CONGRATULATIONS to our attorneys selected for inclusion in the 2016 Edition of The Best Lawyers In America
2016 SURVEY RESULTS NEW PHILADELPHIA KASTNER WESTMAN & WILKINS KRUGLIAK, WILKINS, GRIFFITHS & DOUGHERTY
Matthew P. Mullen*
Michael S. McMahon Gregory J. DeGulis David E. Nash Louis L. McMahon Suzanne M. Fisher-Edwards Andrea M. Salimbene
Keith L. Pryatel (LE*, LU)
RICHARD L. WILLIGER
Richard L. Williger (EI, EM)
NORTH CANTON ROETZEL & ANDRESS BAKER, DUBLIKAR, BECK, WILEY & MATHEWS
Gregory A. Beck, James F. Mathews, Donald P. Wiley
Paul L. Jackson (EM, LM, LU)
VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE
Thomas R. Crookes (EM)
LITTLER MENDELSON
John T. Billick (EM, LM), Craig Brown (EM), Frank W. Buck (EM, LE*, LM), Robert P. Duvin (EM, LM), Lee J. Hutton (EM, LE*, LM), Janette M. Louard (EM), Andrew C. Meyer (EM, LE*, LM), Stephen J. Sferra (EM, LM), Robert M. Wolff (EM, LE*)
ALLIANCE MARGOLIUS, MARGOLIUS & ASSOCIATES Andrew Margolius (EI) WESTLAKE KRUGLIAK, WILKINS, GRIFFITHS &
SEELEY, SAVIDGE, EBERT & GOURASH
Robert D. Anderle, Daniel F. Gourash
Michael S. McMahon was also named the Best Lawyers 2016 Cleveland Environmental “Lawyer of the Year.” We are very proud of our past “Lawyer of the Year” recipients: Louis L. McMahon | 2015 Cleveland Environmental Gregory J. DeGulis | 2014 Cleveland Litigation - Environmental David E. Nash | 2013 Cleveland Environmental Michael S. McMahon | 2011 Cleveland Environmental
DOUGHERTY
Scott M. Zurakowski (EI, EM, LE*)
CANTON
MCCARTHY, LEBIT, CRYSTAL & LIFFMAN
Robert T. Glickman (LE*),
Ellen S. Simon (EI) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW DAY KETTERER James R. Blake (EM, LE*, LM), Jill C. OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART AKRON McQueen (EM, LM)
HAHN LOESER & PARKS
Louis F. Wagner (IP*, P, P*, T)
RENNER, KENNER, GREIVE, BOBAK, TAYLOR & WEBER
Ray L. Weber (IP*, P*, T)
KRUGLIAK, WILKINS, GRIFFITHS & DOUGHERTY
John Bogniard (EM, LM), Leslie Iams Kuntz (EM, LM), Karen Soehnlen McQueen (EM, LE*, LM)
Thomas H. Barnard (LE*, LM), Rebecca Bennett (EM, LM), Wade M. Fricke (EM, LM), John Gerak (EM, LE*, LM), Bruce G. Hearey (LE*), Ellen Toth (LE*, LM)
ROETZEL & ANDRESS
MILLIGAN PUSATERI
PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR
VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE
THE LAW OFFICE OF JAMES J. COLLUM
ROLF GOFFMAN MARTIN LANG
Paul J. Pusateri (EI, LE*)
Ronald S. Kopp (IP*) Mark A. Watkins (IP*, P, T)
James J. Collum (LE*)
CANTON TZANGAS PLAKAS MANNOS
BUCKINGHAM, DOOLITTLE & BURROUGHS Mark J. Skakun III (IP*, P*) 330.492.8717 | page 2 DURESKA, KENNEDY & MOORE
David P. Dureska (C, P, P*, T)
SAND & SEBOLT
Joseph A. Sebolt (C, IP*, P, P*, T)
David L. Dingwell (EI, EM, LE*)
CLEVELAND BAKER & HOSTETLER
Elliot S. Azoff (EM, LM), Todd A. Dawson (LE*, LM), John B. Lewis (EM, LE*, LM), Gregory V. Mersol (EM, LE*, LM), Thomas M. Seger (EM, LM), Martin T. Wymer (EM, LE*, LM)
