Cincy LEADING LAWYERS 2017 [ Alphabetical by Specialty ]
ANTITRUST & TRADE REGULATION
Paige L. Ellerman FROST BROWN TODD LLC
BUSINESS & EMERGING COMPANIES
Mark T. Hayden TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
George Jack Donson Jr. TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
Eric Goering GOERING & GOERING
Patrick Nesbitt PATRICK NESBITT ATTORNEY
W.B. (Bill) Markovits MARKOVITS, STOCK & DEMARCO, LLC
Timothy J. Hurley TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
BUSINESS GENERAL & COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
Mary Henkel VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR & PEASE LLP
Kevin E. Irwin KEATING MUETHING & KLEKAMP PLL
William T. (Bill) Robinson III FROST BROWN TODD LLC
Stephen D. Lerner SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS, LLP
BUSINESS LITIGATION
Beth Naylor FROST BROWN TODD LLC
Kent Britt VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR & PEASE LLP
John J. Reister MILLIKIN & FITTON LAW FIRM
Mark L. Silbersack DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP
ANTITRUST LAW & APPELLATE LITIGATION
Kim Lewis DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP
Matthew C. Blickensderfer FROST BROWN TODD LLC
Alan J. Statman STATMAN, HARRIS & EYRICH LLC
BANKING
BIOTECH
Reuel D. Ash ULMER & BERNE LLP James Dressman III DRESSMAN BENZINGER LAVELLE
BANKRUPTCY Philomena Saldanha Ashdown STRAUSS & TROY LPA Richard Boydston BINGHAM GREENEBAUM DOLL LLP J. Michael Debbeler GRAYDON HEAD & RITCHEY LLP
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Eric Richardson VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR & PEASE LLP
Daniel J. Buckley VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR & PEASE LLP
Randall S. Jackson Jr. WOOD, HERRON & EVANS LLP
James E. Burke KEATING MUETHING & KLEKAMP PLL
David E. Jefferies WOOD HERRON & EVANS LLP
Grant Cowan FROST BROWN TODD LLC
Joseph P. Thomas ULMER & BERNE LLP
Jack F. Fuchs THOMPSON HINE LLP
BUSINESS
Lou Gilligan KEATING MUETHING & KLEKAMP PLL
W. Ashley Hess BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
Jeffrey P. Harris STATMAN, HARRIS & EYRICH LLC
Nathaniel Lampley Jr. VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR & PEASE LLP
Russell S. Sayre TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP Christina Sprecher FROST BROWN TODD LLC Mark A. Vander Laan DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP Victor A. Walton Jr. VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR & PEASE LLP Glenn V. Whitaker VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR & PEASE LLP
CULTURE
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BUSINESS, GENERAL Stephen S. Holmes CORS & BASSETT LLC Jonathan D. Sams TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP Michael T. Sutton RAINES BUECHEL CONLEY DUSING & SUTTON PLLC George H. Vincent DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP
CIVIL LITIGATION Mark G. Arnzen ARNZEN MOLLOY STORM & TURNER PSC Deepak Desai SANTEN & HUGHES Michael Eagen DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP Alphonse Gerhardstein GERHARDSTEIN & BRANCH Brian Goldwasser WHITE, GETGEY & MEYER CO., LPA David P. Kamp WHITE, GETGEY & MEYER CO., LPA Jeffrey C. Mando ADAMS, STEPNER, WOLTERMANN & DUSING PLLC
Paul Martins HELMER, MARTINS, RICE & POPHAM James F. McCarthy KATZ, TELLER Robert A. Pitcairn Jr. KATZ, TELLER Donald L. Stepner ADAMS, STEPNER, WOLTERMANN & DUSING PLLC
CIVIL LITIGATION, BUSINESS, GENERAL John Nalbandian TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
CIVIL LITIGATION, EMPLOYMENT Robert Hojnoski REMINGER, CO. LPA
CIVIL LITIGATION, FALSE CLAIMS ACT James Helmer HELMER, MARTINS, RICE & POPHAM
CIVIL LITIGATION, GENERAL PRACTICE Todd McMurtry HEMMER DEFRANK WESSELS, PLLC
CIVIL LITIGATION, PRODUCT LIABILITY, MALPRACTICE
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION Steven C. Coffaro KEATING MUETHING & KLEKAMP PLL
Brian Hurley SCHROEDER, MAUNDRELL, BARBIERE & POWERS
