Litigation News

Tony Osterlund, partner in the Vorys Cincinnati office, was selected to serve as the president of the Cincinnati Bar Foundation.

On June 21, 2022 the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision in Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan v. DaVita Inc. siding with petitioners Marietta Memorial Hospital, its employee group health plan and health plan third-party administrator, for which Vorys argued the case. 

Jim McMonagle, of counsel in the Vorys Cleveland office, received the 2022 Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (CMBA) William K. Thomas Professionalism Award on Thursday, June 16.

Betsy Turrell Farrar, a partner in the Columbus office, was awarded the Linda S. Kass Excellence in Education Award by the Bexley Education Foundation (BEF) Board of Governors at the Bexley Schools 2022 End of the year Recognitions event.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease is pleased to announce that 33 of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized among the leading practitioners in the country in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA.

Sara Ingram, an experienced toxic tort and product liability defense lawyer, has joined the firm.  She has significant experience in these matters stemming from her years of representing defendants in the hotbed jurisdictions of Illinois and Missouri.

Joe Miller, a partner in the Vorys Columbus office and chair of the firm’s litigation group, was quoted in a Columbus Business First story regarding the redevelopment of a United Methodist Children's Home property in Worthington, Ohio.

Debbie Whelihan, a partner in the Vorys Washington, D.C. office, was recently profiled in Law360.  The article, which was about her move to Vorys, highlighted her years and legal practice and her experience.

Joe Miller, a partner in the Columbus office and the chair of the firm’s litigation group, was quoted in a Columbus Dispatch story about a lawsuit filed in federal court over the City of Worthington’s refusal to approve development of a property.

Deborah Murrell Whelihan has joined Vorys as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. She has practiced law for more than 35 years and has significant jury trial and bench trial and appellate experience, which includes more than 30 reported appellate opinions from the D.C. and Maryland federal and state courts.

Vorys is pleased to announce that 42 attorneys from the firm have been named either 2022 Ohio Super Lawyers or Rising Stars.

Vorys Partner Joseph Miller was quoted in a Columbus Business First article titled "Jerome Township Settles Lawsuit with Developers Over 'Broken' Zoning Process."

Vorys is pleased to announce that Jessica K. Baverman, James (Jay) A. Carr II, Andrew E. DeBord, Laura E. Erdman, Lauren L. Gilbert, Barbara J. Jordan, Mihsun Koh, Jeffrey A. Miller, Kara M. Mundy, Patrick J. Reardon, Michael J. Shoenfelt, Janay M. Stevens and Mitchell A. Tobias became partners of the law firm on January 1, 2022.

Vorys is pleased to welcome 14 new associates to the firm across our Columbus, Washington, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Akron and Houston offices.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP is proud to announce the firm’s inclusion on the 2022 U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list.

Jacob Mahle, a partner in the Vorys Cincinnati office, was quoted in a Government Contracts Law360 story about how the U.S. Supreme Court's recent interest in a case that could possibly lead to consistent standards across the country for whistleblowers bringing forward fraud allegations.

One hundred and sixteen lawyers from Vorys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America^® 2022 edition. In addition, 34 Vorys attorneys were named to the 2022 Best Lawyers in America “Ones to Watch” list.

Ten Vorys attorneys have been named 2022 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.”

Vorys has landed at the top of Unicourt’s TrueLaw Litigation index.