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More Than 100 Vorys Attorneys Named to 2014 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® 2014.

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.”

Vorys has the most 2014 Best Lawyers in Columbus.  The Best Lawyers from the Vorys Columbus office are:

  • W. Jonathan Airey - Oil & Gas Law
  • Anker M. Bell - Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law
  • Theodore A. Boggs - Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental
  • Ross Bridgman - Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management
  • Stephen R. Buchenroth - Franchise Law, Real Estate Law
  • Michael J. Canter - Antitrust Law, Litigation - Antitrust
  • 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
  • Mary Ellen Fairfield - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Labor & Employment, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
  • Gerald P. Ferguson - Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Shawn M. Flahive - Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law
  • Jackie Ford - Employment Law – Management, Employment Law – Individuals, Labor Law – Management
  • Ivery D. Foreman - Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Law
  • 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
  • Reginald W. Jackson - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Dan L. Jaffe - Tax Law
  • Benita A. Kahn - Energy Law
  • John K. Keller - Oil & Gas Law
  • James P. Kennedy - Antitrust 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
  • Randall D. LaTour - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy
  • Michael G. Long - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
  • Judith L. Marsh- Banking and Finance 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
  • Fredrick E. Mills - Government Relations Practice
  • 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
  • M. Howard Petricoff - Energy Law
  • William G. Porter - Commercial Litigation
  • Frederick L. Ransier - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Russell R. Rosler - Corporate Law
  • Ronald L. Rowland - Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
  • Thomas O. Ruby - Banking and Finance Law, Equipment Finance Law
  • Gregory D. Russell - Energy Law
  • Allen L. Rutz - Construction Law
  • D. Michael Schira - Real Estate Law
  • Richard D. Schuster - Commercial Litigation
  • 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
  • David A. Swift - Trusts and Estates
  • Thomas E. Szykowny - Insurance Law
  • Robert E. Tait - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Jill S. Tangeman - Land Use & Zoning Law
  • Thomas M. Tarpy - Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management
  • Mark E. Vannatta - Non-Profit/Charities Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
  • Jonathan R. Vaughn - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment
  • John C. Vorys - Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law
  • 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, Equipment Finance Law
  • Anthony D. Weis - Mergers & Acquisitions Law
  • John P. Wellner - Real Estate 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:

  • Terri R. Abare - Corporate Compliance Law, Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 A. Schaefer - Corporate Law
  • Michael G. Schwartz - Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
  • Donald J. Shuller - Real Estate Law
  • Victor A. Walton, Jr. - Commercial Litigation
  • Rosemary D. Welsh - Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
  • Glenn V. Whitaker - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

Best Lawyers from the Vorys Cleveland office are:

  • Matthew E. Albers - Health Care Law
  • Barton A. Bixenstine - Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment
  • Bryan J. Farkas - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy
  • 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:

  • F. Daniel Balmert - Workers' Compensation Law – Employers
  • Thomas R. Crookes - Employment Law - Management
  • Philip F. Downey - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
  • Jay P. Porter - Real Estate Law
  • J. Bret Treier - Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law
  • Thomas R. Trotter - Banking and Finance Law, Public Finance Law

Best Lawyers from the Vorys Houston office are:

  • Stephen D. Browning - Real Estate Law
  • Thomas H. Grace - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • David A. Oliver - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Robert A. Seale, Jr. – Tax Law, Trusts and Estates

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

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

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 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.

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