BIOGRAPHY
Attorney Courtney J. Sutton was born and raised in Canal Fulton, Ohio. A graduate of Northwest High School, she attended The Ohio State University as a student of the Fisher College of Business. Attorney Sutton then graduated Summa Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and finance from Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana.
Attorney Sutton earned her Juris Doctor degree from DePaul University College of Law in May of 2010, during which time she worked as a family law fellow with the Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center and as a law clerk at Walgreens corporate headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois, with a primary focus on corporate regulatory compliance.
After graduation from law school and admission to the Florida Bar, Attorney Sutton worked as an Assistant Public Defender with the Law Office of the Public Defender in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As an Assistant Public Defender, Attorney Sutton represented children and adults charged with serious felony offenses including grand theft, aggravated assault and battery, burglary, fleeing and eluding a police officer, possession of narcotics, and unemployment compensation fraud.
Attorney Sutton entered into private civil practice as co-managing litigation counsel of Florida P.I.P. Law Firm in Boca Raton, Florida. At Florida P.I.P., Attorney Sutton assisted physicians and medical providers in pursuing legal claims against various health and automobile insurance companies.
Attorney Sutton joined Perantinides & Nolan Co., L.P.A. in March of 2014. She focuses her legal practice on claims of personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and nursing home negligence.
Attorney Sutton resides in Jackson Township, Ohio and is licensed to practice law in both Florida (Bar No. 86000) and Ohio (Bar No. 91764).
SOCIETIES & AWARDS
- Ohio Bar Association
- Akron Bar Association
- Florida Bar Association
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum – lifetime member
- Ohio Association for Justice (OAJ)
- 2016-2020 Super Lawyers Rising Star
- The selection process for the Rising Stars list is the same as the Super Lawyers selection process, with one exception: to be eligible for inclusion in Rising Stars, a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less. All attorneys first go through the Super Lawyers selection process.
- Those who are not selected to the Super Lawyers list, but who meet either one of the Rising Stars eligibility requirements, go through the Rising Stars selection process.
- While up to five percent of the lawyers in the state are named to Super Lawyers, no more than 2.5 percent are named to the Rising Stars list.
- NAOPIA Nationally Ranked Top 10 Under 40 – Personal Injury
COMMITTEES
- Current member of NPR’s WKSU Community Advisory Council
- Current President – Summit County Association for Justice (SCAJ)
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
- Treasurer to the Decalogue Society, DePaul University College of Law
- Member of Phi Alpha Delta, Joseph Story Chapter, DePaul University College of Law
- National Finance Honor Society