Bradley K. Sinnott Law Endowed Scholarship established at Capital University

Capital University has a new endowed scholarship, the Bradley K. Sinnott Law Endowed Scholarship. The endowment was established in memory of Bradley K. Sinnott, a 1986 alumnus who passed away in 2021. Sinnott was a successful lawyer who was recognized as the Woodward/White Lawyer of the Year for Central Ohio workers’ compensation defense in 2020.

According to an article on Capital University’s website, Sandra Sinnott, Bradley’s wife, was quoted as saying of her late husband, “He was an above-and-beyond kind of guy. He was the ultimate gentleman in all aspects of life. He was very self-disciplined. He just had a method of keeping life very regimented – very regimented in terms of being there for other people.”

Sandra first met Bradley in fifth grade and the two reconnected at their 35th high school reunion in 2014. The two had seven years together before Bradley passed away in 2021, two months after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. 

Bradley had been voted “Most Likely to Succeed” by his classmates at Reynoldsburg High School. He graduated from The Ohio State University in 1982 with a degree in political science. He earned the highest LSAT score in Ohio and at Capital University Law School, he was executive articles editor of Law Review and a member of Order of Curia honor society, and he graduated summa cum laude.

He was a partner at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease law firm for 35 years. He was chair of the Franklin County Republican Central Committee from 2004 to 2020, a member of the Ohio State Medical Board, and a member of the Franklin County Board of Elections.

Bradley earned a full-tuition scholarship to Capital Law. Sandra believes he would approve of the decision to establish the Bradley K. Sinnott Law Endowed Scholarship to help give other future lawyers the same start he received.

One of his friends, fellow attorney Jonathan McGee, agreed. He said, “The scholarship that Brad received enabled him to attend Cap. This scholarship will assist good students like Brad in getting a law degree.”

Sandra noted that the scholarship is “a way to give back to the law school that gave so much to him. I would like for it to be seen as giving forward. What Capital gave to Brad, and in giving forward, it gives a student who possibly could not afford to or struggles to get a law degree an opportunity.”

The scholarship will be awarded with preference to students from Hocking County and then other Ohio Appalachian counties.

Sandra said of her late husband, “He did not waste a minute of his 60 years. He had such intellectual gifts. He used those to the utmost and for good. I think he truly appreciated the education that he got at Capital. The opportunity at Capital was quite a blessing to him.”

For more information about Capital University, visit the school’s website.