Kegler Brown Receives Best Lawyers Rankings

The 2013 edition of U.S. News - Best Lawyers has awarded Kegler, Brown, Hill + Ritter a Tier 1 ranking in “Best Law Firms.” The publication has also selected several attorneys as “Lawyer of the Year.”

Kegler Brown was awarded the Best Law Firm Tier 1 ranking in Professional Malpractice Law- Defendants through a combination of client reviews and responses from lawyers in comparable firms, within the same practice area.

Lawyer of the Year is a selection process based on outstanding voting averages received from an extensive peer-review assessment the U.S. News - Best Lawyers team conducts with thousands of leading lawyers each year. For 2013, the following Kegler Brown Attorneys have been selected:

  • Ralph Breitfeller: Antitrust Law, 2013
  • Larry Feheley: Employment Law- Management, 2013
  • Mike Miller: Criminal Defense- White Collar, 2013
  • Geoff Stern: Professional Malpractice Law- Defendants, 2013
  • Roger P. Sugarman: Litigation- Securities, 2013

Kegler Brown also received Best Law Firm Tier 3 ranking for Commercial Litigation and Corporate Law, as well as numerous rankings for Columbus:

Tier 1 - Columbus-OH

  • Appellate Practice
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar - Governmental Investigations
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar - Litigation
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Eminent Domain & Condemnation
  • Litigation - Labor & Employment
  • Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Real Estate Law
  • Tax Law
  • Trusts & Estates Law
  • Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Tier 2 - Columbus-OH

  • Antitrust Law
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Corporate Compliance Law
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Gaming Law
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Legal Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
  • Litigation - Antitrust
  • Litigation - Banking & Finance
  • Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
  • Litigation - Securities
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Tier 3 - Columbus-OH

  • Energy Law
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property

About U.S. News - Best Lawyers
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