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 law school, Attorney Sutton 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 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, representing children and adults charged with a variety of serious felony offenses. Attorney Sutton entered into private civil practice as co-managing litigation counsel of Florida P.I.P. Law Firm in Boca Raton, Florida, where she 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.
As a litigation attorney, Attorney Sutton proudly focuses her legal practice on the aggressive and dedicated representation of individuals harmed by negligent medical providers, with a special commitment to birth injury claims and the claims of elderly people subjected to nursing home abuse.
Attorney Sutton also devotes a large portion of her legal practice to the representation of people who have sustained life-altering injuries in auto accidents caused by negligent drivers.
Attorney Sutton resides in Jackson Township, Ohio with her husband and children and is licensed to practice law in both Ohio (Bar No. 91764 and Florida (Bar No. 86000).
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
- Former member of NPR’s WKSU Community Advisory Council
- Past President of 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
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS
- Ohio Nurses Association, Akron General Hospital, Legal Issues in Advanced Practice Nursing; October 14, 2014.
- Ohio Association for Justice, Ohio Civil Rules Update and “Sorry, I’m Not Sorry;” February 11, 2015.
- Akron General Medical Center, Cardiovascular Nursing 22nd Annual Denise Carrabine, RN, Memorial Lecture Series; Liability Issues in Nursing; February 12, 2015.
- Akron Legal News, Vol. 94 No. 175, Akron Bar's Health Law Section looks to expand offerings, September 11, 2015.
- Cornell Law School, guest speaker, Expert Witness Depositions, September 29, 2021.