One Hundred Twenty-Seven Taft Attorneys Listed for Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2013
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP proudly announces that 127 attorneys were honored in The Best Lawyers in America® 2013 for outstanding reputations and distinguished work in their practice areas.
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 36,000 leading attorneys cast almost 4.4 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a mark of excellence. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
Taft has 18 practice areas ranked #1 in Ohio and Indiana, which are noted in bold. The following is the complete list of the firm’s 60 number one rankings:
- Top-Listed in Indiana in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Top-Listed in Indiana in Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Top-Listed in Indiana in Litigation – Environmental
- Top-Listed in Indiana in Litigation – Securities
- Top-Listed in Indiana in Technology Law
- Top-Listed in Indiana in Trademark Law
- Top-Listed in Ohio in Antitrust Law
- Top-Listed in Ohio in Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Top-Listed in Ohio in Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Top-Listed in Ohio in Family Law
- Top-Listed in Ohio in Gaming Law
- Top-Listed in Ohio in International Arbitration – Governmental
- Top-Listed in Ohio in International Trade and Finance Law
- Top-Listed in Ohio in Litigation – Banking & Finance
- Top-Listed in Ohio in Litigation – Municipal
- Top-Listed in Ohio in Non-Profit / Charities Law
- Top-Listed in Ohio in Real Estate Law
- Top-Listed in Ohio in Venture Capital Law
- Top-Listed in Cincinnati, OH in Antitrust Law
- Top-Listed in Cincinnati, OH in Appellate Practice
- Top-Listed in Cincinnati, OH in Banking and Finance Law
- Top-Listed in Cincinnati, OH in Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Top-Listed in Cincinnati, OH in Corporate Compliance Law
- Top-Listed in Cincinnati, OH in Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Top-Listed in Cincinnati, OH in Health Care Law
- Top-Listed in Cincinnati, OH in Immigration Law
- Top-Listed in Cincinnati, OH in International Trade and Finance Law
- Top-Listed in Cincinnati, OH in Labor Law – Management
- Top-Listed in Cincinnati, OH in Litigation – Antitrust
- Top-Listed in Cincinnati, OH in Litigation – Banking & Finance
- Top-Listed in Cincinnati, OH in Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Top-Listed in Cincinnati, OH in Litigation – ERISA
- Top-Listed in Cincinnati, OH in Litigation – Mergers & Acquisitions
- Top-Listed in Cincinnati, OH in Litigation – Municipal
- Top-Listed in Cincinnati, OH in Litigation & Controversy – Tax
- Top-Listed in Cincinnati, OH in Non-Profit / Charities Law
- Top-Listed in Cincinnati, OH in Tax Law
- Top-Listed in Cincinnati, OH in Trusts and Estates
- Top-Listed in Cincinnati, OH in Venture Capital Law
- Top-Listed in Cleveland, OH in Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Top-Listed in Cleveland, OH in Family Law
- Top-Listed in Cleveland, OH in Gaming Law
- Top-Listed in Cleveland, OH in International Arbitration – Governmental
- Top-Listed in Cleveland, OH in Venture Capital Law
- Top-Listed in Columbus, OH in Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Top-Listed in Columbus, OH in Government Relations Practice
- Top-Listed in Columbus, OH in Litigation – First Amendment
- Top-Listed in Dayton, OH in Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Top-Listed in Dayton, OH in Employment Law – Management
- Top-Listed in Dayton, OH in Labor Law – Management
- Top-Listed in Dayton, OH in Litigation & Controversy – Tax
- Top-Listed in Indianapolis, IN in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Top-Listed in Indianapolis, IN in Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Top-Listed in Indianapolis, IN in Copyright Law
- Top-Listed in Indianapolis, IN in Corporate Governance Law
- Top-Listed in Indianapolis, IN in Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Top-Listed in Indianapolis, IN in Litigation – Environmental
- Top-Listed in Indianapolis, IN in Litigation – Securities
- Top-Listed in Indianapolis, IN in Technology Law
- Top-Listed in Indianapolis, IN in Trademark Law
The following are Taft attorneys listed by city:
Cincinnati, OH
Bradley C. Arnett Banking and Finance Law
Robert A. Bilott Litigation – Environmental
Kim K. Burke (c) Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Litigation
– Environmental; Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement
(SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Rosemary Doreen Canton Employment Law – Management; Labor
Law – Management
Ronald C. Christian Non-Profit / Charities Law; Tax Law
Jeanne M. Cors Antitrust Law
