Litigation News

Vorys is pleased to announce that 39 attorneys from the firm have been named 2020 Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars.

Vorys was selected by readers of Columbus CEO magazine as the best law firm in Columbus (with more than 50 attorneys) for the eighth year in a row.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP is pleased to welcome nine new first-year associates to the firm. Matt Gutierrez, Amanda Miggo, Francisco Rolon and Gretchen Rutz joined the Columbus office; Jacob Bartlett, Megan Hurd and Stephen Self joined the Cincinnati office; Anne Hurd and Cauley Simmons joined the Cleveland office; and Reed Fryar and Joseph Markell joined the Houston office.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease is pleased to announce the firm’s inclusion on the 2020 U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list.

Tom Fusonie, a partner in the Vorys Columbus office, was quoted in a Stateline story titled “Cities, Tribes Try a New Environmental Approach: Give Nature Rights.” 

Joe Miller was quoted throughout a This Week: Dublin story about a temporary restraining order issued to stop trespassing from Dublin City School students, employees and buses onto a property adjacent to the district’s Emerald Campus. 

Emily Pan, vice managing partner in the Vorys Cincinnati office, was selected as one of Cincinnati Business Courier’s 2019 40 Under 40 Honorees.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP is pleased to announce that Carey Jordan and Steve Rech have been named to the 2019 Texas Super Lawyers List.

Doug Matthews, partner in the Vorys Columbus office was quoted in a Law.com article titled, “Time for TAR: Where Experts Say Technology-Assisted Review is Today” on August 23, 2019.

One hundred and thirteen lawyers from Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2020.

Twelve Vorys attorneys have been named 2020 Lawyers of the Year by Best Lawyers. Each year, only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”

Eve Stratton, of counsel in the Vorys Columbus office who prior to joining Vorys was a justice on the Supreme Court of Ohio, was featured on the broadcast All Sides with Ann Fisher on June 13, 2019.

Vorys announced that partners Jolie Havens and Nici Workman have made the shortlist for the Chambers Diversity and Inclusion Awards: USA 2019.

Vorys announced that 30 of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized among the leading practitioners in the country in the 2019 edition of Chambers USA. 

Eve Stratton, of counsel in the Vorys Columbus office who prior to joining Vorys was a justice on the Supreme Court of Ohio, was quoted throughout a Springfield News Sun story titled led a titled, “Mental illness in Jail Costs us all: What’s Clark Co. Doing About it?”

Vorys announced that Mallory Duncan, former senior vice president and general counsel of The National Retail Federation (NRF), has joined the firm.

Vorys is pleased to announce that Akilah Craig has been named a 2019 Texas Rising Star by Texas Super Lawyers magazine. Rising Stars were chosen by their peers as being among the most recognizable up-and-coming lawyers in Texas. Each year, the Rising Stars list recognizes 2.5 percent of attorneys with less than 10 years of legal experience in Texas.

Tom Fusonie, partner in the Vorys Columbus office, was quoted in The Plain Dealer story about the constitutionality of the Lake Erie Bill of Rights.

Eve Stratton, of counsel in the Vorys Columbus office who prior to joining Vorys was a justice on the Supreme Court of Ohio, recently wrote an article for the Akron Beacon Journal titled, “Youth in Adult Prison, the ‘forgotten ones,’ Except in Ohio.”

Eve Stratton, of counsel in the Vorys Columbus office who prior to joining Vorys was a justice on the Supreme Court of Ohio, was recently featured in the film, “Too Ill to Execute.”