Christopher John Minnillo

Christopher John Minnillo

1.9
Rating: 6.8

Licensed for 46 years

Child custody Lawyer at Columbus, OH
Practice Areas: Child Custody

1500 W. Third Ave., Suite 210, Columbus, OH

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Licenses

Licensed in Ohio for 46 years

State: Ohio

Acquired: 1979

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Law Offices of Christopher John Minnillo

1500 W. Third Ave., Suite 210, Columbus, OH, 43212

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Christopher John Minnillo's Reviews

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1.9 /5.0

18 Client Reviews

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Posted by Ramon | April 05, 2026 | Hired Attorney | Ethics & Professional Responsibility

Dude is messed up & crooked

Minnillo is a messed up and crooked lawyer. He stole my money and didn’t do a thing for me.

Posted by Tim | October 05, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation

I would not recommend hiring Minnillo!

I do not recommend hiring Chris Minnillo. I felt he was at the point in his career & life where he should probably retire and this was about 2-3 years ago. He would at times be very aggressive and then at times be very passive almost as if he didn’t care. He told me things about my divorce case that... turned out to be wrong or untrue. I thought I got a okay result in my divorce case but I’m now taking my ex-wife back to court for a modification and 3 attorneys I talked to when looking to hire one for the new case all said I should have gotten much more than what I got in my divorce case. When I told them Minnillo was my previous divorce attorney some of the other attorneys rolled their eyes and said in a negative tone that yeah they know all about him. There is just something that is off with Chris Minnillo. Then I came on here and read the reviews before I posted my own review of Minnillo and his responses to his other client’s reviews on here is strange and unprofessional to say the least.

Posted by Michael | December 20, 2024 | Hired Attorney

Unprofessional attorney

In my opinion, attorney Chris Minnillo is very unprofessional. He had emotional outbursts in the courtroom directed at others and did not seem to know the law very well. He talked to me an lot about his ex-wife and the bitter divorce case they had and about his current live-in girlfriend which I thou...ght was odd for him to tell me all that personal stuff. He appeared to me like he needs to retire at this stage in his life. His personality is very cocky and abrasive yet he seemed unable to back this up with action in the courtroom. This is all my opinion based upon my experience with Chris.

Christopher Minnillo

Replied last February 10, 2025

Michael, I can't wait to see you in Court again about your unpaid bill and this bogus review. And my wife sends her regards. Chris Minnillo

Posted by anonymous | January 21, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation

Custody and Divorce

Chris is by far the best attorney I have ever worked with!! My wife started taking about divorce about 6 months ago and at that time Chris counseled me on the appropriate actions to take to prepare if we stayed together or spilt. Well worse come to worse my wife did file for divorce but thanks to Chr...is I was already prepared. As soon as I let Chris know he went into action immediately. He gave me step by step instructions on what he needed from me to be successful and at the end of the day that’s exactly what we were “successful”! Chris was very patient with me the entire time which is great because I can be pushy at times. Chris helped me to reign in my emotions through the ups and downs of court and the divorce process. The best advice I can give is to Trust Chris 100% of the time. At times it may seem like the information you provide doesn’t have much importance but trust me Chris is using it and stacking the information appropriately to get you a tactical advantage. He is a tactician and when you go through a divorce it’s chess not checkers so just follow through with his requests and trust his experience! In closing remember Chris is your lawyer and works for you but he needs the information from you so provide all that you can and let him sort it out. When my case was complete I got joint custody, joint custodial rights, no child support, no alimony and I only had to give my wife $10,000. Keep in mind my wife was a stay at home Mom with no job at the time. I was able to get 90% of what I wanted which is unheard of. This was all possible because I followed his directions, provided information and let him formulate a plan.

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Andrew Cosslett

Contracts and agreements lawyer | May 17

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"Chris is a good advocate for his clients and easy to communicate with. I would be happy to work with him again."

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Experience

Rating:  6.8 (Good)

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Ohio State University

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