126 Vorys Attorneys included in the 2013 The Best Lawyers in America® List
One hundred and twenty-six lawyers from Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2013.
Since its inception 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 39,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.1 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
Vorys has the most 2013 Best Lawyers in Columbus. The 89 Best Lawyers from the firm's Columbus office are:
W. Jonathan Airey - Oil & Gas Law
James M. Ball - Real Estate Law, Construction Law
Anker M. Bell - Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law
Theodore A. Boggs - Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental
Ross Bridgman - Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management
Philip A. Brown - Commercial Litigation
Stephen R. Buchenroth - Franchise Law, Real Estate Law
Michael J. Canter - Antitrust Law, Litigation - Antitrust
Nelson D. Cary - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment
Michael A. Cline - Corporate Law
David W. Cook - Immigration Law
Paul J. Coval - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Environmental
Gary E. Davis - Real Estate Law
A. Brian Dengler - Information Technology Law
Charles S. DeRousie - Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law
Perry W. Doran - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions Defendants
Mary Ellen Fairfield - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Labor & Employment, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Gerald P. Ferguson - Litigation - Intellectual Property
Shawn M. Flahive - Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law
Jackie Ford - Employment Law – Management, Employment Law – Individuals, Labor Law – Management
Ivery D. Foreman - Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Law
Sheila Nolan Gartland - Real Estate Law
Russell M. Gertmenian - Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law
David W. Hardymon – Appellate, Commercial Litigation, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
Robert A. Harris - Employment Law – Management
Herbert A. Hedden - Franchise Law
Bruce R. Henke - Corporate Law
Kimberly Weber Herlihy - Commercial Litigation
Reginald W. Jackson - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Dan L. Jaffe - Tax Law
Benita A. Kahn - Energy Law
John K. Keller - Oil & Gas Law
James P. Kennedy - Antitrust Law
Allen S. Kinzer - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment
William D. Kloss, Jr. - Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Mark A. Knueve - Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment
John J. Kulewicz - Appellate Practice, Civil Rights Law
Laura G. Kuykendall - Antitrust Law
John L. Landolfi - Commercial Litigation
Randall D. LaTour - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy
Michael G. Long - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
Judith L. Marsh- Banking and Finance Law, Franchise Law
Michael D. Martz - Corporate Law
Douglas R. Matthews - Commercial Litigation, Employment Law - Management
Theodore P. Mattis - Commercial Litigation, Workers' Compensation Law – Employers
Linda R. Mendel - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Terry M. Miller - Commercial Litigation
Fredrick E. Mills - Government Relations Practice
Daniel J. Minor - Real Estate Law
Robert A. Minor - Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Jonathan M. Norman - Employment Law - Individuals, Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment
Chris J. North - Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management
M. Howard Petricoff - Energy Law
William J. Pohlman - Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law
William G. Porter - Commercial Litigation
Frederick L. Ransier - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Suzanne K. Richards - Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment, Mediation
Thomas B. Ridgley - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Banking & Finance, Litigation - Labor & Employment, Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions, Personal Injury Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Aaron P. Rosenfeld - Commercial Litigation, Tax Law
Russell R. Rosler - Corporate Law
Ronald L. Rowland - Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Thomas O. Ruby - Banking and Finance Law, Equipment Finance Law
Gregory D. Russell - Energy Law
Allen L. Rutz - Construction Law
D. Michael Schira - Real Estate Law
Richard D. Schuster - Commercial Litigation
Michael J. Settineri - Energy Law
Bradley K. Sinnott - Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Carl D. Smallwood - Appellate, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, Workers' Compensation Law – Employers
Andrew C. Smith - Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management
Elizabeth T. Smith - Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
J. Theodore Smith - Construction Law, Real Estate Law
David A. Swift - Trusts and Estates
Thomas E. Szykowny - Insurance Law
Robert E. Tait - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Jill S. Tangeman - Land Use & Zoning Law
Thomas M. Tarpy - Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management
Mark E. Vannatta - Non-Profit/Charities Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Jonathan R. Vaughn - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment
John C. Vorys - Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law
Webb I. Vorys - Corporate Law
Travis J. Wahl - Banking and Finance Law
Kristin L. Watt - Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental
John B. Weimer - Banking and Finance Law, Equipment Finance Law
Anthony D. Weis - Mergers & Acquisitions Law
John P. Wellner - Real Estate Law
James A. Wilson - Antitrust Law, Litigation - Antitrust
Kelly Jennings Yeoman - Employment Law – Management
Scott J. Ziance - Public Finance Law
Best Lawyers from the Vorys Cincinnati office are:
Terri R. Abare - Corporate Compliance Law, Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law
Melvin A. Bedree - Banking and Finance Law, Franchise Law
Charles C. Bissinger, Jr. - Real Estate Law
Kent A. Britt - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - ERISA
Daniel J. Buckley - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation
Thomas L. Gabelman - Construction Law, Litigation - Construction
David A. Groenke - Trusts and Estates
Hani R. Kallas - Banking and Finance Law
Andrew M. Kaplan – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Nathaniel Lampley, Jr. - Commercial Litigation
Roger E. Lautzenhiser, Jr. - Corporate Law
Jeffrey A. Marks - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Mark A. Norman - Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental
Eric W. Richardson - Commercial Litigation
Kimberly Schaefer - Corporate Law
Michael G. Schwartz - Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Donald J. Shuller - Real Estate Law
Victor A. Walton, Jr. - Commercial Litigation
Glenn V. Whitaker - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
Best Lawyers from the Vorys Cleveland office are:
Matthew E. Albers - Health Care Law
Barton A. Bixenstine - Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment
Bryan J. Farkas - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy
James J. McMonagle - Arbitration, Mediation
Anthony J. O'Malley - Commercial Litigation
Drew T. Parobek - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
John Winship Read - Commercial Litigation
David J. Tocco - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Securities
Best Lawyers from the Vorys Akron office are:
F. Daniel Balmert - Workers' Compensation Law – Employers
Thomas R. Crookes - Commercial Litigation
Philip F. Downey - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
Jay P. Porter - Real Estate Law
J. Bret Treier - Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law
Thomas R. Trotter - Banking and Finance Law, Public Finance Law
Best Lawyers from the Vorys Houston office are:
Stephen D. Browning - Real Estate Law
Robert A. Seale, Jr. – Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Best Lawyers from the Vorys Washington, D.C. office are:
Pamela A. Bresnahan- Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law, Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
About Vorys: Vorys was established in 1909 and has grown to be one of the largest Ohio-based law firms with nearly 375 attorneys in six offices in Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Akron, Ohio; Washington, D.C.; and Houston, Texas. Vorys currently ranks as one of the 200 largest law firms in the United States according to American Lawyer magazine.