CLASS ACTION/PRODUCT LIABILITY Tiffany Reece Clark THE DAVID J. JOESPH COMPANY Frank C. Woodside III DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP
COMMERCIAL, SECURITIES Matthew Parrish CALFEE HALTER & GRISWOLD LLP
COMMUNICATIONS & MEDIA Susan Grogan Faller FROST BROWN TODD LLC Stephen E. Gillen WOOD HERRON & EVANS LLP
Michael Suffern ULMER & BERNE LLP
COMPUTER, INTERNET & E-COMMERCE
COMMERCIAL & CONTRACT Charles C. Bissinger Jr. VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR & PEASE LLP Jeffrey S. Schloemer TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP Joanne M. Schreiner DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP
Alan J. Hartman ULMER & BERNE LLP
COMPUTER, INTERNET & E-COMMERCE, CONSTRUCTION Steven W. Weeks TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
CONSTRUCTION
COMMERCIAL FINANCE Hani R. Kallas VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR & PEASE LLP
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W. Roger Fry RENDIGS, FRY, KIELY & DENNIS LLP
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Cincy LEADING LAWYERS 2017 D. Scott Gurney FROST BROWN TODD LLC
Jeffrey L. Rohr GRAYDON HEAD & RITCHEY LLP
Gregory S. French FRENCH LAW OFFICES
Thomas T. Terp TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
Mark H. Klusmeier MARK H. KLUSMEIER ATTORNEY
CORPORATE LENDING, REAL ESTATE
Janet E. Pecquet BECKMAN WEIL SHEPARDSON LLC
FAMILY
Leonard A. Weakley Jr. JEDSON ENGINEERING
Stephen M. Griffith Jr. TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
EMERGING COMPANIES
Trista Goldberg BETH SILVERMAN & ASSOCIATES
CONSTRUCTION, PATENT
CORPORATE, TAX & WEALTH PLANNING
George D. Molinsky TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
FAMILY/DOMESTIC RELATIONS
David J. Willbrand THOMPSON HINE LLP
Gregory L. Adams CROSWELL & ADAMS CO. LPA
James Zimmerman TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
Phyllis G. Bossin PHYLLIS G. BOSSIN & ASSOCIATES LPA
Joseph Cleves TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
Ben Wells DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP
COPYRIGHT
CORPORATE/SECURITIES
Karen Gaunt DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP
COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARK Louis K. Ebling THOMPSON HINE LLP
Bridget C. Hoffman TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
EMERGING COMPANIES/ VENTURE CAPITAL
CORPORATION/ PARTNERSHIP
Robert W. McDonald TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
EMPLOYMENT
Stephanie A. Dietz DIETZ & OVERMANN PLLC Barbara J. Howard BARBARA J. HOWARD CO. LPA
Kenneth B. Germain WOOD HERRON & EVANS LLP
Tom Bosse THE LAW OFFICES OF THOMAS W. BOSSE, PLLC
Doreen Canton TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
Lori E. Krafte WOOD HERRON & EVANS LLP
Calvin D. Buford DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP
David Holcombe BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
Margaret A. Lawson TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
Mark J. Jahnke KATZ, TELLER
Michael A. Laing TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
Michael A. Marrero ULMER & BERNE LLP
C. Christopher Muth DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP
EMPLOYMENT & LABOR
R. Guy Taft STRAUSS & TROY LPA
CRIMINAL
David T. Croall PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR
Jonathan Fox LYONS & LYONS
Randolph H. Freking FREKING MYERS & REUL, LLC
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
Michael Glassman DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP
Michael O’Grady FROST BROWN TODD LLC
Mark D. Guilfoyle DRESSMAN BENZINGER LAVELLE
FIRST AMENDMENT
CORPORATE Andrew R. Berger KATZ, TELLER
Perry Leslie Ancona PERRY L. ANCONA CO. LPA
David DeVita DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP
Martin S. Pinales PINALES STACHLER YOUNG BURRELL & CROUSE CO LPA
Neil Ganulin FROST BROWN TODD LLC Brian C. Judkins DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP
Peter Rosenwald PETER ROSENWALD ATTORNEY AT LAW
