Practice areas: Family Law, Appellate; view more
Licensed in Ohio since: 2009
Education: University of Dayton School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2024 - 2025 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2019 - 2023 Details
Focusing her practice exclusively on family law issues, Susan M. Suriano is Senior Counsel at Greco Law. Located in Columbus and with a client base throughout the state of Ohio, she provides compassionate and dedicated representation to people who are facing the end of their marriages and who are thus having to deal with such divorce-related issues as the division of complex assets and debts, child custody and visitation, and spousal and child support. Ms. Suriano also assists clients who are seeking a modification to or the enforcement of existing support and parenting orders, and her family law experience has also included paternity matters and grandparents' visitation and custody rights.
As an undergraduate, Ms. Suriano attended The Ohio State University, where she majored in political science and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in 2004. Remaining in Columbus, she earned a Master of Arts in Sport & Exercise Management the following year. During her time at Ohio State, she held several positions with the school's athletic and recreational sports departments, and after obtaining her Master of Arts, she spent a little more than one year working in the athletic department of the University of Cincinnati.
Ms. Suriano then enrolled at the University of Dayton School of Law. While she was there, she served an externship with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. After being awarded her Juris Doctor in 2009, Ms. Suriano spent several years as an assistant prosecutor with the Franklin County Prosecutor's Office in Columbus before eventually entering private practice. Admitted to practice before all Ohio state courts, she is an active participant in the Ohio State and Columbus Bar Associations, as well as Women Lawyers of Franklin County.
Practice areas
Family Law, AppellateFocus areas
Alimony & Spousal Support, Appeals, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Dissolution, Divorce, Juvenile Law, Marital Property, Paternity, Same Sex Family Law
- 80% Family Law
- 20% Appellate
First Admitted: 2009, Ohio
Professional Webpage: https://www.grecoatlaw.com/attorney/suriano-susan/
- Licking County Bar Association, Member
- International Academy of Collaborative Law Professionals
- Central Ohio Academy of Collaborative Divorce Professionals
- Federal Bar Association - Southern, 2018-Present
- Women Lawyers of Franklin County, Member, 2013
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Institute for Family Law Associates, 2014
- American Bar Association, Member, 2013
- Ohio State Bar Association, Member, 2009
- Ohio Valley Club of Columbus, Member, 2013
- Columbus Bar Association, Family Law Committee Chairperson (2019), 2009
- United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2018
- The CBA Barrister Leadership Program is designed to help new attorneys (five or fewer years of practice) develop leadership skills, connect with influential leaders in both the legal community and the city of Columbus, and build a successful law practice/career, the Barrister Leadership Program provides balance of classroom sessions, interactive exercises and networking/social activities., Barrister Leadership Member, Columbus Bar Association, 2014
- 2020 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2019-Present
- The Ohio State University Football National Championship - Intern, 2002
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Institute for Family Law Associates, 2014-Present
- Columbus Bar Assoc Barrister Leadership Program Graduate, 2013
- Ohio Bicentennial Research Award Winner, 2003
- The mission of the Leadership Institute is to advance inclusiveness within the legal profession and supplement the professional skills of women lawyers by enhancing their leadership, business development, and communication skills for the benefit of the diverse communities in which they work, live, and serve., Ohio Women’s Bar Foundation’s Leadership Institute, Participant, Ohio Women's Bar Foundation, 2019
- The purpose of the Ohio State Bar Association Leadership Academy is to identify and train lawyers for future opportunities for leadership in the Association, profession and community; to nurture effective leadership with respect to ethical, professional and community service issues; to raise the level of awareness among lawyers regarding the broad range of issues facing the legal profession and to build relationships among legal leaders and experience levels across the state, and create a cadre of lawyers upon which the OSBA, state and local government entities, local bar associations and community organizations can call upon for leadership and service., OSBA Leadership Academy Member, Ohio State Bar Association, 2017
- The Ohio State University Master of Arts, Sports & Exercise Management, 2005
- The Ohio State University Bachelor of Arts, Political Science (with honors), 2004
- 2014 National American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Associates’ Symposium in Chicago
- Commission on Professionalism’s 2012 Student to Lawyer Symposium, Supreme Court of Ohio
Office location for Susan M. Suriano
4945 Bradenton Ave.
Suite 100
Dublin, OH 43017
Phone: 614-963-9154
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2024 - 2025
- Rising Stars: 2019 - 2023
