Akron News

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. 

Vorys is pleased to announce that Jacinto Núñez, a partner in the Vorys Akron office and a member of the finance, energy and real estate group, has been selected to be a member of the 2019 class of Fellows, and will participate in a landmark program created for mid-career attorneys by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) to identify, train, and advance the next generation of leaders in the legal profession.

The Vorys Diversity & Inclusion Committee has developed a fellowship program for highly motivated first-year law students who are members of a historically underrepresented racial or ethnic minority group.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP announced today that Christopher J. DePizzo has joined the firm’s corporate group and will work out of its Akron and Cleveland offices.

Vorys is pleased to announce that 48 attorneys from the firm have been named 2019 Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars.

Vorys was named a 2019 Best Law Firm nationally in 17 practice areas and a best metropolitan firm in 100 categories, among four Ohio metropolitan areas, Washington, D.C., Houston, Texas and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Vorys released the firm’s first Diversity & Inclusion Report.  The report celebrates the firm’s diversity and inclusion efforts and includes information regarding the many steps that Vorys is taking to ensure that the firm becomes even more diverse and inclusive.

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^® 2019.

Mark Watkins, a partner in the IP group in the Akron office, and Carey Jordan, a partner in the IP group in the Houston office, were both featured in IAM’s patent leader publications.  Watkins was included in the IAM Strategy 300 and Jordan was included in the IAM Patent Strategy 1000.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease is pleased to announce that 32 of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized among the leading practitioners in the country in the 2018 edition of Chambers USA.

According to data compiled by S&P Market Intelligence, Vorys ranked 20th nationally in the number of bank and thrift merger and acquisition transactions completed in 2017.

On January 18, 2018, the Power Siting Board of Ohio issued an Opinion, Order and Certificate issuing a certificate with conditions for AEP Ohio Transmission Company’s proposed Macksburg-Devola 138 kV Transmission Line Project.

On January 18, 2018, the Power Siting Board of Ohio issued an Opinion, Order and Certificate issuing a certificate with conditions for AEP Ohio Transmission Company’s

Vorys is pleased to announce that Kelly Bissinger, Joseph Brunner, Laura Geyer, David Hine, Jacinto Núñez, Daniel Shuey and Keith Zabela became partners on January 1, 2018. 

Vorys is pleased to announce that 56 attorneys from the firm have been named 2018 Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars.

Vorys has been included on the 2018 BTI Client Service A-Team list. This is the firm's seventh consecutive year on the list. 

Vorys has been recognized as one of the top gay-friendly workplaces in central Ohio for the tenth year in a row by the Human Rights Campaign.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease is pleased to announce the firm’s inclusion on the 2018 U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list. Vorys was named a Best Law Firm nationally in 15 practice areas and a best metropolitan firm in 93 categories, among four Ohio metropolitan areas, Washington, D.C. and Houston, Texas. According to U.S. News and Best Lawyers, achieving a tiered ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.

Twenty Vorys attorneys have been named 2018 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.”

One hundred and eight lawyers from Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2018.