More Than 100 Vorys Attorneys Named to 2018 The Best Lawyers in America® List

One hundred and eleven lawyers from Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2018.

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.”

Best Lawyers from the Vorys Columbus office are:

• Theodore A. Boggs - Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental
• Adam K. Brandt - Corporate Law
• Robin Canowitz - Health Care Law
• Nelson D. Cary - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment
• Michael A. Cline - Corporate Law
• David W. Cook - Immigration Law
• Perry W. Doran - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions Defendants
• Victor J. Ferguson – Trusts and Estates Law
• Shawn M. Flahive - Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law
• Thomas H. Fusonie - Commercial Litigation
• Sheila Nolan Gartland - Real Estate Law
• Russell M. Gertmenian - Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law
• Robert A. Harris - Employment Law – Management
• Herbert A. Hedden - Franchise Law
• Kimberly Weber Herlihy - Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Reginald W. Jackson - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Dan L. Jaffe - Tax 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
• 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
• Linda R. Mendel - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• 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
• Bruce P. Paige – Corporate Law
• William G. Porter - Commercial Litigation, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
• Scott Powell – Tax Law
• Frederick L. Ransier – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Nicholas Ray – Tax Law
• Lisa Pierce Reisz – Health Care Law, Litigation – Health Care
• Russell R. Rosler - Corporate Law
• Ronald L. Rowland - Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
• Thomas O. Ruby - Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law, Commercial Transactions/ UCC Law, Equipment Finance Law
• Gregory D. Russell - Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law
• Allen L. Rutz - Construction Law
• D. Michael Schira - Real Estate Law
• Richard D. Schuster - Commercial Litigation,  Personal injury Litigation
• Suzanne J. Scrutton -  Health Care Law
• 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
• 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 & Zoning Law
• James D. Thomas - Commercial Litigation
• Mark E. Vannatta - Non-Profit/Charities Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
• Jonathan R. Vaughn - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment
• 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, Commercial Finance Law, Commercial Transactions/UCC Law, Equipment Finance Law
• Anthony D. Weis - Mergers & Acquisitions 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:

• 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 – Defendants
• Whitney C. Gibson - Commercial Litigation
• 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, International Mergers and Acquisitions

• J.B. Lind – Commercial Litigation

• 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 J. Schaefer - Corporate Law
• Michael G. Schwartz – Commercial Litigation, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
• Cynthia A. Shafer - Banking and Finance Law
• Victor A. Walton, Jr. - Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation - Labor & Employment
• Rosemary D. Welsh - Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Best Lawyers from the Vorys Cleveland office are:

• Matthew E. Albers - Health Care Law
• Kari B. Coniglio – Commercial Litigation
• Marcel Duhamel – Commercial Litigation

• Bryan  H. Falk – Real Estate Law
• Bryan J. Farkas - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy

• Jeffrey Fickes – Corporate Law

• Michael J. Garvin - Litigation – Intellectual Property, Patent Law, Trademark Law
• James J. McMonagle - Arbitration, Mediation
• Anthony J. O'Malley - Commercial Litigation
• Drew T. Parobek - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• David J. Tocco - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Securities

Best Lawyers from the Vorys Akron office are:

• Thomas R. Crookes – Employment Law Management, Commercial Litigation
• Philip F. Downey - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
• Jay P. Porter - Real Estate Law
• J. Bret Treier – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law
• Mark A. Watkins - Litigation – Intellectual Property, Patent Law, Trademark Law
• Elia O. Woyt – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Best Lawyers from the Vorys Houston office are:

• Stephen D. Browning - Real Estate Law
• Jacklyn J. Ford - Employment Law – Management, Employment Law – Individuals, Labor Law – Management, Labor Law - Union
• Carey C. Jordan – Patent Law
• Iona N. Kaiser – Patent Law
• Monica Oathout – Employment Law – Management
• Steven R. Rech - Commercial Litigation
• Richard A. Schwartz - Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Mediation

Best Lawyers from the Vorys Washington, D.C. office are:

• Pamela A. Bresnahan - Commercial Litigation, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law, Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants

In addition, 20 Vorys attorneys have been named Best Lawyers’ 2017 Lawyers of the Year. Each year, only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”  To learn more about those lawyers, click here.

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 seven offices in Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Akron, Ohio; Washington, D.C.; Houston, Texas; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  Vorys currently ranks as one of the 200 largest law firms in the United States according to American Lawyer magazine.