75 Vorys Attorneys Recognized as 2012 Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
Seventy-five attorneys from Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease have been named 2012 Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars. Super Lawyers Magazine distinguishes the top five percent of attorneys in each state in more than 70 practice areas, and recognizes those who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement as Super Lawyers. Rising Stars are chosen by their peers as being among the most recognizable up-and-coming lawyers in Ohio.
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
Mary Ellen Fairfield - Employment and Labor
Gerald Ferguson - Business Litigation
James Foley - Class Action/Mass Torts
David Hardymon - Business Litigation
Robert Harris - Employment and Labor
Bruce Ingram - Eminent Domain
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 - Civil Litigation Defense
Bradley Sinnott - Workers' Compensation
Carl Smallwood - Civil Litigation Defense
Andrew Smith - Employment and Labor
David Swift - Estate Planning and Probate
Brent Taggart - Personal Injury Defense: Products
Robert Tait - Civil Litigation Defense
Thomas Tarpy - Employment and Labor
Kristin Watt - Environmental
James Wilson - Antitrust Litigation
Columbus Rising Stars:
Alan Duffy - Employee Benefits/ERISA
Robin Grant - Mergers and Acquisitions
Thomas McCormick - Business Litigation
Timothy McGranor - Business Litigation
Bruce Paige - Health Care
Tyler Pensyl - General Litigation
Cincinnati Super Lawyers:
Melvin Bedree - Banking
Daniel Buckley - Business Litigation
Thomas Gabelman - Construction/Surety
Nathaniel Lampley - Employment and Labor
Roger Lautzenhiser - Business/Corporate
Mark Norman - Environmental
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
Adam Sherman - General Litigation
Cleveland Super Lawyers:
Barton Bixenstine - Employment and Labor
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
Bryan Farkas - Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights
Akron Super Lawyers:
F. Daniel Balmert - Employment and Labor
Thomas Crookes - Employment and Labor
Philip Downey - General Litigation
Jay Porter - Real Estate
John Solomon - Business Litigation
Thomas Trotter - Bonds/Government Finance
Akron Rising Stars:
Ashley Manfull - Employment and Labor
Barbara Sanchez - Real Estate
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.
