Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP is pleased to announce that 27 attorneys in Taft’s Indianapolis office were selected for inclusion on the 2019 Indiana Super Lawyers list. This represents more than 20 percent of attorneys in Taft’s Indianapolis office. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding attorneys — no more than 5 percent of attorneys in the state are selected.

Following are the Taft honorees:

• Jeffrey A. Abrams (Real Estate)
• Thomas A. Barnard (Environmental Litigation)
• Jackie M. Bennett Jr. (Business Litigation)
• Tracy N. Betz (General Litigation)
• Blake J. Burgan (Employment & Labor) **
• Ralph A. Caruso (Mergers & Acquisitions)
• Paul T. Deignan (Bankruptcy: Business)
• Frank J. Deveau (Environmental Litigation)
• Peter S. French (Business Litigation)
• David L. Guevara (Environmental) *
• Edward W. Harris (Business Litigation)
• Robert J. Hicks (Mergers & Acquisitions)
• Samuel D. Hodson (Bankruptcy: Business) **
• John R. Humphrey (Bankruptcy: Business)
• Richard A. Kempf (Business Litigation)
• Richard O. Kissel II (Estate & Probate)
• Andi M. Metzel (Civil Litigation: Defense) **
• Michael P. O’Neil (Bankruptcy: Business)
• John D. Papageorge (General Litigation)
• Jonathan G. Polak (Intellectual Property Litigation)
• Erick D. Ponader (Real Estate)
• Richard C. Richmond (Business Litigation)
• Brad Schwer (Mergers & Acquisitions)
• Steven C. Shockley (Business Litigation)
• James A. Strain (Business/Corporate)
• Michael C. Terrell (Employment & Labor)
• William C. Wagner (Environmental Litigation)

* Newly recognized

** Recognized for 10 or more years

About Super Lawyers

Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding attorneys from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.