Abby Chin

Background

Abby Chin, Esq. is the Managing Partner at Cooper Elliott in Columbus, Ohio, specializing in complex civil litigation. Her practice focuses on wrongful death, catastrophic injuries, sexual abuse, civil rights violations, and malpractice cases. Known for meticulous case preparation and persuasive courtroom skills, she has secured multiple multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements, including a $27 million wrongful death verdict (2025) — one of the largest jury verdicts in Ohio that year — a $5.1 million employment breach verdict (2025), and a $1.61 million police excessive force verdict (2024). Chin has been recognized in Columbus Business First's 40 Under 40 (2025), as a Super Lawyers Rising Star (2025, 2026), and as a winner of the Conflict Prevention and Resolution Joseph T. McLaughlin Award. She is Past President of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Central Ohio and serves on the USA Swimming National Board of Review. She is also a member of the Ohio Association for Justice, American Association for Justice, Columbus Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, and the Federal Bar Association. She earned her Juris Doctor from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and her Bachelor of Arts in Legal Writing & Economics from the University of Louisville. She is admitted to the State Bar of Ohio, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Notable cases

• 2025$$27 million

  Wrongful death verdict — one of the largest jury verdicts in Ohio in 2025

• 2025$$5.1 million

  Employment breach verdict

• 2024$$1.61 million

  Police excessive force verdict

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