About Us

W. Mark Jump

Bio

• Founding Partner  
• Considered by his peers and the legal community as one of the best in his profession. 
  • Included in the 2007 through 2011 edition of Best Lawyers in America 
  • Listed in Columbus Monthly in 2010 and 2011 as one of the top 50 attorneys in Columbus, Ohio, by Ohio Super Lawyers 
  • Listed in 2011 as one of the top 100 attorneys in Ohio by Ohio Super Lawyers magazine.
  • Listed and rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the oldest and most respected attorney rating service
• Member National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA) 
• Member and current president of the American Consumer Bankruptcy College, a select institution that is by invitation only and includes some of the most highly regarded consumer bankruptcy attorneys in the nation. 
• Past President and Trustee of the Creditor Education Coalition (CEC) where he has been featured as a speaker and panel member at numerous seminars alongside Judges and Trustees. 
• FormerChairman of the local chapter of the Credit Abuse Resistance Education Program (C.A.R.E.) which is a national organization started by Judge John C. Ninfo, Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of New York. C.A.R.E. provides high schools and colleges with financial literacy programs that instruct teens and young adults about the importance of using credit wisely. 
• Sits on Consumer Bankruptcy Law Committee of American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) 
• Member Columbus Bar Association (CBA), where he has been featured as a speaker and panel member at numerous seminars alongside Judges and Trustees, including teaching new practioners the fundamentals of consumer bankruptcy. 
• Member of the current Local Bankruptcy Rules Standing Committee and Consumer Bankruptcy Sub-Committee appointed by the Judges of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio. 
• Chairman of the Chapter 13 Trustee Liason Committee, composed of both Chapter 13 Trustees and local attorneys.
• Authored articles “ Consumer Debt: Easy to Get Into, Hard to Get Out “, Summer 2003, and “ Bankruptcy Reform: The new Long and Winding Road out of Debt”, Fall 2005, both articles published in Columbus Bar Briefs, a quarterly legal publication for members of the Columbus Bar Association and Columbus legal and business community. 
• Member Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) 
• Member American Bar Association ( ABA). 
• Seminar Speaker for the National Business Institute 
• Has been turned to as a leader in the field by others and interviewed and/or featured by numerous news broadcasts and publications, including:
  • Channel 6 News
  • Channel 4 News
  • 610 WTVN Radio 
  • Business First 
  • The Columbus Dispatch 
  • Legal Minds Television Program on Channel 6 and cable affiliates 
  • Hosting the Legal Debt Solutions radio show on 107.9 
• He is a graduate of Capital University Law School where he received the Dean’s Award. 
• He received his undergraduate degree from Miami University in Business Administration
• Married, with two daughters 

Christal L. Caudill

Bio

• Panel Chapter 7 Trustee for Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, one of the youngest to be named a Chapter 7 Trustee. In this capacity she presides over Chapter 7 cases and, as a result, is able to offer our clients a unique perspective when determining their bankruptcy options.
• Member National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA)
• Trustee of the Creditor Education Coalition (CEC) where she has been featured as a speaker and panel member at numerous seminars alongside Judges and Trustees.
• Member Columbus Bar Association (CBA), where she has been featured as a speaker and panel member at numerous seminars alongside Judges and Trustees, including teaching new practitioners the fundamentals of consumer bankruptcy.
• Serves on the Judicial Liaison Committee for the Columbus Bar Association, a committee composed of a small number of highly respected practitioners, Trustees and Judges.
• Member Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA)
• Member American Bar Association ( ABA).
• She is a graduate of Capital University Law School
• She received her undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University
• Married, with two children

John Sherrod

Bio

• John is one of the few attorneys in the country that has successfully overturned foreclosures for his clients on the grounds that a lender has illegally engaged in foreclosure practices. Even when a distressed homeowner contacts Jump Legal Group, LLC mere days before a scheduled sheriff’s sale or eviction, John’s 11th hour court filings often result in cancellation of a foreclosure sheriff’s sale or eviction.  He is a seasoned litigator and has been featured in interviews by Bloomberg News, The Wall Street Journal, and The Columbus Dispatch.
• Member Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA)
• Member Columbus Bar Association (CBA)
• Admitted to District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
• Admitted to District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
• Admitted to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals
• Admitted to the bar in 2004
• Graduate of The University of Akron School of Law
• Received undergraduate degree from Allegheny College in 1999
• John, a former professional baseball player, lives in the Columbus area with his wife, two young children, and five dogs.

Katharine Granger

Bio

• Member American Bar Association (ABA)
• Member Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA)
• Member Columbus Bar Association ( CBA)
• Co-chair International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC)
• Member of Credit Education Coalition (CEC)
• Admitted to the Bar in 2005
• Admitted to the United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio in 2008
• She is a Cum Laude graduate of Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio
• Former Secretary of the Capital Law School Chapter of Delta Theta Phi
• She received two bachelor's degrees in International Affairs and Spanish from Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia where she also graduated Cum Laude
• Currently living in Hilliard, Ohio

Brian Wood

• Admitted to Ohio Bar in November 2002
• Admitted to practice in United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio & Northern District of Ohio
• Admitted to practice in United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Member Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA)
• Member Columbus Bar Association (CBA)
• Magna Cum Laude graduate of Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio
• Bachelor’s degree in Criminology from The Ohio State University
• Currently living in Hilliard, Ohio

Laura Nesbitt

Bio

• Volunteer with Credit Abuse Resistance Education Program (C.A.R.E.), a national organization started by Judge John C. Ninfo, Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of New York. C.A.R.E. provides high schools and colleges with financial literacy programs that instruct teens and young adults about the importance of using credit wisely.
• Volunteer with the Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland Commission where she instructs young women in financial literacy programs so that they may earn program patches.
• Member Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA)
• Member Columbus Bar Association (CBA)
• Member Credit Education Coalition (CEC)
• Secretary for 2010-2011 term for International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), member since 2009
• Admitted to the Ohio Bar and the United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio
• She is a graduate of Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio, where she was named to the Deans list for several semesters
• She received her bachelor's of science in Psychology from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated with honors.
• Currently living in Hilliard, Ohio; Married, with one daughter

Sarah Williams

Bio

• Member American Bar Association (ABA)
• Member Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA)
• Member Columbus Bar Association (CBA)
• Admitted to practice in the United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio.
• Member International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC)
• Member Credit Education Coalition (CEC)
• Presenter of Foreclosure Defense at the September 2011 Law Review CLE in Columbus, Ohio
• Sarah graduated from the Ohio Northern University Petit College of Law, in Ada, Ohio where she received multiple honors including,
  • Dean’s List
  • Moot Court: Board of Advocates
  • Moot Court Trial Team Competitor
  • Student Bar Association Class Representative
  • Peer Advisor

Sarah received her undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, where she graduated on the Dean’s List.

Sarah is skilled and experienced in the areas of Consumer Bankruptcy and Foreclosure Defense. She is committed to helping her clients work through financial difficulties, seeing them through the process and on to brighter futures. Sarah lives in Columbus with her dog, Huey.