More Than 100 Vorys Attorneys Named to 2020 Best Lawyers in America® List

One hundred and thirteen lawyers from Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2020.

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:

• Timothy J. Bechtold - Government Relations Practice
• Robert A. Bell, Jr. - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Theodore A. Boggs - Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
• Adam K. Brandt - Corporate Law
• Alycia Broz - Litigation – Securities
• Robin L. Canowitz - Health Care Law
• Nelson D. Cary - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Tiffany Strelow Cobb - Litigation – Bankruptcy
• David W. Cook - Immigration Law
• Perry W. Doran II - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Victor J. Ferguson - Trusts and Estates
• Shawn M. Flahive - Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law
• 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
• 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 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
• Joseph R. Miller- Commercial Litigation
• Daniel J. Minor - Real Estate Law
• Karen M. Moore - Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
• Jonathan M. Norman - Employment Law – Individuals, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Bruce P. Paige - Corporate Law
• William G. Porter - Commercial Litigation, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
• D. Scott Powell - Tax Law
• Nicholas M.J. Ray - Tax Law
• Lisa Pierce Reisz - Health Care Law, Litigation - Health Care
• Russell R. Rosler - Corporate 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 – Plaintiffs
• Suzanne J. Scrutton - Health Care Law
• Michael J. Settineri - Energy Law
• Brad K. Sinnott - 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 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
• 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
• Scott J. Ziance - Public Finance Law

Best Lawyers from the Vorys Cincinnati office are:

• William D.G. Baldwin - Real Estate Law
• Melvin A. Bedree - Banking and Finance Law, Franchise Law
• Charles C. Bissinger, Jr. - Real Estate Law
• Kent A. Britt - Commercial Litigation, Litigation – ERISA
• 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 & 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, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Michael G. Schwartz - Commercial Litigation, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
• Victor A. Walton, Jr. - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Elizabeth E. W. Weinewuth - Litigation - Trusts and Estates
• Rosemary D. Welsh - Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Best Lawyers from the Vorys Cleveland office are:

• Matthew E. Albers - Health Care Law
• Kari B. Coniglio - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation
• Marcel 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
• Jeffrey A. Fickes - Corporate Law
• 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
• Drew T. Parobek - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• David J. Tocco - Securities Litigation

Best Lawyers from the Vorys Akron office are:

• Thomas R. Crookes - Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Management
• Philip F. Downey - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
• 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 – Individuals, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Labor Law – Union
• Carey C. Jordan - Patent Law
• Iona N. Kaiser - Patent Law
• Monica F. Oathout - Employment Law – Management
• Steven R. Rech - Commercial Litigation

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, twelve Vorys attorneys have been named Best Lawyers’ 2020 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.