Attorneys Honored as “Lawyers of the Year”
August 18, 2014The 2015 edition of U.S. News - Best Lawyers has awarded 30 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 2015, the following Kegler Brown attorneys have been selected:
- Kenneth Cookson: Litigation- Banking + Finance
- Lawrence Feheley: Labor Law- Management
- Don Gregory: Construction Law
- Geoffrey Stern: Ethics + Professional Responsibility Law
- Roger P. Sugarman: Appellate Practice; Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
- Chris Weber: Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
With respect to The Best Lawyers in America, Thomas Hill, Dan Ritter, Charles Kegler and Thomas Sigmund have each been recognized for 20 continuous years in the publication. Lawrence Feheley, Geoffrey Stern, Melvin Weinstein, Donald Gregory and Michael Miller have been listed for 10 years.
The following attorneys have been selected to appear in The Best Lawyers in America for 2015:
Richard C. Brahm
- Land Use + Zoning Law
- Litigation - Land Use + Zoning
Ralph Breitfeller
- Antitrust Law
John P. Brody
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
Robert Cohen
- Litigation - Antitrust
Kenneth Cookson
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation - Banking + Finance
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
Catherine A. Cunningham
- Land Use + Zoning Law
- Litigation - Land Use & Zoning
Scott Doran
- Energy Law
- Environmental Law
Lawrence Feheley
- Employment Law - Management
- Labor Law - Management
Loriann E. Fuhrer
- Commercial Litigation
Don Gregory
- Construction Law
- Litigation - Construction
Allen L. Handlan
- Banking + Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
Thomas W. Hill
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
Chuck Kegler
- Tax Law
- Trusts + Estates
Todd M. Kegler
- Corporate Law
- Mergers + Acquisitions Law
Mike Madigan
- Construction Law
Dave McCarty
- Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Larry J. McClatchey
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
S. Michael Miller
- Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Paul D. Ritter, Jr.
- Corporate Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Tax Law
Tom Sigmund
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Trusts + Estates
Martijn Steger
- Corporate Law
Geoffrey Stern
- Appellate Practice
- Ethics + Professional Responsibility Law
- Legal Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
- Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
Roger P. Sugarman
- Appellate Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Energy Law
- Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
- Litigation - Securities
Tim Tullis
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Labor + Employment
Chris Weber
- Corporate Compliance Law
- Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
- Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
Melvin D. Weinstein
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Labor + Employment
Nick Wilkes
- Real Estate Law
Michael E. Zatezalo
- Gaming Law
- Real Estate Law
About U.S. News - Best Lawyers
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