Best Lawyers recognizes Bricker & Eckler attorneys

Columbus, Ohio: August 18, 2015 – The Best Lawyers in America® 2016 (copyright 2015 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC) recently published their annual rankings featuring Kimball Carey as “Lawyer of the Year” in Columbus for Education Law. Additionally, 65 Bricker lawyers, representing 46 percent of the firm's attorneys, were selected by their peers for inclusion in this year’s edition.

Best Lawyers names only a single lawyer in each specialty as the “Lawyer of the Year” in each market. Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current edition is based on detailed evaluations of nearly four million lawyers nationwide. Attorneys honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in surveys for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.

Attorneys are named to the Best Lawyers list following a peer-review survey of more than 36,000 leading attorneys across the nation who cast almost 4.4 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers listed in Best Lawyers have no say in selecting the practice areas in which they are listed and are voted into the named practice area as a result of the votes received from peers.

Bricker is proud to congratulate these honored attorneys, listed by location and practice area:

Cleveland –

• Christopher Ernst (Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants)
• Glenn S. Krassen (Energy Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil & Gas Law)
• Thomas J. Onusko (Health Care Law)

Columbus –

• Jerry O. Allen (Litigation & Controversy - Tax, Tax Law)
• Laura G. Anthony (Education Law)
• Maria J. Armstrong (Energy Regulatory Law)
• David G. Baker (Real Estate Law)
• Catherine M. Ballard (Health Care Law)
• John P. Beavers (Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law)
• Sally W. Bloomfield (Water Law, Energy Law)
• Drew H. Campbell (Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking & Finance)
• Kimball H. Carey* (Education Law)
• Robert T. Castor (Banking & Finance Law)
• William T. Conard II (Public Finance Law)
• David K. Conrad (Real Estate Law)
• Price D. Finley (Public Finance Law)
• Jennifer A. Flint (Education Law)
• James F. Flynn (Health Care Law)
• Natalie Trishman Furniss (Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Insurance)
• John F. Furniss III (Trusts and Estates)
• Dane Gaschen (Education Law)
• Michael K. Gire (Health Care Law)
• Craig A. Haddox (Real Estate Law)
• James J. Hughes, III (Commercial Litigation, Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental)
• Stephen Intihar (Real Estate Law)
• Kenneth C. Johnson (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy)
• Gordon W. Johnston (Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law, Commercial Transactions / UCC Law, Equipment Finance Law)
• Richard F. Kane (Public Finance Law)
• Marie-Joëlle C. Khouzam (Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management)
• Quintin F. Lindsmith (Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Insurance)
• Richard S. Lovering (Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants)
• Edward A. Matto (Antitrust Law, Litigation - Antitrust)
• Charles H. McCreary III (Real Estate Law)
• Frank L. Merrill (Litigation - Environmental)
• Karen M. Moore (Litigation - Trusts & Estates, Trusts & Estates)
• Thomas J. O’Brien (Communications Law, Energy Law, Water Law)
• Nicholas Pittner (Education Law, Labor Law – Management)
• Rebecca C. Princehorn (Education Law, Public Finance Law)
• Robert C. Rafferty (Trusts and Estates)
• Justin Ristau (Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law)
• Jack Rosati, Jr. (Construction Law, Litigation - Construction)
• Anne Marie Sferra (Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation)
• Sommer Sheely (Commercial Litigation)
• Douglas Shevelow (Construction Law)
• Diane M. Signoracci (Health Care Law)
• Karen D. Smith (Health Care Law)
• David C. Spialter (Health Care Law)
• Bobbie S. Sprader (Litigation – Health Care, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants)
• Elisabeth A. Squeglia (Health Care Law)
• Christopher N. Swank (Real Estate Law)
• Betsy A. Swift (Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management)
• Kurtis A. Tunnell (Government Relations Practice)
• Matt Warnock (Energy Law)
• Thomas C. Washbush (Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
• David M. Whittaker (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy)

Cincinnati-Dayton (West Chester) –

• Mark A. Engel (Tax Law)
• Mark Evans (Construction Law)
• Jeffrey P. McSherry (Commercial Litigation)
• Andrew M. Shott (Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Real Estate, Real Estate Law)
• Claire Turcotte (Health Care Law)

*Denotes “Lawyer of the Year” in Columbus

ABOUT BRICKER & ECKLER:

Named to The National Law Journal’s “2013 Midsize Hot List," Bricker & Eckler is one of Ohio’s leading law firms. Located in Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati-Dayton and Marietta, the firm represents a wide variety of clients, including businesses and corporations, nonprofit organizations, governmental agencies, health care entities, school districts, municipalities, banks and insurers. Bricker & Eckler has a long history of promoting and supporting diversity and inclusion, in our ongoing effort to reflect the communities and clients that we serve. Connect with us online on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

ABOUT BEST LAWYERS:

First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Corporate Counsel magazine called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.” Attorneys are named to the list following a peer-review survey of more than 36,000 leading attorneys across the nation who cast almost 4.4 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers listed in Best Lawyers have no say in selecting the practice areas in which they are listed. Attorneys are voted into the named practice area as a result of the votes received from peers. The subspecialties listed after their names are based on information from a variety of sources.