Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP is pleased to announce that 13 Taft attorneys have been named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers^® 2015. Inclusion in Best Lawyers^® is based entirely on peer review. The methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.

The 13 Taft attorneys named “Lawyer of the Year” are:

Kim K. Burke
Cincinnati, Environmental Law

Doreen Canton
Cincinnati, Labor Law – Management

Frank J. Deveau
Indianapolis, Litigation – Environmental

Margaret A. Lawson
Cincinnati, Trademark Law

Julia B. Meister
Cincinnati, Litigation – ERISA

George D. Molinsky
Cincinnati, Venture Capital Law

Robert E. Rich
Cincinnati, Health Care Law

Russell S. Sayre
Cincinnati, Appellate Practice

Geoffrey Slaughter
Indianapolis, Litigation – Antitrust

Elizabeth M. Stanton
Columbus, Litigation – Land Use and Zoning

James A. Strain
Indianapolis, Securities / Capital Markets Law

Fred A. Ungerman, Jr.
Dayton, Labor Law – Management

Ross E. Wales
Cincinnati, International Trade and Finance Law

About Best Lawyers^®

Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. The Best Lawyers lists of attorneys are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. If the votes for an attorney are positive enough for inclusion in Best Lawyers, that attorney must maintain those votes in subsequent polls to remain on the list for each edition. Lawyers are not permitted to pay any fee to participate in or be included on the lists.