Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP proudly announces that 97 attorneys were honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2012 for outstanding reputations and distinguished work in their practice areas. Recognized Taft attorneys represent 57 different practice areas in five offices, with 54 of Taft’s attorneys selected in more than one category. 
 

Published by Woodward/White, Inc., Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, and is regarded as one of the most valued referral sources for lawyers. Lawyers were selected based on a confidential peer-review survey of the top attorneys in the country.
 

Taft attorneys named to the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America are: 

 

Bradley C. Arnett*
Banking and Finance Law

 

Labor Law – Management

 

 

Litigation – Environmental

Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
 

Labor Law – Management

 

 

 

 

Commercial Litigation

Litigation – Antitrust
 

Commercial Litigation

Litigation – Mergers & Acquisitions

Litigation – Municipal

Litigation – Securities
 

Daniel Fausz 
Real Estate Law

 

 

Corporate Compliance Law

Corporate Governance Law

Corporate Law

Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Venture Capital Law

 

Real Estate Law

 

Litigation – Antitrust
 

 

Insolvency and Reorganization Law

 

Ralph W. Kohnen*
Criminal Defense: White-Collar

 

 

Corporate Law

Information Technology Law

Trademark Law

 

Health Care Law

 

Litigation – Banking & Finance

Litigation – Trusts & Estates

Trusts and Estates

 

Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Litigation – Bankruptcy

 

 

Venture Capital Law

 

 

 

Tax Law

 

Commercial Litigation

Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

 

David H. Peck 
Employment Law – Management

Labor Law – Management

 

 

 

Labor Law – Management

Litigation – Labor & Employment

 

Tax Law

 

 

Labor Law – Management

Litigation – Labor & Employment

 

 

 

Commercial Litigation

Litigation – Banking & Finance

 

Corporate Law

 

Litigation – Banking & Finance

Litigation – ERISA

Litigation – Real Estate

Litigation – Securities

 

Commercial Litigation

Litigation – Municipal

 

Corporate Law

Financial Services Regulation Law

Health Care Law

 

Labor Law – Management

Litigation – Labor & Employment

 

Litigation – Banking & Finance

 

Litigation – Environmental

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adrian D. Thompson* 
Education Law

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lisa K. Wiseman*
Trusts and Estates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul T. Deignan
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

 

 

 

 

Michael P. O’Neil
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

 

Jonathan G. Polak*
Trademark Law

 

 

Marlene Reich
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

 

 

 

 

 

 

William C. Wagner*
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

 

(*) Lawyers who are listed for the first time in Best Lawyers