Robert Cohen, Director + Chair, Litigation Practice

The 2016 edition of U.S. News - Best Lawyers has awarded 32 Kegler Brown Hill + Ritter attorneys with a ranking in the publication, which continues to honor the firm each year. The publication has also selected several attorneys as "Lawyers of the Year" in Columbus for a range of practice areas.

“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 2016, the following Kegler Brown attorneys have been selected:

• Richard Brahm: Land Use and Zoning Law
• Robert G. Cohen: Litigation – Antitrust
• Donald W. Gregory: Litigation – Construction
• David McCarty: Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
• Stephen Michael Miller: Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar
• Roger P. Sugarman: Litigation- Securities

The following attorneys have been selected to appear in The Best Lawyers in America for 2016:

Richard Brahm (2007)

• Land Use + Zoning Law
• Litigation - Land Use & Zoning

Ralph Breitfeller (2011)

• Antitrust Law

John P. Brody (2010)

• Litigation - Bankruptcy

Robert G. Cohen (2008)

• Litigation - Antitrust

Kenneth R. Cookson (2009)

• Banking and Finance Law
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Litigation - Banking + Finance
• Litigation - Bankruptcy

Catherine A. Cunningham (2010)

• Land Use + Zoning Law
• Litigation - Land Use + Zoning

Scott M. Doran (2013)

• Energy Law
• Environmental Law

Lawrence F. Feheley (2003)

• Employment Law - Management
• Labor Law - Management

Loriann E. Fuhrer (2013)

• Commercial Litigation

Donald W. Gregory (2005)

• Construction Law
• Litigation - Construction

Allen L. Handlan (2011)

• Banking and Finance Law
• Real Estate Law

Thomas W. Hill (1993)

• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Commercial Litigation

Charles J. Kegler (1995)

• Tax Law
• Trusts and Estates

Todd M. Kegler (2010)

• Corporate Law
• Mergers + Acquisitions Law

Mike Madigan (2014)

• Construction Law

David M. McCarty (2010)

• Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Larry J. McClatchey (2012)

• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Reorganization Law
• Litigation – Bankruptcy

Randall W. Mikes (2016)

• Workers’ Compensation Law - Claimants

Stephen Michael Miller (2006)

• Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar
• Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Paul D. Ritter, Jr. (1995)

• Corporate Law
• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Tax Law

Robert Schuler (2016)

• Litigation – Intellectual Property

Thomas J. Sigmund (1995)

• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Trusts and Estates

S. Martijn Steger (2008)

• Corporate Law

Geoffrey Stern (2005)

• Appellate Practice
• Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
• Legal Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
• Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants

Roger P. Sugarman (2007)

• Appellate Practice
• Commercial Litigation
• Energy Law
• Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
• Litigation - Securities

Timothy T. Tullis (2010)

• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation - Labor + Employment

Christopher J. Weber (2007)

• Corporate Compliance Law
• Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
• Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants

Melvin D. Weinstein (2006)

• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Litigation - Labor + Employment

Nick Wilkes (2014)

• Real Estate Law

Michael E. Zatezalo (2007)

• Gaming Law
• Real Estate Law

*(Year) beside the name indicates the first year the lawyer was listed.

About U.S. News - Best Lawyers

Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. A listing in Best Lawyers is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers. For more than three decades, Best Lawyers^® lists have earned the respect of the profession, the media, and the public, as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals anywhere. Our lists of outstanding attorneys are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.