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58 Vorys Attorneys Included on Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars List

Vorys is pleased to announce that 58 attorneys from the firm have been named 2017 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.  Forty Vorys attorneys were named 2017 Ohio 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 2017 Ohio Rising Stars.

The Vorys Super Lawyers and Rising Stars are listed by office with their practice area below.

Columbus Super Lawyers:

  • G. Ross Bridgman (retired) – Health Care
  • Robert Harris - Employment and Labor
  • Reginald Jackson - Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights
  • Benita Kahn - Technology Transactions
  • John Keller - Energy and Natural Resources
  • Allen Kinzer - Employment and Labor
  • William Kloss, Jr. - General Litigation
  • Mark Knueve - Employment and Labor
  • Michael Martz – Corporate
  • Theodore Mattis - Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice Litigation
  • Robert Minor - Workers' Compensation
  • William Porter, II - General Litigation
  • Lisa Pierce Reisz – Health Care
  • Russell Rosler - Corporate
  • Thomas Ruby – Banking
  • 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
  • Robert Tait (retired) - Civil Litigation Defense
  • Thomas Tarpy (retired) - Employment and Labor
  • Kristin Watt – Environmental
  • Robert Webner – General Litigation

Columbus Rising Stars:

  • Deanna Cook – Real Estate
  • Michael Costello – Corporate
  • Scott Guttman – Intellectual Property
  • John Kuhl - Eminent Domain
  • Rex Miller, II – Intellectual Property
  • Martha Brewer Motley - General Litigation
  • Nancy Nicole “Nici” Workman – Banking

Cincinnati Super Lawyers:

  • Kent Britt - General Litigation
  • Daniel Buckley - Business Litigation
  • Nathaniel Lampley, Jr. - Employment and Labor
  • Eric Richardson - General Litigation
  • Michael Schwartz - Estate Planning & Probate
  • Victor Walton, Jr. - Business Litigation
  • Glenn Whitaker - Business Litigation

Cincinnati Rising Stars:

  • Nathan Colvin – General Litigation
  • Whitney Gibson - Business Litigation
  • Jacob Mahle – Business Litigation
  • Emily Pan - Estate Planning & Probate
  • Elizabeth Weinewuth – Estate & Trust Litigation
  • Kristin Woeste – Real Estate

Cleveland Super Lawyers:

  • Michael Garvin – Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Anthony O'Malley - Business Litigation
  • Drew Parobek - Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights
  • David Tocco - Business Litigation

Cleveland Rising Stars:

  • Blake Beachler – Corporate
  • Jennie Church – Real Estate
  • Liana Hollingsworth - Labor and Employment
  • Heather Lutz- Business Litigation
  • Amanda Roe – Health Care

Akron Super Lawyers:

  • F. Daniel Balmert - Employment and Labor
  • Thomas Crookes - Employment and Labor
  • Jay Porter - Real Estate
  • J. Bret Treier – Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Mark Watkins – Intellectual Property

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.

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