Sydney S. McLafferty

Sydney S. McLafferty has been representing injury victims and their families for over 20 years throughout the state of Ohio. Early in law school, Sydney learned that the civil justice system was weighted in favor of insurance companies and corporations with endless resources to deny justice to the individuals of Ohio. She has found it truly rewarding to be able to level the playing field for her clients by providing them access to justice and protection in an otherwise challenging atmosphere. Sydney has spent a significant amount of her professional time in leadership roles at the Ohio Association for Justice which is a state-wide organization dedicated to protecting her client’s constitutional rights and access to the civil justice system. Her involvement with OAJ directly benefits her clients and the clients of other practitioners around the state. Sydney was raised in Wyoming, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati) and moved to Columbus to attend The Ohio State University. Following in the footsteps of her grandfather and uncles, Sydney attended law school at Capital University Law School. Sydney and her husband, Scott, are raising their family in the Columbus suburb of Upper Arlington. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Sydney S. McLafferty included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Rising Stars, 2010, 2014-2016 President, Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity, 2002 Million Dollar Advocates Forum The National Trial Lawyers, Top 100 The National Women's Trial Lawyers, Top 25 Super Lawyers, 2017-2024 Top 25: Women Columbus Super Lawyers, 2021-2024 Top 50: Columbus Super Lawyer,: 2021-2024 Top 50: Women Ohio Super Lawyers, 2022-2024 Other Sources of Feedback About Sydney S. McLafferty Included on the 2026Ohio Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2024 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2023 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2022 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2021 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2020 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2019 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2018 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2017 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2016 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2015 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2014 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2010 Ohio Super Lawyers list

• Partner

• Geiser, Bowman & McLafferty, LLC
• Cecil & Geiser, LLP
• The Plymale Partnership, LPA
• Plymale & Associates

• Volunteer, Parent Mentor for the Cleft Lip and Palate Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital
• The YWCA Family Center
• Franklin County Children's Services Holiday Wish Program
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

• Ohio, 2003
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 2012
• United States Supreme Court, 2019

• Ohio Association for Justice, 2013 - 2017 (Women's Caucus Chair)
• Ohio Association for Justice, 2013 (Lawyer's Caucus)
• Central Ohio Association for Justice, 2013 - 2017 (Board of Directors)
• Central Ohio Association for Justice, 2007 - 2014 (Negligence Committee Chair)
• Capital Associates Planning Committee, 2003 - 2004
• Central Ohio Associations for Justice
• Ohio Association for Justice
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Columbus Bar Association
• Ohio Association for Justice, Executive Committee, 2018 - 2024
• Ohio Association for Justice, Advocates Circle, 2010 - 2024
• Ohio Association for Justice, President, 2022 - 2023
• Alliance of Women Trial Lawyers, Board Member, 2020-2021
• The American Association for Justice
• The Women Trial Lawyers Caucus of the American Association for Justice