Forty-three attorneys from Taft were chosen for the 2011 Ohio Super Lawyers list.  In addition, fourteen attorneys are named 2011 Ohio Rising Stars.  Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.  The annual selections are made using a rigorous multi-phased process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area.

Additional Honors
Six Taft attorneys received the highest point totals in the Ohio nomination, research and blue ribbon review process. They are:

Top 25 Women Ohio Super Lawyers:
Doreen Canton and Susan E. Wheatley

Top 50 Cincinnati Area:
Doreen Canton, L. Clifford Craig and Daniel J. Hoffheimer

Top 100 Attorneys in Ohio:
Carl A. Murway and David H. Wallace

The following attorneys are recognized as 2011 Ohio Super Lawyers:

Kim K. Burke – Environmental Litigation
Doreen Canton – Employment & Labor
L. Clifford Craig – Business Litigation
Michael H. Diamant – Business Litigation
Edward D. Diller – Real Estate
G. Jack Donson Jr. – Antitrust Litigation
W. Stuart Dornette – Business Litigation
Catherine T. Dunlay – Health Care
Samuel M. Duran – Workers’ Compensation
Stephen M. Griffith Jr. – Real Estate
Jennifer Hann Harrison – Workers’ Compensation
Jill Friedman Helfman – Family Law
Timothy E. Hoberg – Securities & Corporate Law
Daniel J. Hoffheimer – Estate Planning & Probate
Timothy J. Hurley – Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Aimee L. Keller – Family Law
Thomas J. Lee – Business Litigation
W. Timothy Miller – Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Patrick J. Mitchell – Tax
Jeffrey A. Mullins – Employment & Labor
Carl A. Murway – Family Law
Stephen M. Nechemias – Tax
Stephen M. O’Bryan – General Litigation
R. Joseph Parker – Business Litigation
David H. Peck – Employment & Labor
William M. Phillips – Real Estate
Timothy P. Reilly – Employment & Labor
Richard S. Rivitz – Real Estate
Gregory Parker Rogers – Employment & Labor
Richard A. Rosner – Real Estate
Russell S. Sayre – Business Litigation
Jeffrey S. Schloemer – Mergers & Acquisitions
Thomas R. Schuck – Business Litigation
William J. Stavole – Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Mark J. Stepaniak – Employment & Labor
Jeffrey A. Swillinger – Employment & Labor
David R. Tavolier – Tax and Business & Finance
Thomas T. Terp – Environmental
Fred A. Ungerman, Jr. – Employment & Labor
Missia H. Vaselaney – Estate Planning & Probate
David H. Wallace – Business Litigation
Susan E. Wheatley – Estate Planning & Probate
Michael J. Zavafsky – Immigration

The following attorneys are recognized as 2011 Ohio Rising Stars:

Douglas C. Anspach – Employment & Labor
Philip R. Bautista – Business Litigation
Julie A. Crocker – Business Litigation
Justin D. Flamm – Employment & Labor
Leigh A. Hellner – Real Estate
Kimberlie L. Huff – Business Litigation
Mark R. Jacobs – Business Litigation
Edward J. Leader – Real Estate
Ryan M. Martin – Employment & Labor
Peter S. Nealis – Securities & Corporate Law
Bradley W. Schwer – Mergers & Acquisitions
Lisa K. Wiseman – Estate Planning & Probate
Michael J. Zbiegien – Business Litigation
James M. Zimmerman – Business/Corporate

About Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers is published as a special supplement in leading newspapers and city and regional magazines across the country. Super Lawyers Magazine, featuring articles about attorneys named to the Super Lawyers list, is distributed to all attorneys in the state or region, the lead corporate counsel of Russell 3000 companies and the ABA-approved law school libraries. Polling, research and selection are performed by Law & Politics, a publication of Key Professional Media, Inc. Law & Politics has been publishing legal magazines since 1990 and Super Lawyers since 1991. Visit www.superlawyers.com for more information.