Sandra J. Anderson

Co-Chair, The Legacy Fund of The Columbus Foundation

Sandra J. Anderson is Associate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at The Ohio State University Office of Legal Affairs.  Sandy began her duties at Ohio State in 2010, after 33 years with the Columbus law firm, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, where her practice focused on civil litigation.  She is a 1973 graduate (summa cum laude) of Ohio University, with a degree in Communication, and a 1976 graduate (magna cum laude) of Northwestern University School of Law.

Sandy currently serves on the boards of Ohio University, The Legacy Fund of The Columbus Foundation, and the Ohio State Bar Foundation.  Past board service includes Life Success Seminars, Inc. and New Directions Career Center.  She serves on the Ohio State Bar Association Council of Delegates.   She is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.  She is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the categories of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law and Personal Injury Litigation.  She was the first female president of the Columbus Bar Association and later served as president of the Columbus Bar Foundation.  She served for six years on the Ohio Supreme Court Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline, including as Chair in her final year on the Board.  She has served on the faculty of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and as an adjunct professor at Moritz College of Law, teaching Trial Advocacy.

A farmer’s daughter, Sandy enjoys growing vegetables in her front-yard garden in Dublin. She and her partner, Lynn, also enjoy more adventurous activities, such as climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, bungee-jumping in New Zealand, and biking from Columbus to Athens and back again to raise funds for cancer research.

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