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August 19, 2021 / Press Release

101 Porter Wright Attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers®

The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: “Ones to Watch”

Porter Wright is pleased to announce that 101 attorneys from across the firm’s eight offices located in Florida, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: “Ones to Watch.”

Four Porter Wright attorneys were named to Best Lawyers’ "Lawyer of the Year" list. The Best Lawyers® selection process is rigorous and comprehensive, involving detailed evaluations of attorneys by their peers.

Complete listing of Porter Wright attorneys recognized by 2022 Best Lawyers in America®:

Best Lawyers® 2022 "Lawyers of the Year":

  • Donald J. Fisher- Banking and Finance Law, Cleveland
  • H. Grant Stephenson - Equipment Finance Law, Columbus
  • James P. Botti - Commercial Transactions / UCC Law, Columbus
  • Ronald L. Hicks, Jr. - Litigation - Real Estate, Pittsburgh

Porter Wright attorneys included in Best Lawyers® 2022:

Chicago, Illinois:

  • Ira J. Belcove - Insurance Law
  • Randi Ellias - Insurance Law
  • Robert N. Hermes - Insurance Law
  • Andrew D. Shapiro - Antitrust Law
  • Teresa Snider - Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance

Cincinnati, Ohio:

  • Susan K. Cliffel - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Holly D. Kozlowski - Patent Law
  • T. Stephen Phillips - Trusts and Estates
  • John S. Stith - Corporate Law
  • Carolyn A. Taggart - Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Cleveland, Ohio:

  • Rebecca Kucera Fischer - Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
  • Donald J. Fisher - Banking and Finance Law
  • Rebecca Kopp Levine - Employment Law - Management
  • Matthew H. Matheney - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy
  • Hugh E. McKay - Commercial Litigation
  • Jill G. Okun - Commercial Litigation
  • Fred J. Pompeani - Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
  • Michael P. Shuster - Real Estate Law
  • Nathaniel R. Sinn - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Tracey L. Turnbull - Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, Employment Law – Management

Columbus, Ohio:

  • Karim A. Ali - Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
  • John C. Beeler - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • David S. Bloomfield, Jr. - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Trusts and Estates
  • James P. Botti - Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Finance Law, Commercial Transactions / UCC Law, Equipment Finance Law, Litigation - Banking and Finance
  • Brian L. Buzby - Construction Law
  • Robert H. Cohen - Immigration Law
  • Molly S. Crabtree - Commercial Litigation
  • James D. Curphey - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions, Litigation - Patent
  • Greg M. Daugherty - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Joyce D. Edelman - Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
  • Andrew C. Emerson  - Energy Law
  • Timothy E. Grady - Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law, Commercial Transactions / UCC Law, Equipment Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law
  • Jack Gravelle - Corporate Governance Law
  • Brian D. Hall - Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment, Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
  • Polly J. Harris - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy
  • Richard J. Helmreich - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Litigation - ERISA
  • L. Bradfield Hughes - Commercial Litigation
  • C. Andrew Ireton, Jr. - Trusts and Estates
  • Robert J. Karl - Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental
  • Lori-Lou Kimm - Trusts and Estates
  • James A. King - Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law
  • Curtis A. Loveland - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Richard C. McQuown - Corporate Law
  • Dixon F. Miller - Corporate Law
  • Elizabeth L. Moyo - Commercial Litigation
  • Scott North - Commercial Litigation, Energy Regulatory Law
  • Fred G. Pressley, Jr. - Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • James H. Prior - Banking and Finance Law, Equipment Finance Law
  • Diane C. Reichwein - Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment, Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
  • Donna M. Ruscitti - Copyright Law, Technology Law
  • Christopher C. Russell  -  Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
  • Edward M. Segelken - Trusts and Estates
  • Ryan P. Sherman - Construction Law
  • David P. Shouvlin - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Jeremy D. Siegfried - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Mark S. Stemm - Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • John M. Stephen - Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management
  • H. Grant Stephenson - Banking and Finance Law, Equipment Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law
  • Robert J. Tannous - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Richard Terapak - Litigation - Health Care
  • Brett P. Thornton - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Robert W. Trafford - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions, Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Litigation - Securities
  • David A. Tumen - Tax Law
  • Michael J. Underwood - Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • Charles C. Warner - Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment, Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • Franck G. Wobst - Employment Law - Management
  • Jay A. Yurkiw - Commercial Litigation

Dayton, Ohio:

  • Caroline H. Gentry - Commercial Litigation
  • John L. Green - Health Care Law
  • Thomas A. Holton - Corporate Law
  • Walter Reynolds - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation

Naples, Florida:

  • Marve Ann M. Alaimo  - Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
  • W. Jeffrey Cecil - Real Estate Law
  • Theodore R. Walters - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:

  • Ronald L. Hicks, Jr. - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Bankruptcy, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Real Estate
  • Thomas S. Jones - Commercial Litigation
  • Charles F. Pegher - Trusts and Estates

Washington, D.C.:

  • Judd L. Kessler - International Arbitration - Commercial, International Arbitration - Governmental

Porter Wright attorneys included in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 2021:

Cincinnati, Ohio:

  • Ana P. Crawford - Commercial Litigation
  • Christopher J. Dutton - Commercial Litigation, Construction Law
  • Zachary A. El-Sawaf - Commercial Litigation, Construction Law
  • Justin J. Joyce - Commercial Litigation
  • Allie J. Krueger - Patent Law
  • Liane H. Rousseau - Litigation - Intellectual Property

Columbus, Ohio:

  • Allen T. Carter - Commercial Litigation
  • Jourdan D. Day - Labor and Employment Law - Management
  • Katja Garvey - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Technology Law
  • Jason T. Gerken - Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
  • William D. Gutmann - Real Estate Law
  • Steven D. Hoying - Real Estate Law
  • C. Darcy Jalandoni - Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
  • Jared M. Klaus - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Environmental
  • Matthew P. Navarre - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Ryan T. Steele - Corporate Law
  • W. Hunter West - Commercial Litigation
  • Megan E. Whited - Corporate Law

Dayton, Ohio:

  • Jyllian R. Bradshaw - Education Law, Labor and Employment Law – Management

Naples, Florida:

  • Michael A. Sneeringer - Trusts and Estates, Naples, FL
  • Sara K. White - Commercial Litigation, Naples, FL

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:

  • David M. Belczyk - Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  • David I. Kelch - Commercial Litigation