Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Columbus, OH

Heather G. Sowald is founding member of Sowald Sowald Anderson Hawley & Johnson, and focuses her practice on divorce, family law and custody matters. Representing the people of Columbus, Ohio, and central Ohio, her family law experience is extensive and led to her teaching family law at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and she regularly speaks on topics of family law, domestic relations law, and professionalism and ethics.

In 1976, she graduated from Case Western Reserve University with a Bachelor of Arts before moving on to law school. At Capital University Law School, she earned her Juris Doctor and graduated in 1979. Ms. Sowald is admitted to practice in the state of Ohio and before the United States Supreme Court. For her successful work during her career, she was named to the Top 50 Women in Ohio in the Super Lawyers list.

She is past president and current member of the Columbus Bar Association, the Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association and the Ohio State Bar Association. A member of the Collaborative Family Law Council of Central Ohio, she also served as the chair of the Columbus Bar Association’s Family Law Committee and the Professional Ethics Committee.

Her practice includes matters of visitation, child support and collaborative family law. As a highly talented, knowledgeable and fair attorney, she is known for her commitment to the best interests of her clients. As they face potentially difficult family law matters and changes to their lives, Ms. Sowald focuses on setting up a successful future for everyone she works with.