Anne Marie Sferra is chair of the Litigation practice group. She has trial and appellate experience litigating a wide variety of commercial and insurance cases, including class actions, mortgage servicing litigation, life and health claims, bad faith claims and coverage issues. Anne Marie also has substantial experience handling many original actions, constitutional issues, tort reform issues and election law matters, including statewide initiative and referendum petitions.

In 2008, Anne Marie became the first Columbus-area attorney to be certified as an Appellate Law Specialist by the Ohio State Bar Association. Anne Marie is counsel on numerous amicus curiae briefs, primarily in the Ohio Supreme Court, on behalf of statewide and national organizations, including the Ohio Manufacturers Association, the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, the Ohio Hospital Association, the American Hospital Association, the American Insurance Association, and others.

Education

The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (J.D., 1985); Member, Ohio State National Moot Court Team; Recipient, Best Oral Argument Award, Sixth Circuit Moot Court Competition

Bowling Green State University (B.S., 1982)

Distinctions

Listed, Columbus CEO’s Top Lawyers – Appellate Law (2025)

Listed, The Best Lawyers in America® – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation (2010–2025)

Ranked, Chambers USA – Litigation - General Commercial: Band 2 (2021–2025); Band 3 (2011–2015, 2018–2020); Band 4 (2008–2010, 2016–2017)

Listed, Super Lawyers®, part of Thomson Reuters® – Ohio, Appellate; General Litigation; Insurance Coverage (2009–2023); Top 100 (2017); Top 50 Women (2016–2023); Top 25 Women Columbus (2013–2023); Top 50 Columbus (2017–2021, 2023)

Recipient, Professionalism Award, Columbus Bar Association (2021)

Member of the Year, Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys (2018)

Columbus Lawyer of the Year, The Best Lawyers in America® – Appellate Practice (2014, 2018)

Recognized, Columbus Business First’s “The Verdict” (2005)

Recipient, Ten Outstanding Young Citizens of Greater Columbus Award, Columbus Jaycees (1996)

Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated™

Professional Activities

Member, Defense Research Institute (DRI); State Representative for Ohio, Women in the Law (WITL) Committee, Appellate Law Committee, Insurance Law Committee

President, Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys (OACTA), 2014

Member, The Matriots Board of Trustees

Member, Legal Aid Society of Columbus Board of Trustees

Coach, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, Hinton Andrews Kurth Moot Court Team

Member, Women for Economic and Leadership Development (WELD)

Member, TWIG 3 (Children's Hospital)

Former Chair, Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedure, Appellate Rules Committee

Former member, Steering Committee for Franklin County Republican Judicial Salute

Former member, Capital Area Humane Society Board of Trustees

Former member, American Heart Association Board of Trustees

Former member, Women Lawyers of Franklin County Board of Trustees

Ohio State Bar Association Certified Specialist – Appellate Law

Ohio State Bar Association Appellate Law Specialty Board

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Ohio State Bar Association

Member, Ohio Women's Bar Association

Member, Columbus Bar Association

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