Cincinnati, OH – Eight associates have joined the Cincinnati office of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP.

Joining the firm's Business and Finance Department are Christopher A. Deabler, Harukuni Ito, Hiroshi Kataoka, Lynn M. Schulte and Scott R. Stanley.

Joining the Litigation Department are Amy L Higgins and Beth Ann Thurman.

Joining the Tax, Probate & Estate Planning Department is Michael S. Williams.

Deabler and Ito received their law degrees from Northwestern University Law School. Higgins, Schulte and Williams received their degrees from the University of Cincinnati College of Law. Kataoka graduated from Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law. Stanley received his law degree from the University of Dayton School of Law, and Thurman from the University of Kentucky College of Law.

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP has offices in Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton and Northern Kentucky. The firm provides a broad range of legal services to businesses and individuals, including litigation, corporate and business law, securities and municipal financing, tax and estate planning, labor and employment law, real estate and environmental, health care, intellectual property and unfair competition and antitrust law.