Class Notes Theodore P. Mattis ’91, a partner in the Columbus office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, was recognized as a leader in the areas of commercial litigation and workers’ compensation law in The Best Lawyers in America 2014. He is a member of the firm’s health care and litigation groups. Kara J. Trott ’91 and the company for which she serves as CEO, Quantum Health, were named to the Women Presidents’ Organization’s 2013 list of “50 Fastest-Growing WomenOwned/Led Companies in North America.” Quantum Health jumped up 18 spots to the 26th spot. It’s the second consecutive year that the company has been included on the list. Robert A. Harris ’92, a partner in the Columbus office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, was recognized as a leader in the areas of employment law management in The Best Lawyers in America 2014. He is a member of the labor and employment and immigration practice areas. Lance A. Morrison ’92 has joined Cortland Banks as vice president, general counsel, and director of human resources. Morrison has 21 years of experience in employment law, commercial real estate, corporate law, and business law. He lives in Beaver Township, Ohio with his wife, Geneen Marie, and their two daughters, Katharine and Olivia.
Curt Werren ’92 has been appointed by Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich to the Stark County Court of Common Pleas. He has been an attorney and partner with Day Ketterer, Ltd. and was recently serving as CEO and director of the Stark County Red Cross.
Joseph P. Koncelik ’93 has joined the Cleveland office of Tucker Ellis LLP as counsel. Koncelik practices in the areas of environmental law and oil and gas. Before entering private practice in 2007, he held several senior management positions at the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and served as an Ohio assistant attorney general in the Environmental Enforcement Section.
Jennifer Bibart Dunsizer ’93, of counsel in the Columbus office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, was recognized as a leading lawyer in the area of employee benefits and executive compensation by Chambers USA in 2013. She is a member of the firm’s labor and employment group.
Lee M. Stautberg ’93, a partner in Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Cincinnati office, has been recognized as a leader in the areas of tax litigation and controversy, trusts and estates litigation, tax law, and trusts and estates in The Best Lawyers in America 2014. She
directs her primary attention to the needs of privately held businesses and their owners, where she serves as attorney and trusted advisor on business issues as well as tax and estate planning. Erika L. Haupt ’94, partner-incharge in the Columbus office of Roetzel & Andress, was recognized as a leading lawyer in the areas of trusts and estates litigation and trusts and estates by The Best Lawyers in America 2014. Haupt focuses her practice on wealth transfer and estate planning matters.
BIG CASE, BIG DEAL
Michael . Montgomery ’99
Breaden Douthett ’91
Breaden M. Douthett ’91 and Michael J. Montgomery ’99 recently completed a bench trial in a bankruptcy adversary proceeding related to the multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme conducted through Akron-based Fair Finance Co. The action related to a series of insider loans made to Daniel Laikin, a former Fair director. After years of contentious litigation, the trial culminated in the court finding Laikin liable for $32.9 million in addition to attorney fees. In a press release, the trustee for the Fair Finance estate remarked that the litigation team from Baker & Hostetler LLP, led by Douthett and Montgomery, “worked extremely hard to bring this judgment forward” and that he “could not be more pleased with this just result.” Douthett and Montgomery are members of Baker Hostetler’s litigation group, working out of the firm’s Cleveland office. Their practices focus on complex commercial and appellate litigation.
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