Vorys Attorneys Recognized as 2013 Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
Seventy-Seven attorneys from Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease have been named 2013 Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars.
Super Lawyers Magazine distinguishes the top five percent of attorneys in Ohio in more than 70 practice areas, and recognizes those who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement as Super Lawyers. Fifty-nine Vorys attorneys were named 2013 Super Lawyers.
Rising Stars are chosen by their peers as being among the most recognizable up-and-coming lawyers in Ohio. Eighteen Vorys attorneys were named 2013 Rising Stars.
The Vorys Super Lawyers and Rising Stars are listed by office with their practice area below.
Columbus Super Lawyers:
G. Ross Bridgman - Health Care
Stephen Buchenroth - Real Estate
Gary Davis - Real Estate
Perry Doran – General Litigation
Mary Ellen Fairfield - Employment and Labor
James Foley (retired) - Class Action/Mass Torts
David Hardymon - Business Litigation
Robert Harris - Employment and Labor
Reginald Jackson - Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights
Benita Kahn - Information Technology
John Keller - Energy and Natural Resources
Allen Kinzer - Employment and Labor
William Kloss, Jr. - General Litigation
Mark Knueve - Employment and Labor
John Landolfi - Business Litigation
Randall LaTour - Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights
Michael Long - Business Litigation
Theodore Mattis - Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice Litigation
Daniel Minor - Real Estate
Robert Minor - Workers' Compensation
Jonathan Norman - Employment and Labor
Chris North - Employment and Labor
William Pohlman - Business Litigation
William Porter, II - General Litigation
Suzanne Richards - Business Litigation
Thomas Ridgley (retired) – General Litigation
Richard Schuster - Class Action/Mass Torts
Bradley Sinnott - Workers' Compensation
Carl Smallwood - Civil Litigation Defense
Andrew Smith - Employment and Labor
Elizabeth T. Smith – General Litigation
David Swift - Estate Planning and Probate
Brent Taggart - Personal Injury Defense: Products
Robert Tait - Civil Litigation Defense
Thomas Tarpy - Employment and Labor
John “Jay” Vorys – Corporate
Kristin Watt – Environmental
Nina Webb-Lawton – General Litigation
John Wellner – Real Estate
Columbus Rising Stars:
Daniel Clark – Employment and Labor
Thomas Fusonie - Eminent Domain
Robin Grant - Mergers and Acquisitions
John Kuhl - Eminent Domain
Timothy McGranor - Business Litigation
Martha Brewer Motley - General Litigation
Tyler Pensyl - General Litigation
Cincinnati Super Lawyers:
Melvin Bedree - Banking
Daniel Buckley - Business Litigation
Nathaniel Lampley - Employment and Labor
Jeffrey Marks - Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights
Mark Norman - Environmental
Michael Schwartz - Estate Planning & Probate
Donald Shuller - Real Estate
Victor Walton, Jr. - Business Litigation
Glenn Whitaker - Business Litigation
Cincinnati Rising Stars:
Whitney Gibson - Business Litigation
Patrick Hagan - Business Litigation
Joseph Harper - General Litigation
Jacob Mahle - Business Litigation
Emily Pan - Estate Planning and Probate
Eric Richardson - General Litigation
Kimberly Schaefer - Securities and Corporate Finance
Elizabeth Weinewuth – General Litigation
Cleveland Super Lawyers:
Barton Bixenstine - Employment and Labor
James McMonagle – Corporate
Anthony O'Malley - Business Litigation
Drew Parobek - Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights
John Read - Civil Defense Litigation
David Tocco - Business Litigation
Cleveland Rising Stars:
Matthew Albers - Health Care
Akron Super Lawyers:
F. Daniel Balmert - Employment and Labor
Thomas Crookes - Employment and Labor
Philip Downey - General Litigation
Jay Porter - Real Estate
John Solomon (retired) - Business Litigation
Akron Rising Stars:
Ashley Manfull - Employment and Labor
Elia Woyt - Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights
About Vorys: Vorys was established in 1909 and has grown to be one of the largest Ohio-based law firms with 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.
