Ohio Revised Code|Section 9.84 | Witness has right of counsel - participation in hearing limited.

                                                
Except as otherwise provided in this section, any  person appearing as a witness before any public official, department, board, bureau, commission, or agency, or any representative  of a public official, department, board, bureau,  commission, or agency, in any administrative or executive proceeding or investigation, public or private, if  the witness so  requests, shall be permitted to be accompanied, represented, and  advised by an attorney, whose participation  shall be limited to  the protection of the rights of the witness, and who may not examine or cross-examine witnesses. The witness shall be advised  of  the right to counsel before  the witness is interrogated. This section  does not apply to proceedings before a grand jury or to an  employee of an appointing authority, as defined in section 124.01  of the Revised Code, who appears only as a witness in an  employment interview, investigation, or proceeding conducted by or  for the appointing authority.