiana Landmarks

• The Indianapolis Star

• Inside Indiana Business

• Jeffersonville Main Street Inc.

• Kentucky Educational Television

• KOOL 1570-AM

• Leadership Southern Indiana

• Lifespring Inc.

• Louisville Eccentric Observer

• Louisville International Airport

• Oak Park Conservancy District

• Ottawa University

• Thunder Over Louisville

• WAVE-TV

• WDRB-TV

• WFPK 91.9-FM

• WFPL 89.3-FM

• WHAS 840-AM

• WHAS-TV

• WLKY-TV