CHESTERLAND BENESCH, FRIEDLANDER, COPLAN &
Rebecca Kopp Levine (EM) Robert C. Pivonka II (LM)
SCHWARTZ DOWNEY & COMPANY
Niki Z. Schwartz (LE*)
SCHWARZWALD MCNAIR & FUSCO
Eben O. McNair IV (LU)
SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS
W. Michael Hanna (EM, LM), Susan C. Hastings (EM, LE*, LM), Jeffrey J. Wedel (EM, LE*)
TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER
Mark J. Valponi (EM, LE*)
THORMAN PETROV GROUP
Daniel P. Petrov (EI), Christopher P. Thorman (EI, LE*) Yelena B. Boxer (LE*), Maynard A. Buck (EM, LE*, LM), Joseph N. TUCKER ELLIS CLEVELAND Gross (LE*), Peter N. Kirsanow Carl F. Muller (EI, EM, LE*), Thomas (EM, LE*, LM), Steven M. Moss (EM, R. Simmons (EM) BAKER & HOSTETLER LE*, LM), Robert A. Zimmerman Richard M. Knoth (IP*, P*), ULMER & BERNE (EM, LE*) Thomas H. Shunk (IP*), Deborah Timothy Downing (LE*), Jeffrey A. Wilcox (T) S. Dunlap (EM, LE*), William D. BOLEK BESSER GLESIUS Edwards (EM), Mark D. Katz (EM, Matthew D. Besser (EI), Cathleen CALFEE, HALTER & GRISWOLD LE*), Stephen A. Markus (EM, M. Bolek (EI, EM), Amy S. Glesius John S. Cipolla (IP*) LE*, LM, LU), Stephanie Dutchess (EI, LE*) FRANTZ WARD Trudeau (EM, LE*, LM), Michael N. BUCKINGHAM, DOOLITTLE & James B. Niehaus (IP*), M. Neal Ungar (LE*) LAW OFFICE OF JENNY SHEAFFER
ARONOFF
Jenny L. Sheaffer (P*)
ATTORNEYS |
Environmental | Safety | Litigation
The Caxton Building | 812 Huron Road, Suite 650 | Cleveland, OH 44115
BURROUGHS Gerald B. Chattman (EM) 216.621.5300 | page 2
Rains (IP*) 216.515.1660 | page 11
JONES DAY
David B. Cochran (C, IP*, P*), Robert P. Ducatman (IP*, P*), Calvin P. Griffith (IP*)
KAUFMAN & COMPANY
Steven S. Kaufman (IP*)
MCDONALD HOPKINS
David B. Cupar (P)
Ohio Medical Malpractice & Personal Injury Attorneys U.S. News – Best Lawyers, 2016 “Best Law Firms” First Tier Professional Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs in Cleveland
PEARNE & GORDON
Stephen S. Wentsler (P)
REMINGER
Roy Hulme (IP*)
SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS
CALFEE, HALTER & GRISWOLD
John R. Cernelich (EM, LM)
CARYN GROEDEL & ASSOCIATES
Caryn Markowitz Groedel (EI)
ELFVIN & BESSER
Barbara Kaye Besser (EI, EM, LM), Bruce B. Elfvin (EI, LE*)
FISHER & PHILLIPS
Terry E. Lardakis (EM, LM), Richard A. Millisor (EM, LM), Steven M. Nobil (EM, LE*, LM), David E. Schreiner (EM, LM)
Steven M. Auvil (IP*, P*)
VALORE & GORDILLO
Gregory A. Gordillo (EI)
VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE
Barton A. Bixenstine (EM, LE*)
WALTER HAVERFIELD
Marc J. Bloch (LE*)
WESTON HURD
John S. Kluznik (EI, EM, LE*, LM)
ZASHIN & RICH
George S. Crisci (EM, LE*, LM), Jon M. Dileno (EM), Stephen S. Zashin (LE*, LM)
NORTH CANTON BAKER, DUBLIKAR, BECK, WILEY & MATHEWS