Michael W. Hawkins DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP
Wijdan Jreisat KATZ, TELLER Mary Ellen Malas KEATING MUETHING & KLEKAMP PLL Adrienne J. Roach KEATING MUETHING & KLEKAMP PLL Jeffrey M. Rollman ROLLMAN HANDORF & CONYERS LLC Timothy B. Theissen STRAUSS & TROY LPA
FINANCE & BANKRUPTCY
John C. Greiner GRAYDON HEAD & RITCHEY LLP
Marc D. Mezibov MEZIBOV BUTLER
FIRST AMENDMENT, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Monica Dias FROST BROWN TODD LLC
CRIMINAL LAW
Chuck Roesch DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP
Susan Zaunbrecher DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP
R. Scott Croswell III CROSWELL & ADAMS CO. LPA
C.J. Schmidt III WOOD & LAMPING LLP
FIRST AMENDMENT/ CRIMINAL LAW
CORPORATE & BANKRUPTCY
Robert S. Fischer TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
EMPLOYMENT LAW & ESTATE PLANNING
H. Louis Sirkin SANTEN & HUGHES
Louis F. Solimine THOMPSON HINE LLP
DUI
Eric G. Bruestle ROETZEL & ANDRESS LPA
Michael J. Moeddel KEATING MUETHING & KLEKAMP PLL
CORPORATE FINANCE Tracey A. Puthoff TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
CORPORATE FINANCE, REAL ESTATE Edward D. Diller TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
CORPORATE LAW Karen Renz GRAYDON HEAD & RITCHEY LLP
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Steven R. Adams THE LAW OFFICES OF STEVEN R. ADAMS, LLC
EMPLOYMENT, CIVIL LITGATION
GENERAL LITIGATION Theresa L. Nelson STRAUSS & TROY LPA Thomas A. Nelson SWEENEY & FISER PLLC
Robert Lyons LYONS & LYONS
Robert Maxwell KEATING MUETHING & KLEKAMP PLL
Joseph B. Suhre IV SUHRE & ASSOCIATES LLC
ENVIRONMENTAL
GOVERNMENTAL, EMPLOYMENT
ELDER LAW
Robert A. Bilott TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
Anthony Springer US ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
Jennifer Anstaett WOOD & LAMPING LLP
Kim K. Burke TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
GOVERNMENTAL/PUBLIC FINANCE
Matthew L. Darpel MATTHEW L. DARPEL PSC
William D. Hayes FROST BROWN TODD LLC
Bradley N. Ruwe DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP
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Cincy LEADING LAWYERS 2017 HEALTH CARE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
William M. Freedman DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP
Jennifer C. Wolfe WOLFE, SADLER, BREEN, MORASCH & COLBY, LLC,
Thomas W. Kahle BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
INTERNATIONAL Paul Allaer THOMPSON HINE LLP
HEALTH LIFE SCIENCES Mark A. McAndrew TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
IMMIGRATION Chris Musillo MUSILLO UNKENHOLT
IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION Richard I. Fleischer FLEISCHER LAW FIRM LLC
INSURANCE Pamela Morgan Hodge KEATING MUETHING & KLEKAMP PLL Brian Sullivan DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP Thomas A. Sweeney SWEENEY & FISER PLLC
LITIGATION, CONSTRUCTION LAW
Michael A. Hirschfeld GRAYDON HEAD & RITCHEY LLP
Shannah J. Morris FROST BROWN TODD LLC
Edward E. Steiner KEATING MUETHING & KLEKAMP PLL
MALPRACTICE
NONPROFIT/TAX EXEMPT
Roger N. Braden BRADEN HUMFLEET & DEVINE, PLC
Michael R. Oestreicher THOMPSON HINE LLP
James P. Triona TRIONA & VOLLMAN LTD
David W. Burleigh BUECHNER HAFFER MEYERS & KOENIG CO. LPA
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
MEDIATION/ARBITRATION
Donald J. Mooney ULMER & BERNE LLP
Bea V. Larsen THE CENTER FOR RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES LLC
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
Ronald C. Christian TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
PATENT & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Glenn D. Bellamy WOOD HERRON & EVANS LLP David H. Brinkman WOOD HERRON & EVANS LLP
Gregory Parker Rogers TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
John D. Holschuh Jr. SANTEN & HUGHES
Daniel E. Burke GRAYDON HEAD & RITCHEY LLP
Joseph W. Shea III SHEA HARTMANN LLP
LITIGATION
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
David M. Lafkas EUREKA RANCH!
