Porter Wright attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers in America
11 attorneys named 'Lawyers of the Year'
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/-- Porter Wright is pleased to announce that 91 attorneys from across the firm's six offices located in Ohio, Florida and Washington, D.C., have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Eleven Porter Wright attorneys were named to Best Lawyers' Lawyers of the Year list. The Best Lawyers selection process is rigorous and comprehensive, involving detailed evaluations of attorneys by their peers.
Porter Wright attorneys included on the Best Lawyers list reflect 43 percent of the firm's attorneys, and includes 22 practice areas.
The firm offers special congratulations to Robert Kiger, Alvin McKenna, Terrance Miller, James Oliphant, T. Stephen Phillips and Jack R. Pigman who have been included on the Best Lawyers list for 30 years or more. Also, congratulations to Heather Forry and Fred Pompeani who appear on the list for the first time.
Complete listing of Porter Wright attorneys recognized by 2016 Best Lawyers in America:
| Location |
Attorney |
Practice Area(s) |
1st year listed |
| Cincinnati |
David T. Croall |
Employment Law – Management Labor Law – Management Litigation – Labor and Employment |
2007 |
| W. Kelly Johnson |
Criminal Defense: White-Collar |
2013 |
|
| Holly D. Kozlowski |
Patent Law |
2006 |
|
| James D. Liles |
Litigation - Patent Patent Law |
2012 |
|
| Marilyn J. Maag |
Trusts and Estates |
2006 |
|
| T. Stephen Phillips |
Trusts and Estates |
1987 |
|
| John S. Stith |
Corporate Law |
1993 |
|
| Carolyn A. Taggart |
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants |
2008 |
|
| Cleveland |
J. Philip Calabrese |
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants |
2010 |
| Michael A. Ellis |
Corporate Law |
2008 |
|
| Donald Fisher |
Banking and Finance Law |
2013 |
|
| Phillip E. Langer |
Banking and Finance Law |
1993 |
|
| Rebecca Kopp Levine |
Employment Law - Management |
2015 |
|
| Hugh E. McKay |
Commercial Litigation |
2007 |
|
| Fred J. Pompeani |
Workers' Compensation Law - Employers |
2016 |
|
| Leo M. Spellacy, Jr. |
Commercial Litigation |
2013 |
|
| Tracey L. Turnbull |
Commercial Litigation |
2013 |
|
| William R. Weir |
Banking and Finance Law |
2007 |
|
| Columbus |
John C. Beeler |
Corporate Law Mergers & Acquisitions Law |
2005 |
| James P. Botti |
Banking and Finance Law Commercial Transactions/UCC Law Equipment Finance Law Litigation – Banking and Finance |
2007 |
|
| John E. Brady |
Real Estate Law |
2001 |
|
| Robert L. Brubaker |
Environmental Law Litigation - Environmental |
1993 |
|
| Brian Buzby |
Construction Law |
2013 |
|
| Robert H. Cohen |
Immigration Law |
1995 |
|
| Daniel R. Conway |
Communications Law |
2005 |
|
| James D. Curphey |
Commercial Litigation Litigation – Intellectual Property Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions Litigation – Patent |
2010 |
|
| Joyce D. Edelman |
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants |
2012 |
|
| Andrew C. Emerson |
Energy Law |
2015 |
|
| Theodore G. Fisher |
Commercial Litigation |
2013 |
|
| Heather Forry |
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) |
2016 |
|
| Timothy E. Grady |
Banking and Finance Law Commercial Finance Law Financial Services Regulation Law |
1995 |
|
| Brian D. Hall |
Employment Law – Management Litigation – Labor and Employment |
2010 |
|
| Polly J. Harris |
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law Litigation – Bankruptcy |
2010 |
|
| John C. Hartranft, Sr. |
Banking and Finance Law Financial Services Regulation Law |
1995 |
|
| Jeffrey T. Hayes |
Corporate Law |
2003 |
|
| Richard J. Helmreich |
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law Litigation – ERISA |
2006 |
|
| C. Andrew Ireton, Jr. |
Trusts and Estates |
2013 |
|
| Donald W. Jordan |
Real Estate Law |
2005 |
|
| Robert C. Kiger |
Real Estate Law |
1983 |
|
| Lori-Lou Kimm |
Trusts and Estates |
2001 |
|
| James A. King |
Commercial Litigation Corporate Law |
2008 |
|
| Curtis A. Loveland |
Corporate Law Mergers & Acquisitions Law |
1995 |
|
| Melanie R. Martin-Jones |
Copyright Law Patent Law Trademark Law |
2010 |
|
| Alvin J. McKenna |
Employment Law – Management Labor Law – Management |
1987 |
|
| J. Jeffrey McNealey |
Environmental Law |
1989 |
|
| Richard C. McQuown |
Corporate Law |