Edward D. Diller (c) Real Estate Law
G. Jack Donson, Jr. Antitrust Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation –
Antitrust
W. Stuart Dornette Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation;
Litigation – Mergers & Acquisitions; Litigation –
Municipal; Litigation – Securities
Samuel M. Duran Commercial Litigation; Workers’ Compensation Law –
Employers
Daniel E. Fausz Real Estate Law
Jerold A. Fink (c) Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Gerald S. Greenberg Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Compliance
Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law;
Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Venture Capital Law
Stephen M. Griffith, Jr. Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law
Daniel J. Hoffheimer Trusts and Estates
Timothy J. Hurley (c) Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency
and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation;
Litigation – Bankruptcy
Ralph W. Kohnen Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Michael A. Laing Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Margaret A. Lawson Copyright Law; Corporate Law; Information
Technology Law; Trademark Law
John J. McCoy Corporate Law; Health Care Law
Arthur F. McMahon III (a) Securities Regulation
Julia B. Meister Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking &
Finance; Litigation – Trusts & Estates; Trusts and
Estates
Earl K. Messer (a) Construction Law
W. Timothy Miller Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency
and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
Patrick J. Mitchell Tax Law
George D. Molinsky Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Venture
Capital Law
Toshio Nakao International Trade and Finance Law
John B. Nalbandian Appellate Practice
Stephen M. Nechemias (b) Litigation & Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
R. Joseph Parker Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation;
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
David H. Peck Employment Law – Management; Labor Law –
Management
Tracey A. Puthoff Banking and Finance Law
Gerald J. Rapien Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Timothy P. Reilly Employment Law – Management; Labor Law –
Management; Litigation – Labor & Employment
Robert E. Rich Health Care Law, Tax Law
Laura A. Ringenbach Environmental Law
Gregory Parker Rogers Employment Law – Management; Labor Law –
Management; Litigation – Labor & Employment
Sara Simrall Rorer Health Care Law
Mary L. Rust Trusts and Estates
Russell S. Sayre Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Litigation –
Banking & Finance
Jeffrey S. Schloemer Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law
Thomas R. Schuck Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking & Finance;
Litigation – ERISA, Litigation – Real Estate, Litigation –
Securities
William J. Seitz III Antitrust Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation –
Municipal
Melvin S. Shotten Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Financial
Services Regulation Law; Health Care Law
Mark J. Stepaniak Employment Law – Management; Labor Law –
Management; Litigation – Labor & Employment
Timothy C. Sullivan Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking & Finance
Julia E. Tarvin (a) Trusts and Estates
Thomas T. Terp (c) Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
Ross E. Wales International Trade and Finance Law
Steven W. Weeks Real Estate Law
Susan E. Wheatley Trusts and Estates
Michael J. Zavatsky Immigration Law
Chad R. Ziepfel (a) Commercial Litigation
James M. Zimmerman (a) Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law;
Corporate Law
Cleveland, OH
Kevin D. Barnes Banking and Finance Law
Irving H. Berliner Corporate Law; Gaming Law; Securities / Capital
Markets Law
Howard Bobrow Corporate Law; Venture Capital Law
Michael H. Diamant Arbitration; Commercial Litigation; International
Arbitration – Governmental; Litigation – Intellectual
Property; Mediation
Dominic A. DiPuccio Corporate Law
Jill Friedman Helfman (a) Family Law
Leigh A. Hellner Real Estate Law
Edward J. Leader Real Estate Law
Thomas J. Lee (a) Commercial Litigation
Bruce J. L. Lowe Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and
Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
Carl A. Murway Family Law
Stephen M. O’Bryan Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law
William M. Phillips Real Estate Law
Richard S. Rivitz Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
Richard A. Rosner (b) Real Estate Law
Eric M. Simon Administrative / Regulatory Law; Health Care Law
David R. Tavolier Corporate Law; Tax Law
Adrian D. Thompson Education Law
Mark J. Valponi Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor & Employment
