Porter Wright once again is named as a leading law firm in the country by Chambers USA. In the Chambers USA Guide 2025, 21 of the firm’s attorneys and 11 of its practice areas are ranked according to independent and in-depth research by the Chambers and Partners research team.

Rob Cohen and Timothy Grady, both partners in the firm’s Columbus office, and Holly Kozlowski, a partner in the firm’s Cincinnati office, have each been ranked in Band 1, the highest ranking, for multiple years. Rob has been ranked in Immigration Band 1 for five years, Timothy has been ranked in Banking & Finance Band 1 for ten years and Holly has been ranked in Intellectual Property Band 1 for the third year in a row.

This year the firm has four newly ranked attorneys being recognized for their excellent work. Tami Kirby and Michael Shuster are each ranked in Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Chris Russell is ranked in Labor & Employment and Molly Crabtree is ranked in Litigation: General Commercial. These newly ranked attorneys reflect the firm’s continued growth and depth of talent across key practice areas.

Porter Wright’s ranked attorneys include:

• Christopher Baronzzi, Energy & Natural Resources – Ohio
• Ira Belcove, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance – Illinois
• Deborah Boiarsky, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – Ohio
• Andrew Bojko, Banking & Finance – Ohio
• Robert Brubaker, Environment – Ohio
• Rob Cohen, Immigration – Ohio (Band 1, highest ranking)
• Molly Crabtree, Litigation: General Commercial – Ohio
• Jennifer Edwards, Labor & Employment – Ohio: South & Central
• Timothy Grady, Banking & Finance – Ohio (Band 1, highest ranking)
• Richard Helmreich, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – Ohio
• Tami Hart Kirby, Bankruptcy/Restructuring – Ohio
• Holly Kozlowski, Intellectual Property – Ohio (Band 1, highest ranking)
• John McIntyre, Litigation: General Commercial – Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds
• Fred G Pressley Jr, Labor & Employment – Ohio: South & Central
• Christopher Russell, Labor & Employment – Ohio: South & Central
• Christopher Schraff, Environment – Ohio
• Edmund Searby, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations – Ohio
• Michael Shuster, Bankruptcy/Restructuring – Ohio
• Jeremy Siegfried, Corporate/M&A – Ohio: South & Central
• Teresa Snider, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance – Illinois
• Charles Warner, Labor & Employment – Ohio: South & Central

Eleven of the firm's practice areas are ranked among top levels in Ohio and Illinois in the 2025 guide. Ranked practice areas include:

• Banking & Finance – Ohio
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring – Ohio
• Corporate/M&A – Ohio: South & Central
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – Ohio
• Energy & Natural Resources – Ohio
• Immigration – Ohio
• Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance – Illinois
• Intellectual Property – Ohio
• Labor & Employment – Ohio: South & Central
• Litigation: General Commercial – Ohio
• Real Estate – Ohio

About Chambers USA

Chambers and Partners is an independent research company operating across 200 jurisdictions delivering detailed rankings and insight into the world's leading lawyers. Chambers conducts tens of thousands of interviews a year with in-house counsel and third-party experts, such as barristers and accountants, delivering detailed insight into providers of legal services. Rankings are based on these lawyer and client interviews, among other criteria, and aspects such as technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness and astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities that clients consider relevant.