Sara Schiavone

Attorney at Cooper Elliott
Columbus, OH10 years experience

About Sara Schiavone

Sara Schiavone, Esq. is an Attorney at Cooper Elliott in Columbus, Ohio, representing individuals and families in complex civil litigation including wrongful death, serious injury, nursing home abuse, and product liability cases. Originally from Celina, Ohio, she was influenced by watching her father practice law in a small town.

With nearly a decade of experience litigating high-stakes matters in state and federal courts, Schiavone previously practiced at one of Columbus's largest law firms defending corporations in wrongful death, catastrophic injury, and product liability cases. She has been recognized in Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

She earned her Juris Doctor summa cum laude from Capital University Law School, graduating in the top five of her class, and her undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University. She is admitted to the Ohio Bar.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Cooper Elliott

These results are credited to Cooper Elliott. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$27 millionVerdictTop 20 in Ohio · #16

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.

Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, Columbus, OH · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$20 millionVerdictTop 20 in New Jersey · #13

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.

Somerset County Superior Court, New Jersey · 2024Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$10 millionSettlement

Cincinnati's Metro transit agency paid $10 million to the estate of Beverly Kinney, an 87-year-old struck and killed in a marked crosswalk by a bus driver with a suspended license, and agreed to overhaul its driver training.

Hamilton County, OH (Cincinnati) · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$6.53 millionVerdict

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.

Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, OH · 2024Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$3.1 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2007 · #13

A Franklin County jury found World Harvest Church and a daycare worker liable for beating Michael and Lacey Faieta's 2-year-old son, returning a verdict of nearly $6 million that was later capped and settled for $3.1 million.

Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, Columbus, OH · 2007Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Capital University Law School
Summa cum laude (top 5 of class), Capital University Law School
The Ohio State University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Ohio

Awards & recognition

Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

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$44.5 Million for a Boy Left Locked In After a Lab Sat on Urgent Test Results for Six Days
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Mother Pursues Wrongful Death Claim Against Nationwide Children's Hospital After Daughter's Death

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.