Garrett M. Anderson

Garrett is an associate in the Vorys Columbus office and a member of the firm’s litigation group.  His practice is focused on complex litigation and appeals.  

Garrett has extensive legal experience at the state level.  He served as an assistant attorney general for the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, working in the office’s Constitutional Offices and Executive Agencies sections.  He prosecuted administrative proceedings on behalf of state agencies, represented Ohio’s officeholders and offices in high-profile and politically sensitive litigation, and litigated cases presenting sophisticated and novel federal and state constitutional issues.

He clerked for the Honorable Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy of the Supreme Court of Ohio, where he prepared merit opinion drafts and bench memos for oral argument cases, reviewed and analyzed jurisdictional memoranda before the Court and assisted the Chief Justice in her administrative and constitutional duties over Ohio courts. 

He received his J.D. magna cum laude from Capital University Law School, where he worked on the staff for the Capital University Law Review.  While in law school, he served as a judicial extern for Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor of the Supreme Court of Ohio.  He received his B.S. magna cum laude from Ohio University.

Professional & Community Activities

Ohio State Bar Foundation, Fellow, 2024 - Present 

James Wilson Institute, Fellow, 2024 

City of Dublin, Ohio, Board of Zoning Appeals, Board Member, 2024 - Present