Vorys named the "2008 Leading Ohio Law Firm" by Best Lawyers
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP is pleased to announce that nearly 25 percent of the firm’s attorneys have been selected to the 2008 Best Lawyers in America list. The legal directory has been published biennially since 1983 and is considered the premier referral guide to the legal profession in the United States.
Vorys ranked as the leading law firm in Ohio with more lawyers listed in Best Lawyers than any other firm in the state, and the leading firm in Columbus. Overall the firm was acknowledged in the following fields:
Leading law firm in:
Ohio: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust Law, Banking Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Energy Law, Franchise Law, Oil & Gas Law, Personal Injury Litigation and Real Estate Law
Columbus: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Employee Benefits Law, Energy Law, Franchise Law, Insurance Law, Labor and Employment Law, Non-Profit/Charities Law, Oil & Gas Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation, Real Estate Law and Tax Law
Cleveland: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Cincinnati: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Franchise Law, Personal Injury Litigation and White-Collar Criminal Defense
Akron: Banking Law and Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
The 2008 Best Lawyers, listed with their practice area, include:
COLUMBUS
W. Jonathon Airey- Oil & Gas Law
Raymond Anderson- Tax Law
Sandra J. Anderson- Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, Personal Injury Litigation
James M. Ball- Real Estate Law
G. Ross Bridgman- Labor and Employment Law
Susan E. Brown- Corporate Law
Stephen D. Browning- Real Estate Law
Stephen R. Buchenroth- Franchise Law and Real Estate Law
Michael J. Canter- Antitrust Law
Michael A. Cline- Corporate Law
Susan A. Cohen- Labor and Employment Law
Gary E. Davis- Real Estate Law
Charles S. DeRousie- Banking Law
Scott M. Doran- Environmental Law
Philip F. Downey- Commercial Litigation
Richard P. Fahey- Environmental Law
Mary Ellen Fairfield- Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, Personal Injury Litigation and Product Liability Litigation
Kenneth A. Golonka Jr.,- Real Estate Law
James H. Gross- Corporate Law
Herbert A. Hedden- Franchise Law
Bruce R. Henke- Corporate Law
Reginald W. Jackson- Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Dan L. Jaffe- Tax Law
Benita A. Kahn- Energy Law
John K. Keller- Oil & Gas Law
James P. Kennedy- Antitrust Law
William D. Kloss, Jr. - Personal Injury Litigation
Mark A. Knueve- Labor and Employment Law
Randall D. LaTour- Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Michael G. Long- Commercial Litigation
Linda R. Mendel- Employee Benefits Law
Daniel J. Minor- Real Estate Law
Robert Allen Minor- Workers' Compensation Law
William S. Newcomb, Jr. - Energy Law
Jonathan M. Norman- Labor and Employment Law
Christopher North- Labor and Employment Law
M. Howard Petricoff- Energy Law
William J. Pohlman- Insurance Law
William G. Porter II- Commercial Litigation
Alan T. Radnor- Medical Malpractice Law, Personal Injury Litigation and Product Liability Litigation
Suzanne K. Richards- Alternative Dispute Resolution and Labor and Employment Law
Thomas B. Ridgley- Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation and Product Liability Litigation
Ronald A. Robins, Jr. - Corporate Law
Aaron P. Rosenfeld- Tax Law
Ronald L. Rowland- Tax Law
Thomas O. Ruby- Banking Law and Equipment Finance Law
Daniel Schoedinger- Land Use & Zoning Law and Real Estate Law
Robert J. Sidman- Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Bradley K. Sinnott- Workers' Compensation Law
Andrew C. Smith- Labor and Employment Law
David A. Swift - Trusts and Estates
Jill S. Tangeman- Land Use & Zoning Law
Thomas Tarpy- Labor and Employment Law
Mark E. Vannatta- Non-Profit/Charities Law, Tax Law and Trusts and Estates
John C. Vorys- Banking Law and Corporate Law
Kristin L. Watt- Environmental Law
John B. Weimer- Banking Law and Equipment Finance Law
John P. Wellner- Real Estate Law
Robert W. Werth- Real Estate Law
James A. Wilson- Antitrust Law
WASHINGTON D.C.
Pamela A. Bresnahan-Commerical Litigation and Legal Malpractice Law
CLEVELAND
James J. McMonagle- Alternative Dispute Resolution
Anthony J. O’Malley- Commercial Litigation
Thomas J. Onusko- Health Care Law
Drew T. Parobek- Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
CINCINNATI
Melvin A. Bedree- Banking Law, Franchise Law
Charles C. Bissinger- Real Estate Law
Kent A. Britt- Commercial Litigation
Daniel J. Buckley- Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation
Thomas L. Gabelman- Construction Law
David A. Groenke- Trust and Estates
William D. Hayes- Environmental Law
Barbara Bison Jacobson- Personal Injury Litigation
Hani R. Kallas- Banking Law
Nathaniel Lampley, Jr. - Commercial Litigation
Roger E. Lautzenhiser, Jr. - Corporate Law
Mark A. Norman- Environmental Law
Michael G. Schwartz- Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Donald J. Shuller- Real Estate Law
W. Breck Weigel- Commercial Litigation
Glenn V. Whitaker- Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, White-Collar Criminal Defense
AKRON
F. Daniel Balmert- Workers’ Compensation Law
Philip A. Lloyd- Banking Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Jay P. Porter- Real Estate Law
J. Bret Treier- Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
Thomas R. Trotter- Banking Law