David H. Wallace Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction;
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Timothy L. Zix (a) Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Columbus, OH
Donald C. Brey Administrative / Regulatory Law; Commercial Litigation;
Litigation – First Amendment
James J. Chester Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
Scott M. Doran (a) Environmental Law
Catherine T. Dunlay Health Care Law
Stephen C. Fitch Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
David L. Johnson Corporate Law
J. Anthony Kington Corporate Law; Trusts and Estates
Pamela S. Krivda Employment Law – Management; Labor Law –
Management; Litigation – Labor & Employment
Eugene B. Lewis Family Law
Sarah D. Morrison Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor & Employment
Craig B. Paynter Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Litigation –
Construction
Charles R. Saxbe Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation;
Government Relations Practice
Elizabeth M. Stanton Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor &
Employment; Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
Roderick H. Willcox Corporate Law; Trusts and Estates
Dayton, OH
Lance A. Gildner Litigation & Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
Gregory G. Lockhart (a) Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Jeffrey A. Mullins Employment Law – Management; Labor Law –
Management
Allen R. Norris Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
David N. Reed Real Estate Law
Fred A. Ungerman, Jr. Employment Law – Individuals; Employment Law –
Management; Labor Law – Management; Labor Law –
Union; Litigation – Labor & Employment
Lisa K. Wiseman Trusts and Estates
Indianapolis, IN
Scott R. Alexander (a) Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
Jerald I. Ancel (c) Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and
Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
Thomas A. Barnard Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation;
Litigation – Environmental
Jackie M. Bennett, Jr. Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar;
Litigation – Environmental
David G. Blachly (a) Corporate Law
Dave C. Bromund Health Care Law
Robert R. Clark Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Environmental
James A. Coles Copyright Law; Information Technology Law; Patent Law;
Technology Law; Trademark Law
Anne Cowgur (a) Appellate Practice
Paul T. Deignan Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and
Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
Donald K. Densborn Banking and Finance Law; Business Organizations
(including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law;
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Frank J. Deveau Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
Jeffrey J. Graham (a) Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and
Reorganization Law
Edward W. Harris III (a) Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Antitrust; Mass Tort
Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Robert J. Hicks Business Organizations (including LLCs & Partnerships);
Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
John R. Humphrey (a) Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and
Reorganization Law
Andrew T. Kight (a) Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and
Reorganization Law
Michael P. O’Neil Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and
Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
F. Anthony Paganelli (a) Commercial Litigation
John D. Papageorge (a) Commercial Litigation
Jonathan G. Polak Trademark Law
Erick D. Ponader Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law;
Real Estate Law
Marlene Reich Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and
Reorganization Law
Richard C. Richmond III(a) Commercial Litigation
Neal R. Roach, Jr. Corporate Governance Law
Bradley W. Schwer (a) Corporate Law
Steven C. Shockley Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation;
Litigation – Securities
Geoffrey Slaughter Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
James A. Strain (b) Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Securities /
Capital Markets Law
Michael C. Terrell Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation;
Employment Law – Management; Labor Law –
Management
William C. Wagner Insurance Law; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions –
Defendants
(a) Lawyers who are listed for the first time in Best Lawyers.
(b) Lawyers who have been listed in Best Lawyers for 30 consecutive years.
(c) Lawyers who have been listed in Best Lawyers for 20 or more consecutive
years.
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