About Rex Elliott
Rex H. Elliott, Esq. is a Co-founder and Owner of Cooper Elliott in Columbus, Ohio, which he established in 1995. With more than 30 years of civil litigation experience across the United States, he has been directly involved in over $500 million in verdicts and settlements. He has been voted a Super Lawyer annually since 2005.
Elliott's notable case work includes representing Keziah Lewis in the Fireball accident case at the Ohio State Fair and representing Ohio State Athletic Director Gene Smith regarding domestic violence allegations investigations. His cases have led to the resignations of Ohio's Attorney General and the Franklin County Clerk of Courts, and he has successfully argued before the Ohio Supreme Court and multiple state and federal appellate courts.
He has served on the boards of the Ohio Association for Justice and the Central Ohio Association for Justice and is a frequent lecturer on trial tactics and strategy. He is certified by the American Board of Trial Advocates, holds a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating, has been named to the Super Lawyers Top 50 in Columbus, and is a member of the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 and Top 40 Under 40 alumni. He is a Supreme Court of Ohio Approved Mentor and a member of both the Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forums.
He is admitted to the Ohio Bar.
Notable case results
A Franklin County jury awarded $27 million to the estate of Gregory Coleman Jr., a 37-year-old bartender beaten to death by security workers outside the Julep bar in Columbus's Short North, finding the bar's ownership 80 percent at fault for negligent hiring and supervision.
A New Jersey court entered a $20 million judgment for Keziah Lewis, half of it punitive, against ride maker KMG for the 2017 Ohio State Fair Fire Ball failure that left her with catastrophic injuries.
Cooper Elliott won a $6.525 million judgment against the former Pi Kappa Alpha president whose chapter hazed Bowling Green State University student Stone Foltz to death in 2021.
Bowling Green State University agreed to pay $2.9 million to the family of Stone Foltz, a 20-year-old fraternity pledge who died after being made to drink a full liter of bourbon during an initiation, in what the family's attorneys called the largest hazing settlement paid by an Ohio public university.
A federal jury found two Columbus police officers used excessive force and unlawfully detained ATF agent James Burk during a 2020 call, awarding him and his wife $1.6 million.
Cooper Elliott's Rex Elliott represented the parents of Ohio University freshman Collin Wiant, who died after months of Sigma Pi hazing, reaching a confidential settlement with the fraternity in a case that helped drive Ohio's 'Collin's Law.'
Represented Keziah Lewis in Fireball accident case at Ohio State Fair
Represented Ohio State Athletic Director Gene Smith on domestic violence allegations investigation
Cases leading to resignations of Ohio Attorney General and Franklin County Clerk of Courts
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
