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I have practiced adoption law for 41 years with a concentration in adoption and child welfare law for the last 35 years. I have represented birthparents and prospective adoptive parents in over 2,500 adoptions, including adoptions from 40 states and 17 foreign countries.
I am an adoptive parent. I also gave birth to a child after utilizing assisted reproduction technology. My extended family includes children who have joined our family through stepparent adoption, foreign adoption, transracial adoption, embryo adoption and assisted reproduction technology.
I enjoy speaking on adoption related topics to professional, community and triad groups.
I look forward to meeting with you, learning your adoption story and working with you in your family building endeavors. Hope to speak to you soon.
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4900 Reed Rd, Suite 204, Columbus, OH, 43220
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Posted by Paci | September 19, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Adoption
Thank you Susan for making our family complete!
Susan was absolute God send for our family! We had a very complex case following our descion to adopt a precious little boy with down syndrome. We had spoken to many lawyers, adoption agency’s and anyone we could find to try and help us out with no luck. By chance, a friend of a friend gave us...
Posted by Brian | January 30, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Adoption
Expert Attorney, Great Legal Advice and Directon
My wife and I were referred to Mrs. Eisenman by our original attorney with the admonition that she was the "expert" attorney that we needed and with the description that she was a "fighter" for her clients. After a 9+ month battle that went all the way to the Ohio Supreme Court, I absolutely can sa...
Posted by anonymous | August 31, 2014 | Adoption
The Expert Adoption Attorney
Mrs Eisernman was recommended by another juvenile attorney representing my family in juvenile court. She was referred to as "The best expert in adoption procedings". This coming from other attorneys, including my own, was worth the inquiry. Meeting with her I found her to be thorough, caring t...
"Susan is attentive and caring towards her clients with the personal touch and excellent service that makes anyone lucky to have her as their attorney and advocate. I wholeheartedly recommend her."
"Susan is an excellent attorney! She is dedicated and passionate in her work, and she has an unique ability to locate issues that many other attorneys would overlook. I recommend Susan."
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Fifty Year Service Recognition, Ohio State Bar Association
2024
Fifty Year Service Recognition, Columbus Bar Association
2019
Chair/Founder, Ohio Adoption Law Roundtable
2016
Mentor Who Made a Difference, American Academy of Adoption Attorneys
2015
Ten Year Service Recognition- Mentoring and Moore Program, The Moritz College of Law
2013
Fellow, Ohio State Bar College
2012
Adopion Activist, North American Council for Adoptable Children
2007
Public Service and Excellence Award, American Academy of Adoption Attorneys
2007
Angel in Adopion, US Congressional Coalition on Adoption
1977 - Present
Court Appt GAL & Counsel, Franklin County Juvenile Court
1976 - Present
Sole Practitioner, Susan Garner Eisenman Attorney at Law
1976 - 1977
Chief Hearing Examiner, State3 Personnel Board of review
1974 - 1974
Counsel, Constitutional Revision Commission
1974 - 1976
Asst. Attorney General, Attorney General's Office
2004 - Present
Columbus Bar FoundationFellow
2004 - Present
Ohio State Bar FoundationFellow
1998 - Present
Ohio Adoption Law RoundtableChairman
1990 - Present
American Academy of Adoption AttorneysFellow
1976 - Present
Women Lawyers of Franklin CountyChair
1974 - Present
Ohio State Bar AssociationFellow
1974 - Present
Women Lawyers of Franklin CountyPast President / Member
2014 - 2014
Central Ohio Juvenile Law AssociationMember
2004 - 2004
Community Mediation ServiceCertified Family Law Meditator
2003 - 2010
National Association for Open AdoptionCertified Practitioner
2000 - 2006
American Academy of Adoption AttorneysFormer National Board Member
1999 - 2003
American Academy of Adoption AttorneysChair, Special Needs Committee
1991 - 1994
American Academy of Adoption AttorneysCertified Adoption Mediator
1974 - 2019
Columbus Bar AssociationMember
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Clients prevail and adopted
Client prevailed- decision overturned
Client prevailed- Adopted child.
Child replaced into new home.
Client prevailed subsidy awarded
Settlement after judgment
Birthfather prevailed
Adoption Granted for Foster Parents
2019
Fellow
1974
JD - Juris Doctor
1971
BA - Bachelor of Arts
2017
Ethics – Three Rules and a Caution
2017
Surrogacy and Single Dads
2017
Families With More Than Two Parents
2017
Adoption Placement From Foster Care
2016
Rapp v. Derryberry
2015
Agency Adoptions Without Agency Consent
2015
Adoption Case Update
2015
Ethics in Surrogacy
2015
Incompetent Birth Parents
2014
Adoption Legislation Reform
2014
Rehoming
2014
Representing Foster Parents
2014
Adoption Subsidies
2013
Assisted Reproduction Technology
2013
Ask a Lawyer Panel
2013
Federal Laws Impacting Adoption
2012
Adopting from Legal Custody
2010
Probate Implications of ARTS
2009
Contested Adoption
2005
Grandparent Rights
2005
Current Issues in Adoption
2005
Adoption Records
2005
Finding a Child to Adopt
2003
Tax Benefits in Adoption
2003
Children's Record's Law
2002
Ethics-Special Needs Adoption
2002
Alphabet Soup-INS, ICWA, IRS, ERISA, FMLA
2001
Interstate Adoption
2001
The UCCJA andInterstate Adoptionactice
2000
Adoption Law in Ohio
2000
Contested Adoption
2000
Adoption Subsidies
2000
Representing Adopting Parents
1995
H.B. 419
1988
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Issues in Adoption
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