Porter Wright was once again named as a leading law firm by Chambers USA, one of the most authoritative referral guides of business law firms and lawyers in the nation. Ten of the firm's practice areas are ranked among top levels for the state of Ohio in the 2019 edition, including our newly formed Reinsurance Litigation & Arbitration group. This group, led by co-chairs Ira Belcove and Teresa Snider, has received the highest level "Band 1" ranking now for 14 years in a row.

Ranked practice areas include:

• Banking & Finance
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Corporate/M&A
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Intellectual Property
• Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance - Band 1 (highest level)
• Labor & Employment
• Litigation: General Commercial
• Natural Resources & Environment
• Real Estate

In addition, 24 Porter Wright attorneys were individually named as "Leaders in Their Field:"

• Ira Belcove, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance – Illinois
• James Botti, Bankruptcy/Restructuring - Ohio
• Andrew Bojko, Banking & Finance – Ohio
• Robert Brubaker, Natural Resources & Environment  Senior Statesmen - Ohio
• Timothy Grady, Banking & Finance – Ohio - Band 1 (highest level)
• Richard Helmreich, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – Ohio - Band 1 (highest level)
• Catherine Isely, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance – Illinois
• Judd Kessler, International Arbitration: Arbitrators – Nationwide - Band 1 (highest level)
• Holly Kozlowski, Intellectual Property - Ohio
• Curtis Loveland, Corporate/M&A – Ohio
• Robert McAdams, Healthcare- Ohio
• Hugh McKay, Litigation: General Commercial – Ohio
• Fred G Pressley Jr, Labor & Employment - Ohio
• James Prior, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – Ohio
• Robert Schmidt Jr, Natural Resources & Environment – Ohio
• Christopher Schraff , Natural Resources & Environment - Ohio - Band 1 (highest level)
• Teresa Snider, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance – Illinois
• John Stephen, Labor & Employment - Ohio
• Robert Tannous, Corporate/M&A – Ohio
• Kathleen Trafford, Litigation: General Commercial - Ohio
• Robert Trafford, Litigation: General Commercial - Ohio
• Michael Underwood, Labor & Employment - Ohio
• Charles Warner, Labor & Employment - Ohio
• Bill Weir, Real Estate - Ohio - Band 1 (highest level)

Chambers rankings are based on 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.