Daniel J. Donnellon BINGHAM GREENEBAUM DOLL LLP
B. Scott Boster ULMER & BERNE LLP
J. Dwight Poffenberger WOOD HERRON & EVANS LLP
Jack B. Harrison CORS & BASSETT LLC
Frank D. Chaiken THOMPSON HINE LLP
Kevin G. Rooney WOOD HERRON & EVANS LLP
Joseph R. Cruse Jr. LAW OFFICES OF JOSEPH R. CRUSE JR.
STEVEN R. ADAMS
MARK G. ARNZEN
GLENN BELLAMY
Steven R. Adams has practiced law for 25 years, and has been in the private practice since 2000. He focuses his practice to DUI and criminal defense. He has been deemed an expert witness in field testing and breath testing in Ohio. He has litigated cases all the way to the Ohio Supreme Court and won. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America. He is rated as AV-preeminent by the Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Peer Review. He has been named an Ohio Super Lawyers for seven consecutive years and recently named in the top 100 Lawyers in Ohio by Super Lawyers magazine. Steven is also a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National College of DUI Defense. He frequently speaks as a guest lecturer/speaker at legal conferences regarding DUI defense. The Law Office of Steven R. Adams is included in the Best Law Firms in America. He also co-authored a book,. Ohio OVI Defense The Law and Practice
Mark G. Arnzen is a principal in the law firm of Arnzen, Storm & Turner. He graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law. He is past president of the Kenton County Bar Association, past chairman of the Kentucky Board of Bar Examiners, and an appointee to the Disciplinary Inquiry Commission by the Kentucky Supreme Court. He is an adjunct professor at Chase College of Law. He has been recognized in Woodward & White’s Best Lawyer in America, is a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and a recipient of the 2015 Distinguished Lawyer Award presented by the Northern Kentucky Bar Association.
Glenn Bellamy is a Partner with Wood Herron & Evans LLP. Glenn has 29 years of intellectual property litigation, patent and trademark prosecution, and U.S. Customs enforcement experience. He counsels clients on strategic plans for IP protection of everything from video games to firearms and has litigated cases in federal courts and before the International Trade Commission. Glenn has a B.S. in Nuclear Medicine Technology, from the University of Cincinnati, 1984 and J.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, 1987.