2007 |
|
| Mark K. Merkle, Jr. |
Commercial Litigation |
2010 |
|
| Robert A. Meyer, Jr. |
Land Use and Zoning Law Litigation – Land Use and Zoning Real Estate Law |
2007 |
|
| Dixon F. Miller |
Corporate Law |
2007 |
|
| Terrance M. Miller |
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants |
1987 |
|
| Jennifer T. Mills |
Banking and Finance Law Litigation – Banking and Finance |
2006 |
|
| Scott E. North |
Commercial Litigation |
2012 |
|
| James S. Oliphant |
Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants |
1987 |
|
| Jack R. Pigman |
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law Litigation – Bankruptcy |
1983 |
|
| Fred G. Pressley, Jr. |
Employment Law – Management Labor Law – Management Litigation – Labor & Employment |
2007 |
|
| James H. Prior |
Banking and Finance Law Equipment Finance Law |
2008 |
|
| Diane C. Reichwein |
Employment Law – Management Litigation – Labor and Employment |
2005 |
|
| Donna M. Ruscitti |
Copyright Law |
2009 |
|
| Christopher C. Russell |
Workers' Compensation Law – Employers |
2008 |
|
| Joseph W. Ryan, Jr. |
Litigation – Intellectual Property Litigation – Real Estate |
2007 |
|
| Robert J. Schmidt, Jr. |
Environmental Law Litigation – Environmental |
2006 |
|
| Christopher R. Schraff |
Environmental Law Litigation – Environmental |
1991 |
|
| Edward M. Segelken |
Trusts and Estates |
2006 |
|
| Martin S. Seltzer |
Environmental Law |
1995 |
|
| David Shouvlin |
Commercial Litigation Litigation – Intellectual Property Litigation – Patent |
2011 |
|
| Mark S. Stemm |
Employment Law – Management Labor Law – Management Litigation – Labor and Employment |
2001 |
|
| John M. Stephen |
Employment Law – Management Labor Law – Management |
2005 |
|
| H. Grant Stephenson |
Banking and Finance Law Financial Services Regulation Law |
2006 |
|
| Robert J. Tannous |
Corporate Law Mergers and Acquisitions Law |
2001 |
|
| Richard Terapak |
Corporate Law |
2010 |
|
| Kathleen M. Trafford |
Bet-the-Company Litigation Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) |
1999 |
|
| Robert W. Trafford |
Bet-the-Company Litigation Litigation – Banking and Finance Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) Litigation – Securities |
1995 |
|
| David A. Tumen |
Tax Law |
2003 |
|
| Michael J. Underwood |
Employment Law – Management Labor Law – Management Litigation – Labor and Employment |
2008 |
|
| Charles C. Warner |
Employment Law – Management Labor Law – Management Litigation – Labor and Employment |
1995 |
|
| Franck G. Wobst |
Employment Law – Management |
2012 |
|
| Thomas A Young |
Commercial Litigation |
2011 |
|
| Jay A. Yurkiw |
Commercial Litigation |
2013 |
|
| Dayton |
William G. Deas |
Litigation – Real Estate Real Estate Law |
1995 |
| Caroline H. Gentry |
Commercial Litigation |
2013 |
|
| Thomas A. Holton |
Corporate Law |
1995 |
|
| Charles Y. Kidwell |
Corporate Law |
2007 |
|
| Jeffrey W. Morris |
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law |
2011 |
|
| Walter Reynolds |
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law |
2006 |
|
| Naples, Florida |
W. Jeffrey Cecil |
Real Estate Law |
2008 |
| Mary Beth M. Clary |
Corporate Law Securities Regulation |
2008 |
|
| Jeffrey S. Kannensohn |
Banking and Finance Law Real Estate Law |
2011 |
|
| William H. Myers |
Trusts and Estates |
2009 |
|
| Robert J. Stommel |
Trusts and Estates |
2007 |
|
| Washington, D.C. |
Judd Kessler |
International Arbitration - Governmental |
2012 |
| Richard P. McHugh |
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law |
2012 |
Porter Wright named Best Lawyers' 2016 Lawyers of the Year:
| Attorney |
Specialty |
Metro Area |
| James Botti |
Equipment Finance Law |
Columbus |
| Mary Beth Clary |
Corporate Law |
Naples |
| David Croall |
Labor Law - Management |
Cincinnati |
| Timothy Grady |
Financial Services Regulation Law |
Columbus |
| Richard Helmreich |
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law |
Columbus |
| James Liles |
Litigation - Patent |
Cincinnati |
| Curtis Loveland |
Mergers & Acquisitions Law |
Columbus |
| Melanie R. Martin-Jones |
Copyright Law |
Columbus |
| Robert Meyer |
Litigation – Land Use & Zoning |
Cincinnati |
| Diane Reichwein |
Litigation – Labor & Employment |
Columbus |
| Walter Reynolds |
Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law |
Dayton |
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