115 Vorys Attorneys Named to the 29th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America® List; 33 Vorys Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America List

Vorys is pleased to announce that more than 145 Vorys lawyers were included on the 2023 Best Lawyers in America lists. Vorys’ lawyers were included in all three of the individual award categories: Best Lawyers, “Lawyer of the Year” and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America. One hundred and fifteen lawyers were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 29^th edition of The Best Lawyers in America^®. Additionally, 33 lawyers were recognized in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America.

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. Ones to Watch honors are recognitions given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States. The process for being named to this list is the same peer-review process as being named to the Best Lawyers in America^® list.

BEST LAWYERS FROM THE VORYS AKRON OFFICE:

Aaron S. Berke - Economic Development Law, Project Finance Law
Thomas R. Crookes - Commercial Litigation, Employment Law - Management
Philip F. Downey - Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Ashley Manfull - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law - Management
Jacinto Núñez - Economic Development Law
Bret Treier - Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Nonprofit / Charities Law
Mark A. Watkins - Litigation - Intellectual Property, Patent Law, Trademark Law
Elia O. Woyt - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

ONES TO WATCH FROM THE VORYS AKRON OFFICE:

Jessica Knopp Cunning - Litigation - Intellectual Property
Andrew P. Guran (2021) – Commercial Litigation

BEST LAWYERS FROM THE VORYS CINCINNATI OFFICE:

William D.G. Baldwin - Real Estate Law
Melvin A. Bedree (retired) - Banking and Finance Law, Franchise Law
Charles C. Bissinger, Jr. - Real Estate Law
Kent A. Britt - Commercial Litigation, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Litigation – ERISA, Litigation - Health Care
Whitney C. Gibson - Commercial Litigation
David A. Groenke - Trusts and Estates
David F. Hine - Commercial Litigation
Hani R. Kallas - Banking and Finance Law
Nathaniel Lampley, Jr. - Commercial Litigation
Roger E. Lautzenhiser, Jr. - Corporate Law, International Mergers and Acquisitions
J.B. Lind - Commercial Litigation
Jeffrey A. Marks (retired) - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Mark A. Norman - Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental
Anthony L. Osterlund - Litigation - Labor and Employment, Litigation - Real Estate, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Emily Pan - Trusts and Estates
Eric W. Richardson - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property
Kimberly J. Schaefer - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Michael G. Schwartz - Commercial Litigation, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Victor A. Walton, Jr. - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Labor and Employment, Qui Tam Law
Elizabeth E. W. Weinewuth - Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Rosemary D. Welsh - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

ONES TO WATCH FROM THE VORYS CINCINNATI OFFICE:

Wesley R. Abrams - Commercial Litigation
Jessica K. Baverman - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property
Brian P. Baxter - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Andrew E. DeBord - Tax Law
Erin D. French - Labor and Employment Law - Management
Lauren L. Gilbert - Banking and Finance Law
Joel M. Lund - Real Estate Law
Jeffrey A. Miller - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance
Gabriel A. Moyer - Real Estate Law
Patrick J. Reardon - Real Estate Law
Emily E. St. Cyr - Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law – Management, Trusts and Estates
Daniel C. Wucherer - Entertainment and Sports Law

BEST LAWYERS FROM THE VORYS CLEVELAND OFFICE:

Kari B. Coniglio - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation
Marcel C. Duhamel - Commercial Litigation
Bryan H. Falk - Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
Bryan J. Farkas - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy
Michael J. Garvin - Litigation - Intellectual Property, Patent Law, Trademark Law
Martin S. Gates - Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law
James J. McMonagle – Arbitration, Mediation
Anthony J. O'Malley - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Securities
Drew T. Parobek - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
David Tocco (retired)- Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Securities

ONES TO WATCH FROM THE VORYS CLEVELAND OFFICE:

Jeffrey W. Bieszczak - Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Nicholas R. House - Banking and Finance Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Real Estate Law
Lindsay Doss Spillman - Tax Law
Aaron M. Williams - Intellectual Property Law

BEST LAWYERS FROM THE VORYS COLUMBUS OFFICE:

