Brittany P. Stephen
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Overview
Brittany helps businesses and individuals navigate complex legal challenges with strategic, tailored legal counsel. Her practice is supported by a broad corporate and estate planning foundation, anchored in two core focus areas: unclaimed property law and trust and estate disputes. She is frequently called upon when compliance issues are under scrutiny or when estate matters become contested.
- Advises companies on corporate planning matters, including entity formation, acquisitions, contract negotiation, regulatory compliance, and succession planning.
- Dedicates a significant portion of her practice to representing privately and publicly held companies in unclaimed property matters, advising on compliance, risk mitigation, and dispute resolution in a highly regulated and aggressively enforced area of state law.
- Serves as outside counsel on advertising and marketing compliance, helping businesses operate confidently amid evolving regulatory frameworks.
- Works closely with trust and estate clients, helping individuals and families structure their assets through thoughtful planning, and guiding them through probate, estate, and trust administration, including when disputes arise.
- Devotes a significant portion of her practice to trust and estate litigation, representing fiduciaries, beneficiaries, and families in contested trust and probate matters, fiduciary disputes, and related litigation.
Brittany is actively involved in the legal community and is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, Florida Bar Association, Columbus Bar Association, and the Unclaimed Property Professionals Organization. She previously served as Chair of the Columbus Bar Association Estate Planning and Trust Committee and is a member of the Scholarship Committee for the Unclaimed Property Professionals Organization.
Credentials
Education
- The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (J.D., 2014)
- The Ohio State University (B.S.B.A. in Business – Finance, 2011)
Bar Admissions
- Ohio
- Florida
- S. District Court, Southern District for the Sixth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Professional Highlights
Noteworthy Experience
- Brittany’s business law practice often consists of assisting small and large businesses with general business counseling, regulatory compliance issues, contract drafting and negotiation, business formation, dispute resolution, business litigation, and business succession planning. In the retail context, Brittany assists clients with advertising, marketing, privacy law compliance, developing prepaid card programs, and developing and structuring various types of promotions, including sales, coupons, rebates, sweepstakes, and contest campaigns.
- Brittany’s unclaimed property practice involves assisting clients with unclaimed property compliance, the negotiation and resolution of voluntary disclosure agreements and audit defense, and unclaimed property litigation.
- Brittany’s trust and estate planning practice includes working with clients to prepare wills, trusts (revocable and irrevocable), powers of attorney, and living wills tailored to their specific needs. This practice also includes preparation of trust amendments or terminations, private settlement agreements, dispute resolution, beneficiary representation, trustee representation, and petitions with the probate court when necessary.
- Brittany’s probate practice includes administering probate estates and trusts and representing executors, trustees and beneficiaries.
- Brittany also provides general legal counsel to individuals and businesses regarding an array of legal needs.
Affiliations and Civic Involvement
- Member, Ohio State Bar Association
- Member, Columbus Bar Association
- Member, Florida Bar Association
- Member, Unclaimed Property Professionals Organization
- Graduate, Columbus Bar Association’s 2021 Barrister Leadership Program
- Prior Chair, Columbus Bar Association Estate Planning and Trust Committee
Professional Recognition
- Best Lawyers in America®, 2025-2026
- Columbus CEO Top Lawyer, 2024-2025
Brittany helps businesses and individuals navigate complex legal challenges with strategic, tailored legal counsel. Her practice is supported by a broad corporate and estate planning foundation, anchored in two core focus areas: unclaimed property law and trust and estate disputes. She is frequently called upon when compliance issues are under scrutiny or when estate matters become contested.
- Advises companies on corporate planning matters, including entity formation, acquisitions, contract negotiation, regulatory compliance, and succession planning.
- Dedicates a significant portion of her practice to representing privately and publicly held companies in unclaimed property matters, advising on compliance, risk mitigation, and dispute resolution in a highly regulated and aggressively enforced area of state law.
- Serves as outside counsel on advertising and marketing compliance, helping businesses operate confidently amid evolving regulatory frameworks.
- Works closely with trust and estate clients, helping individuals and families structure their assets through thoughtful planning, and guiding them through probate, estate, and trust administration, including when disputes arise.
- Devotes a significant portion of her practice to trust and estate litigation, representing fiduciaries, beneficiaries, and families in contested trust and probate matters, fiduciary disputes, and related litigation.
Brittany is actively involved in the legal community and is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, Florida Bar Association, Columbus Bar Association, and the Unclaimed Property Professionals Organization. She previously served as Chair of the Columbus Bar Association Estate Planning and Trust Committee and is a member of the Scholarship Committee for the Unclaimed Property Professionals Organization.
Education
- The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (J.D., 2014)
- The Ohio State University (B.S.B.A. in Business – Finance, 2011)
Bar Admissions
- Ohio
- Florida
- S. District Court, Southern District for the Sixth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Noteworthy Experience
- Brittany’s business law practice often consists of assisting small and large businesses with general business counseling, regulatory compliance issues, contract drafting and negotiation, business formation, dispute resolution, business litigation, and business succession planning. In the retail context, Brittany assists clients with advertising, marketing, privacy law compliance, developing prepaid card programs, and developing and structuring various types of promotions, including sales, coupons, rebates, sweepstakes, and contest campaigns.
- Brittany’s unclaimed property practice involves assisting clients with unclaimed property compliance, the negotiation and resolution of voluntary disclosure agreements and audit defense, and unclaimed property litigation.
- Brittany’s trust and estate planning practice includes working with clients to prepare wills, trusts (revocable and irrevocable), powers of attorney, and living wills tailored to their specific needs. This practice also includes preparation of trust amendments or terminations, private settlement agreements, dispute resolution, beneficiary representation, trustee representation, and petitions with the probate court when necessary.
- Brittany’s probate practice includes administering probate estates and trusts and representing executors, trustees and beneficiaries.
- Brittany also provides general legal counsel to individuals and businesses regarding an array of legal needs.
Affiliations and Civic Involvement
- Member, Ohio State Bar Association
- Member, Columbus Bar Association
- Member, Florida Bar Association
- Member, Unclaimed Property Professionals Organization
- Graduate, Columbus Bar Association’s 2021 Barrister Leadership Program
- Prior Chair, Columbus Bar Association Estate Planning and Trust Committee
Professional Recognition
- Best Lawyers in America®, 2025-2026
- Columbus CEO Top Lawyer, 2024-2025
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