Vorys Attorneys Named on 2009 Best Lawyers in America List
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP is proud to announce that nearly 20 percent of the firm’s attorneys have made the 2009 Best Lawyers in America list.
Vorys was also ranked as the top law firm in Columbus in alternative dispute resolution, banking law, bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law, bet-the-company litigation, commercial litigation, energy law, franchise law, oil and gas law, personal injury litigation, real estate law and white-collar criminal defense. On a statewide level, Vorys was named the leading law firm in Ohio in the areas of alternative dispute resolution, banking law, bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law, bet-the-company litigation, commercial litigation, energy law, franchise law, oil and gas law, personal injury litigation, real estate law and white-collar criminal defense.
The Best Lawyers in America legal directory has been published biennially since 1983 and is considered the premier referral guide to the legal profession in the United States. The list is based on the results of detailed evaluations of lawyers by their peers throughout the nation. Overall, the firm was acknowledged in more than 20 different practice areas in the firm’s Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Akron and Washington D.C. offices.
Best Lawyers from the Columbus office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP include:
W. Jonathan Airey- Oil & Gas Law
Raymond D. 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
Theodore A. Boggs- Environmental Law
G. Ross Bridgman- Labor and Employment Law
Stephen D. Browning- Real Estate Law
Stephen R. Buchenroth- Franchise Law, 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
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, Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Dan L. Jaffe- Tax Law
Benita A. Kahn- Energy Law
William D. Kloss, Jr.- Personal Injury Litigation
Mark A. Knueve- Labor and Employment Law
Randall D. LaTour- Bankruptcy, 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 J. North- Labor and Employment Law
M. Howard Petricoff- Energy Law
William G. Porter II- Commercial Litigation
Alan T. Radnor- Commercial Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation
Suzanne K. Richards- Alternative Dispute Resolution, Labor and Employment Law
Thomas B. Ridgley- Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation
Ronald (Rocky) A. Robins, Jr.- Corporate Law
Aaron P. Rosenfeld- Tax Law
Ronald L. Rowland- Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Thomas O. Ruby- Banking Law, Equipment Finance Law
Daniel H. Schoedinger- Land Use & Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
Robert J. Sidman- Bankruptcy, 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 M. Tarpy- Labor and Employment Law
Mark E. Vannatta- Non-Profit/Charities Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
John C. Vorys- Banking Law, Corporate Law
John B. Weimer- Banking Law, Equipment Finance Law
John P. Wellner- Real Estate Law
Robert W. Werth- Real Estate Law
James A. Wilson- Antitrust Law
Best Lawyers from the Washington, D.C. office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP include:
Pamela A. Bresnahan- Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law
Best Lawyers from the Cleveland office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP include:
Bryan J. Farkas- Bankruptcy, Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
James J. McMonagle- Alternative Dispute Resolution
Anthony J. O’Malley- Commercial Litigation
Thomas J. Onusko- Health Care Law
Drew T. Parobek- Bankruptcy, Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
John Winship Read- Commercial Litigation
Best Lawyers from the Cincinnati office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP include:
Melvin A. Bedree- Banking Law, Franchise Law
Charles C. Bissinger, Jr.- 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- Trusts 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
Glenn V. Whitaker- Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, White-Collar Criminal Defense
Best Lawyers from the Akron office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP include:
F. Daniel Balmert- Workers’ Compensation Law
Philip A. Lloyd- Banking Law, Banking and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Jay P. Porter- Real Estate Law
J. Bret Treier- Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law
Thomas R. Trotter- Banking Law, Commercial Litigation
Vorys has offices in Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Akron, Ohio, as well as in Washington, D.C., and Alexandria, Virginia. With nearly 400 attorneys, Vorys is one of the largest law firms in the United States and was recently recognized as a Cross Practice Powerhouse in a survey of corporate America and one of the top 25 national firms serving the retail and industrial manufacturing industries. For more information visit www.vorys.com.