FRANTZ WARD Robert Tscholl (EI, EM, LE*, LU) Keith A. Ashmus (EM, LE*, LM), MORROW & MEYER T. Merritt Bumpass, Jr. (EM, LM), Robert C. Meyer (EM, LE*), Tod T. Michael N. Chesney (EM, LE*), Morrow (EM, LM), Mary E. Reynolds Michael J. Frantz (EM, LM), Carl H. (EM, LE*, LM) TUCKER ELLIS Gluek (EM), Joel R. Hlavaty (EM, LE*, Harry D. Cornett, Jr. (IP*) LM), Brian J. Kelly (EM, LE*), Daniel A. PAINESVILLE VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE DWORKEN & BERNSTEIN Ward (EM, LE*, LM) Michael J. Garvin (IP*, P, T) Patrick J. Perotti (EI) 216.515.1660 | page 11 HUDSON GIFFEN & KAMINSKI LAND USE & ZONING LAW Diane Citrino (LE*), Kerin Lyn AKRON MOXON & ASSOCIATES Kaminski (EM) George W. Moxon II (P, T) BROUSE MCDOWELL 330.653.3113 | page 15 Irving B. Sugerman GOLDSTEIN GRAGEL Joyce Goldstein (EI, LE*) BEACHWOOD INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION HABER POLK KABAT BERNS, OCKNER & GREENBERGER TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER
Michael H. Diamant (IP*), David H. Wallace (IP*)
CLEVELAND Howard D. Mishkind, Esq. hmishkind@mishkindlaw.com
David A. Kulwicki, Esq. dkulwicki@mishkindlaw.com
MISHKIND KULWICKI L AW
(formerly Mishkind Law Firm) has earned its reputation as one of Ohio’s leading plaintiff litigation firms by standing up for the rights of those injured by preventable and avoidable conduct that leads to serious personal injury and wrongful death. Our team of caring lawyers and nurses handle complex catastrophic injury cases arising out of medical/hospital errors and trucking and automobile crashes. Howard D. Mishkind and David A. Kulwicki have tried over 100 lawsuits to verdict and have recovered over $200 million on behalf of their deserving clients.
TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER
Michael H. Diamant (G)
HAHN LOESER & PARKS
Robert A. Ross
| NORTHEAST OHIO
Suellen Oswald (EM, LM), James M. Stone (LE*, LM)
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW Stanley Weiner (LM) AKRON JORDAN RESOLUTIONS BUCKINGHAM, DOOLITTLE & BURROUGHS Susan C. Rodgers (EM, LE*, LM) 330.376.5300 | page 2
DEBORAH SESEK ATTORNEY AT LAW
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W. Eric Baisden (LM), Richard T. Prasse (EM, LM)
JONES DAY
Daniel L. Bell (EM)
216-595-1900 | toll free 1-866-463-3625 | www.mishkindlaw.com
HAHN LOESER & PARKS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FINANCE LAW JACKSON LEWIS Jeffrey Keiper (EM, LM), CLEVELAND Daniel L. Messeloff (EM),
DANIEL L. BELL
phone
Richard C. Haber (LE*), Shannon J. Polk (EM, LE*)
Deborah Sesek (LM)
Michael J. Jordan (LE*)
KOEHLER FITZGERALD
Dianne V. Foley (EM, LE*)
LAW FIRM OF DAVID A. YOUNG
David A. Young (EI)
Sheldon Berns**, Gary Werner
CLEVELAND BUCKINGHAM, DOOLITTLE & BURROUGHS John P. Slagter 216.621.5300 | page 2 THACKER MARTINSEK
Mark I. Wallach*
WALTER HAVERFIELD
R. Todd Hunt, Charles T. Riehl*
LEGAL MALPRACTICE LAW CHAGRIN FALLS STEPHEN G. THOMAS
Stephen G. Thomas (P)
CLEVELAND GALLAGHER SHARP
Robert H. Eddy (D), Alan M. Petrov (D)
MOSCARINO & TREU
George M. Moscarino (D)
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