41 Benesch Attorneys Selected to 2024 Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists

Benesch is pleased to announce that 16 attorneys have been selected by their legal community peers to the 2024 Ohio Super Lawyers list, and 25 have been named to the 2024 Ohio Rising Stars list.

The Super Lawyers selection process evaluates lawyers based upon multiple criteria, including professional achievement and peer recognition; honors and awards; firm and bar involvement and leadership; scholarship and professional writings; community service and pro bono activities; and other outstanding achievements. Rising Stars honorees are top up-and-coming attorneys who are no more than 40 years old or who have been practicing for no more than 10 years.

Only five percent of Ohio lawyers are chosen for the Ohio Super Lawyers list and no more than 2.5 percent in the state are recognized on the Rising Stars list. Learn more about the Super Lawyers selection process by clicking here. 

2024 Ohio Super Lawyers Honorees – Cleveland

1. Joseph A. Castrodale – General Lit.
2. Thomas O. Crist – Construction Lit.
3. Joseph N. Gross – Employment & Labor
4. Kevin D. Margolis – Environmental
5. Barry J. Miller – Construction Lit.
6. Jared E. Oakes – Real Estate
7. Gregory J. Phillips – Business Lit.
8. Brian N. Ramm – PI – Products; Defense
9. Michael K. Swearengen – Real Estate
10. Jeffrey J. Wild – Real Estate
11. Eric L. Zalud – Transportation/Maritime
12. Robert A. Zimmerman – General Lit.

 2024 Ohio Super Lawyers Honorees – Columbus

1. Marc S. Blubaugh – Transportation/Maritime
2. Frank W. Carsonie – Health Care
3. Peter W. Hahn – Construction Lit.
4. Thomas Kern – Intellectual Property

 2024 Ohio Rising Stars Honorees – Cleveland

1. Samantha J. Barbara – Securities & Corp Finance
2. James Bedell – Business Lit.
3. Allyson Cady – Business Lit.
4. Alison K. Evans – IP
5. Gregory T. Frohman – Business Lit.
6. David Michael Hopkins, Jr. – Civil Lit: Defense
7. Mariam Keramati – Real Estate
8. Laura E. Kogan – Civil Lit: Defense
9. David M. Krueger – Class Action
10. Lauren Lipsyc – Real Estate
11. Justin M. Lovdahl – Construction Lit.
12. Warren T. McClurg – Business Lit.
13. Brian D. Mielcusny – Mergers & Acq.
14. Kelly D. Noll – Real Estate
15. Robert Pleines – Transportation/Maritime
16. Adam E. Primm – Employment & Labor
17. Christopher Razek – Transportation/Maritime
18. Mackenzie Rini – Employment & Labor
19. James J. Walsh, Jr. – Business Lit.
20. Susan M. White – Construction Lit.
21. Ryan J. Williams – Securities & Corp. Finance

 2024 Ohio Rising Stars Honorees – Columbus

1. Holly F. Gross – Government Relations
2. Kari D. Hehmeyer – Energy & Resources
3. Mark T. Keaney – Utilities
4. Ashley Laughlin Duff – Real Estate