Plunkett Cooney partner Christina L. Corl has been named among Columbus CEO magazine’s Top Lawyers for 2025. This annual recognition highlights attorneys who have earned the respect and endorsement of their peers across the legal community.

Columbus CEO and Professional Research Services (PRS) compiled this year’s list of 613 Top Lawyers in Central Ohio based on peer recommendations in 59 areas of practice. The featured attorneys, who are highlighted in a print feature in the September issue of Columbus CEO, were selected based on their reputations as leaders in the areas of legal expertise, professionalism and client service.

A member of Plunkett Cooney’s Labor & Employment Law Practice Group, Corl focuses her litigation defense practice primarily on employer liability issues. She also has extensive experience in commercial litigation, Title IX claims, product liability, premises liability, professional liability, trucking liability and municipal law.

Corl’s clients include national retailers and corporations, governmental entities, nonprofit organizations and law enforcement personnel. She also had the distinction of serving as associate general counsel to the board of directors of the USA Track & Field Association and as associate general counsel to the National Fraternal Order of Police.

Additionally, Corl serves as special counsel to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. In this capacity, she represents The Ohio State University, Miami University, Ohio University and the University of Cincinnati in employment and Title IX disputes. Her special counsel duties extend to other state agencies, including the Ohio Department of Insurance, Department of Corrections, Department of Treasury and Secretary of State.

Corl, who is a member of Plunkett Cooney’s Columbus office, has also been named as a Best Lawyers in America^® for Employment Law – Management / Labor and Employment Litigation and an Ohio Super Lawyer in Civil Litigation: Defense. In addition, she received Martindale-Hubbell’s highest peer-review rating of AV Preeminent™ and the Most Powerful and Influential Woman Award from the Ohio Diversity Council. Corl has also been recognized as an Ambassador for Diversity and Inclusion by the Greater Columbus Community Helping Hands.

A summa cum laude graduate of Western Michigan University Cooley Law School in 1994, Corl graduated first in her class and received numerous academic accolades. She received her undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Western Michigan University in 1991. She is admitted to practice before the state and federal courts in Ohio and Michigan, in the state courts of Georgia and in the federal appellate courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.

In January 2001, Plunkett Cooney established its office in downtown Columbus, just blocks from the state capital. Members of the firm’s Columbus office provide a full range of litigation and transactional services in the areas of banking and finance law, bankruptcy, corporate law, real estate law, insurance law, professional liability, title insurance, general and commercial litigation, personal injury, premises liability and employment law.

Established in 1913, Plunkett Cooney is one of the Midwest's oldest and most accomplished full-service law firms in seven Michigan cities, Chicago, Illinois, Columbus, Ohio and Indianapolis, Indiana. The firm has achieved the highest rating (AV) awarded by Martindale-Hubbell, a leading peer-to-peer review rating service for the legal industry. The firm has also received Mansfield Rule Certification Plus 2024-2025 for midsize law firms, which recognizes leaders in diversity, equity and inclusion within the legal industry.

For more information about Plunkett Cooney attorney Christina Corl’s selection as a 2025 Columbus CEO Top Lawyer, contact the firm’s Director of Marketing and Business Development John Cornwell at (248) 901-4008 or jcornwell@plunkettcooney.com.

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