J OSEPH T.

D ETERS
HAMILTON COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
Criminal division
230 EAST NINTH STREET, SUITE 4000
CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202-2151
PHONE: 513 946-3050
FAX: 513 946-3100
WWW.HCPROS.ORG
WRITERS DIRECT DIAL NUMBER
946-3078

October 23, 2015

To Whom It May Concern:
Re:

Kimball Perry
Im writing to recommend Kimball Perry for potential employment with you.

As a veteran prosecutor, I wish all journalists were as professional and

competent as Kimball. He covered some of the most horrific trials and complicated
cases, presenting them in way that made them easily readable and easy to understand.
He built a reputations for getting the news first, being fair and accurate the goal of all
in his business. Kimball was at the courthouse every day and became very well know.
He also knew everybody and they talked to him because they knew he wouldnt write
one-sided stories.
He is a professional communicator whether it was talking to sources, interviewing
victims or using Twitter and Facebook to spread his message as widely as possible. He
is also probably the hardest working journalist I have ever met, and is relentless in his
pursuit of news.
Kimball covered a number of capital murder cases I tried, and always had a
knack for getting to the real issue in cases. He would be able to grasp these issues and
get input from every side before writing his story. On occasion I didnt like his stories, as
they would sometimes cast someone in our office or law enforcement in a bad light. But
when this did happen, I couldnt say that what he wrote wasnt accurate or fair.
I give him the highest recommendation possible.
Respectfully,
Mark Piepmeier
Chief Assistant Prosecutor
Hamilton County Prosecutors Office
mark.piepmeier@hcpros.org
(513) 946-3078