Robin P. Amicon - Health Care Law
Michael J. Ball - Litigation - Labor and Employment
Timothy J. Bechtold - Government Relations Practice
Robert A. Bell, Jr. - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Adam K. Brandt - Corporate Law
Alycia N. Broz - Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation - Securities
Robin L. Canowitz - Health Care Law
Nelson D. Cary - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Daniel J. Clark - Employment Law – Management, Litigation – ERISA, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Tiffany Strelow Cobb - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy
David W. Cook - Immigration Law
Perry W. Doran II - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
Elizabeth Turrell Farrar - Corporate Law
Victor J. Ferguson - Trusts and Estates
Jacklyn J. Ford - Employment Law – Individuals, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
John F. Furniss III - Trusts and Estates
Thomas H. Fusonie - Commercial Litigation
Sheila Nolan Gartland - Real Estate Law
Anthony J. Giuliani - Environmental Law
Rick W. Grady - Construction Law, Litigation - Construction
Robert A. Harris - Employment Law - Management
Jolie N. Havens - Health Care Law
Herbert A. Hedden - Franchise Law
Kimberly Weber Herlihy - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Dan L. Jaffe - Tax Law
Allen S. Kinzer - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
William D. Kloss, Jr. - Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Mark A. Knueve - Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
John M. Kuhl - Commercial Litigation, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
John J. Kulewicz - Appellate Practice, Civil Rights Law
John L. Landolfi - Commercial Litigation
Judith L. Marsh - Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law, Commercial Transactions / UCC 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
Karen M. Moore - Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
Bruce P. Paige - Corporate Law
William G. Porter - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Scott Powell - Tax Law
Lisa Pierce Reisz - Health Care Law, Litigation - Health Care
Adam J. Rocco - Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Russell R. Rosler - Corporate Law
Gregory D. Russell - Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law
Allen L. Rutz - Construction Law
Gary J. Saalman - Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Michael Schira (retired)- Real Estate Law
Richard D. Schuster - Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
Suzanne J. Scrutton - Health Care Law
Michael J. Settineri - Energy Law
Daniel E. Shuey - Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
Andrew C. Smith - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
Elizabeth T. Smith - Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Theodore Smith - Construction Law, Real Estate Law
Jeffery E. Smith - Corporate Law
Evelyn Lundberg Stratton - Appellate Practice
David A. Swift - Trusts and Estates
Thomas E. Szykowny - Insurance Law
Jill S. Tangeman - Land Use and Zoning Law
Mark E. Vannatta - Nonprofit / Charities Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Jonathan R. Vaughn - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Webb I. Vorys - Corporate Law
Travis J. Wahl - Banking and Finance Law
Kristin L. Watt - Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Natural Resources Law
John B. Weimer - Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law, Commercial Transactions / UCC Law, Equipment Finance Law
Anthony D. Weis - Mergers and Acquisitions Law
James A. Wilson - Antitrust Law, Litigation - Antitrust
Nancy N. Workman - Banking and Finance Law
Scott J. Ziance - Economic Development Law, Public Finance Law

ONES TO WATCH FROM THE VORYS COLUMBUS OFFICE:

Elizabeth S. Alexander - Commercial Litigation
Ilya Batikov - Oil and Gas Law
Zachary T. Brumfield - Banking and Finance Law
James A. Carr II - Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law, Real Estate Law
Mary Beth Cubberly - Litigation – Antitrust
Elizabeth Howard - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Lauren M. Johnson - Tax Law
Kara M. Mundy - Commercial Litigation
Nicklaus J. Reis - Real Estate Law
Michael J. Shoenfelt - Labor and Employment Law – Management
Janay M. Stevens - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Labor and Employment Law – Management

BEST LAWYERS FROM THE VORYS HOUSTON OFFICE:

Stephen D. Browning - Real Estate Law
Monica A. Fitzgerald - Employment Law - Management
Carey C. Jordan - Patent Law
Iona N. Kaiser - Patent Law
Steven R. Rech - Commercial Litigation

ONES TO WATCH FROM THE VORYS HOUSTON OFFICE:

James T. Barnish - Litigation - Construction
John S. Collins - Commercial Litigation

BEST LAWYERS FROM THE VORYS PITTSBURGH OFFICE:

Phillip J. Binotto - Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment

ONES TO WATCH FROM THE VORYS PITTSBURGH OFFICE:

Maureen E. Kelly - Patent Law

Best Lawyers from the Vorys Orange County office:

Cory D. Catignani - Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Thomas N. McCormick - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Labor and Employment

Ones to Watch from the Vorys Orange County office:

Jocelyn M. Hoffman - Labor and Employment Law - Management

ONES TO WATCH FROM THE VORYS WASHINGTON D.C. OFFICE:

Peter C. Nanov - Commercial Litigation

2023 “LAWYER OF THE YEAR”:

In addition, 10 lawyers were included on the “Lawyer of the Year” list. The “Lawyer of the Year” award is presented to only one individual in a given geographical region and practice area each edition. To learn more about those lawyers, click here.

About Vorys: Vorys was established in 1909 and currently has nearly 375 attorneys in eight offices in Ohio, Washington, D.C., Texas, Pennsylvania and California. Vorys currently ranks as one of the 200 largest law firms in the United States according to American Lawyer magazine.