Vorys Ranked #1 Law Firm in Ohio on 2011 Best Lawyers in America® list
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP is proud to announce that 97 lawyers from the firm were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2011. Vorys was ranked a #1 law firm in Ohio overall.
Vorys was also named the leading law firm in the state of Ohio in specific practice areas, including:
- alternative dispute resolution
- banking law
- bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law
- bet-the-company litigation
- commercial litigation
- energy law
- franchise law
- oil and gas law
- personal injury litigation
- real estate law
Vorys was ranked as the top law firm in Columbus in the following areas:
- alternative dispute resolution
- antitrust law
- appellate law
- banking law
- bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law
- bet-the-company litigation
- commercial litigation
- energy law
- franchise law
- insurance law
- labor and employment law
- non-profit/charities law
- oil and gas law
- personal injury litigation
- product liability litigation
- real estate law
- tax law and trusts and estates law
Vorys was ranked as the top law firm in Cincinnati in the following areas:
- franchise law
- personal injury litigation
- white collar criminal defense
Vorys was ranked as the top law firm in Akron in the following areas:
- banking law
- bet-the-company litigation
- corporate governance and compliance law
- public finance law
- workers’ compensation law
Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 39,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.1 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
Best Lawyers from the Columbus office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP include:
W. Jonathan Airey- Oil & Gas Law
Raymond D. Anderson- Tax Law
Sandra J. Anderson- Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, Personal Injury Litigation
James M. Ball- Real Estate Law
Theodore A. Boggs- Environmental Law
G. Ross Bridgman- Labor and Employment Law
Philip A. Brown- Commercial Litigation
Stephen D. Browning- Real Estate Law
Stephen R. Buchenroth- Franchise Law, Real Estate Law
Michael J. Canter- Antitrust Law
Michael A. Cline- Corporate Law
Susan A. Cohen- Labor and Employment Law
Gary E. Davis- Real Estate Law
Charles S. DeRousie- Banking Law
Mary Ellen Fairfield- Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, Personal Injury Litigation and Product Liability Litigation
F. James Foley- Commercial Litigation
Sheila Nolan Gartland- Real Estate Law
Kenneth A. Golonka, Jr.- Real Estate Law
James H. Gross- Corporate Law
David W. Hardymon- Commercial Litigation
Herbert A. Hedden- Franchise Law
Bruce R. Henke- Corporate Law
Reginald W. Jackson- Bankruptcy, Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Dan L. Jaffe- Tax Law
Benita A. Kahn- Energy Law
John K. Keller- Oil & Gas Law
James P. Kennedy- Antitrust Law
William D. Kloss, Jr.- Personal Injury Litigation
Mark A. Knueve- Labor and Employment Law
John J. Kulewicz- Appellate Law
John L. Landolfi- Commercial Litigation
Randall D. LaTour- Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Michael G. Long- Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
Judith L. Marsh- Banking Law
Linda R. Mendel- Employee Benefits Law
Daniel J. Minor- Real Estate Law
Robert Allen Minor- Workers' Compensation Law
Jonathan M. Norman- Labor and Employment Law
Christopher J. North- Labor and Employment Law
M. Howard Petricoff- Energy Law
James E. Phillips- Criminal Defense: White Collar
William J. Pohlman- Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law
William G. Porter II- Commercial Litigation
Alan T. Radnor- Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation
Suzanne K. Richards- Alternative Dispute Resolution, Labor and Employment Law
Thomas B. Ridgley- Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation
Aaron P. Rosenfeld- Commercial Litigation, Tax Law
Russell R. Rosler- Corporate Law
Ronald L. Rowland- Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Thomas O. Ruby- Banking Law, Equipment Finance Law
Daniel H. Schoedinger- Land Use & Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
Richard D. Schuster- Commercial Litigation
Robert J. Sidman- Bankruptcy, Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Bradley K. Sinnott- Workers' Compensation Law
Andrew C. Smith- Labor and Employment Law
David A. Swift - Trusts and Estates
Jill S. Tangeman- Land Use & Zoning Law
Thomas M. Tarpy- Labor and Employment Law
Mark E. Vannatta- Non-Profit/Charities Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
John C. Vorys- Banking Law, Corporate Law
Travis J. Wahl- Banking Law
Kristin L. Watt- Environmental Law
John B. Weimer- Banking Law, Equipment Finance Law
John P. Wellner- Real Estate Law
Robert W. Werth- Real Estate Law
James A. Wilson- Antitrust Law
Scott J. Ziance- Public Finance Law
Best Lawyers from the Washington, D.C. office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP include:
Pamela A. Bresnahan- Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law
Best Lawyers from the Cleveland office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP include:
Matthew E. Albers- Health Care Law
Bryan J. Farkas- Bankruptcy, Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
James J. McMonagle- Alternative Dispute Resolution
Anthony J. O’Malley- Commercial Litigation
Drew T. Parobek- Bankruptcy, Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
John Winship Read- Commercial Litigation
David J. Tocco- Commercial Litigation
Best Lawyers from the Cincinnati office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP include:
Melvin A. Bedree- Banking Law, Franchise Law
Charles C. Bissinger, Jr.- Real Estate Law
Kent A. Britt- Commercial Litigation
Daniel J. Buckley- Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation
Thomas L. Gabelman- Construction Law
David A. Groenke- Trusts and Estates
William D. Hayes- Environmental Law
Hani R. Kallas- Banking Law
Nathaniel Lampley, Jr.- Commercial Litigation
Roger E. Lautzenhiser, Jr.- Corporate Law
Mark A. Norman- Environmental Law
Michael G. Schwartz- Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Donald J. Shuller- Real Estate Law
Victor A. Walton, Jr.- Commercial Litigation
Glenn V. Whitaker- Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Best Lawyers from the Akron office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP include:
F. Daniel Balmert- Workers’ Compensation Law
Philip F. Downey- Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
Philip A. Lloyd- Banking Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Jay P. Porter- Real Estate Law
J. Bret Treier- Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law
Thomas R. Trotter- Banking Law, Public Finance Law
