Firm Overview
At Kegler Brown, we pride ourselves on delivering exceptional value and results for our clients. As your strategic outside general counsel – We're On It.
Since 1964, Kegler Brown has provided trusted counsel to some of the world’s most renowned brands from our Ohio offices, offering a comprehensive range of legal services across more than 100 areas of practice.
Globally recognized for exceptional client service, Kegler Brown has been praised by Chambers USA for our “brilliant response times,” “amazingly responsive attorneys,” and strategic partnership with clients. And as a founding member of SCG Legal, we offer clients access to a network of over 120 firms and 12,000 lawyers worldwide, providing real-time insights into legislative and business developments on a global scale.
Our history is rooted in government and community leadership, with our attorneys leveraging experience in roles with the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, Ohio Governor’s Office, the Supreme Court of Ohio, and various federal and state agencies to connect clients to key national, state, and local decision-makers.
As outside general counsel to our clients, our attorneys transcend the typical attorney-client relationship by integrating into our clients' strategic planning and risk management teams, offering practical, cost-effective advice. And as a firm, we are committed to community reinvestment and delivering timely, tailored guidance that drives exceptional value and produces tangible results.
We're On It
In our most successful relationships, we’re a part of our clients’ risk and project management teams, helping plan the strategies that achieve their goals and assisting in implementing them successfully and cost-effectively – because when our clients need us, We’re On It.
Industry Recognition
Because of our approach to work, responsiveness, and client service, Kegler Brown has been consistently recognized by many of the legal industry’s most respected publications. Organizations like Chambers USA, The Best Lawyers in America, and Ohio Super Lawyers have repeatedly honored Kegler Brown attorneys and practice areas based on input from both clients and peers.
Commitment to Middle Market
Kegler Brown is structured so our attorneys can best serve our middle-market and private family business clients. From our rates and approach to staffing to our commitment to remaining independent, we are built for the middle market.
Global Partnership
As a founding member of SCG Legal, our attorneys offer clients access to evolving legislation and real-time business developments anywhere in the world. Our 120+ alliance firms are situated in every U.S. capital and in all major international centers of commerce.
Community Involvement
There are few things more important than giving back to the communities in which we live and work; that's why we strive to create a corporate culture of philanthropy and service, and why we reinvest a percentage of every dollar we earn back into our local communities.
Mansfield Rule
Kegler Brown has achieved designation as a Mansfield Certification Plus firm. We are committed to ensuring fair opportunities for all talent to advance into leadership roles, and our Plus designation reflects our efforts to track progress through data shared with Diversity Lab and our dedication to equitable career advancement.
Recognition
Chambers and Partners, an international organization dedicated to analyzing the legal profession through the eyes of clients, has honored Kegler Brown for many years with lofty rankings that include recognition for several practice areas and many firm attorneys. The rankings laud the firm's "impressive level of service," recognize it "for its prominence in the Columbus market," and identify our attorneys as "great collaborators."
According to U.S. News and World Report, Kegler Brown is recognized as a "Top Listed" firm in central Ohio across several practice areas, including Corporate, Construction, Real Estate, Employee Benefits and ERISA law, as well as Trusts and Estates. More than half of our directors have been consistently named in The Best Lawyers in America, a testament to their excellence. Additionally, many of our rising attorneys have earned the prestigious "Ones to Watch" designation, recognizing their exceptional work in private practice early in their careers.
Each year, Law & Politics Magazine recognizes fewer than 5% of all attorneys in Ohio as "Ohio Super Lawyers" and fewer than 2.5% as "Ohio Rising Stars." Because of our high-quality legal work, commitment to responsiveness and client service, and dedication to forming lasting partnerships with our clients, Kegler Brown attorneys have been consistently recognized by this publication. These rankings also include special honors for several of our attorneys who have been listed among the top 50 attorneys in Columbus regardless of practice area.