The Law Offices of Steven R. Adams, LLC 8 W. Ninth St. Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 659-4442 notguiltyadams.com Practice Areas DUI and Criminal Defense
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Gerald Greenberg TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
Toshio Nakao TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW
Michael J. Zavatsky TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
Julia Meister TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
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Arnzen, Storm & Turner, P.S.C. 600 Greenup St. Covington, KY 41011 (859) 431-6100 marnzen@arnzenlaw.com Practice Areas Professional Malpractice Commercial Litigation Personal Injury
Wood Herron & Evans LLP 2700 Carew Tower, 441 Vine Street Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 241-2324 gbellamy@whe-law.com Practice Area Intellectual Property Law
PATENT, COPYRIGHT Steven Goldstein FROST BROWN TODD LLC
PRODUCT LIABILITY, PERSONAL INJURY Peter L. Ney RENDIGS, FRY, KIELY & DENNIS LLP
TAX Henry G. Alexander GRAYDON HEAD & RITCHEY LLP
TRUST, BUSINESS, GENERAL Susan Wheatley TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
REAL ESTATE
Mark A. Engel BRICKER & ECKLER LLP
Stephen R. Hunt ARONOFF ROSEN & HUNT LPA
Howard S. Levy VOORHEES & LEVY LLC
PERSONAL INJURY & BUSINESS LITIGATION
Scott P. Kadish ULMER & BERNE LLP
Patrick J. Mitchell TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
T. Lawrence Hicks CETRULO, MOWERY & HICKS
Stephen M. King THOMPSON HINE LLP
J. Shane Starkey THOMPSON HINE LLP
Ralph W. Kohnen TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
PERSONAL INJURY, CRIMINAL
Monica Donath Kohnen GRAYDON HEAD & RITCHEY LLP
TRUST & ESTATE PLANNING
Jeffrey Dehner ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CINCINNATI
Samuel M. Scoggins FROST BROWN TODD LLC
William J. Baechtold GRAYDON HEAD & RITCHEY LLP
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION Brian Thomas GRAYDON HEAD & RITCHEY LLP
RETIREMENT
PROBATE, ESTATE PLANNING
Diane Schneiderman EPISCOPAL RETIREMENT HOMES
William Graf GRAF STIEBEL & COYNE
C. Jeffrey Waite JEFFREY WAITE & ASSOCIATES CO. LPA
PERSONAL INJURY Blake Maislin LAW OFFICES OF BLAKE R. MAISLIN, LLC
Mark Reckman WOOD & LAMPING LLP
PROBATE, TRUST, PRODUCT LIABILITY Katrina Atkins Ashley DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP
SECURITIES Arthur F. McMahon III TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
SPORTS
WEALTH PLANNING & TAX LAW
William E. Hesch WILLIAM E. HESCH LAW FIRM
William F. Russo KATZ, TELLER
WHITE COLLAR CRIME
Daniel J. Hoffheimer TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP William L. Montague FROST BROWN TODD LLC
W. Stuart Dornette TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
PHYLLIS G. BOSSIN
DAVID H. BRINKMAN
FRANK D. CHAIKEN
Phyllis G. Bossin is a nationally recognized matrimonial lawyer who handles complex family law cases, including business valuations, high asset cases, complex compensation packages and high conflict custody cases. Ms. Bossin is a Diplomate in the American College of Family Trial Lawyers and a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. She is a past Chair of the Section of Family Law of the American Bar Association. She has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America for more than 15 years. She is a certified Family Law Relations Specialist in Ohio.
David H. Brinkman is a partner with Wood Herron & Evans LLP and is involved in all phases of the firm’s intellectual property practice. Admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1994, Mr. Brinkman is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and his expertise is concentrated in the areas of electronic, mechanical and electrical technologies. He has been selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America.
Frank leads Thompson Hine’s Corporate Transactions & Securities practice group, with over 80 attorneys in the firm’s seven offices. Frank is a trusted advisor to corporate executives on a wide range of transactional, legal and business issues, with a focus on M&A. He has particular expertise in cross-border international transactions, with a focus on German and Swiss companies, both here and abroad.
Phyllis G. Bossin & Associates 105 E. Fourth Street, Suite 1300 Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 421-4420 bossinlawemail@bossinlaw.com Practice Areas Litigation Negotiation Mediation Collaborative practice
Wood Herron & Evans LLP 2700 Carew Tower, 441 Vine Street Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 241-2324 dbrinkman@whe-law.com
Thompson Hine LLP 312 Walnut St., Suite 1400 Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 352-6550 frank.chaiken@thompsonhine.com thompsonhine.com
Practice Area Patent & Intellectual Property Law
Practice Area Corporate M&A and Transactions Education Boston College Law School, Newton, MA, JD 1987 Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, AB 1983 Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1978
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