Benesch is pleased to announce that 19 attorneys have been named 2021 Ohio Super Lawyers, and 19 have been named 2021 Ohio Rising Stars by Super Lawyers®.
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 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 as Ohio Super Lawyers and no more than 2.5 percent in the state are recognized as Rising Stars. Learn more about the Super Lawyers selection process by clicking here.
2021 Ohio Super Lawyers
- W. Eric Baisden - Employment & Labor
- Marc S. Blubaugh - Transportation & Maritime
- Yelena B. Boxer - Business Litigation
- Joseph A. Castrodale - General Litigation
- Thomas O. Crist - Construction Litigation
- Joseph N. Gross - Employment & Labor
- Ross J. Kirchick - Banking
- Peter N. Kirsanow - Employment & Labor
- Kevin D. Margolis - Environmental
- Barry J. Miller - Construction Litigation
- Jared E. Oakes - Real Estate
- Gregory J. Phillips - Business Litigation
- Brian N. Ramm - Product Liability - Products: Defense
- H. Alan Rothenbuecher - IP Litigation
- William E. Schonberg - Creditor Debtor Rights
- Michael K. Swearengen - Real Estate
- Jeffrey J. Wild - Real Estate
- Eric L. Zalud - Transportation & Maritime
- Robert A. Zimmerman - General Litigation
2021 Ohio Rising Stars
- Kristen-Elise DePizzo - General Litigation
- Kari D. Hehmeyer - Energy & Natural Resources
- Rick Hepp - Employment Litigation: Defense
- Mark T. Keaney - Utilities
- Laura E. Kogan - Class Action
- Jonathon Korinko - Construction Litigation
- David M. Krueger - Class Action
- Barbara A. Lum - Product Liability - Products: Defense
- Warren T. McClurg - Business Litigation
- Michael J. Meyer - General Litigation
- Justin L. Monday - Product Liability - Products: Defense
- Michael J. Mozes - Business/Corporate
- Mark K. Norris - Civil Litigation: Defense
- Daniel J. O’Brien - Health Care
- Adam E. Primm - Employment & Labor
- James E. von der Heydt - Business Litigation
- James J. Walsh - Business Litigation
- Michael S. Weinstein - IP Litigation
- Susan M. White - Construction Litigation