Benesch is pleased to announce that 30 of its Ohio attorneys have been named 2018 Ohio Super Lawyers and 17 have been named 2018 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. The following Benesch attorneys in Ohio received this recognition:
2018 Ohio Super Lawyers
W. Eric Baisden – Employment & Labor
Marc S. Blubaugh – Business Litigation
Yelena B. Boxer – Business Litigation
Maynard A. Buck – Employment & Labor
Frank W. Carsonie – Health Care
Joseph A. Castrodale – General Litigation
Thomas O. Crist – Construction Litigation
Joseph N. Gross – Employment & Labor
Matthew D. Gurbach – Business Litigation
Norman W. Gutmacher – Real Estate
Ira C. Kaplan – Mergers & Acquisitions
Ross J. Kirchick – Banking
Peter N. Kirsanow – Employment & Labor
Kevin D. Margolis – Environmental
Michael F. Marhofer – Mergers & Acquisitions
David R. Mayo – Business Litigation
Megan L. Mehalko – Mergers & Acquisitions
David W. Mellott – Business Litigation
Barry J. Miller – Construction Litigation
Jared E. Oakes – Real Estate
Gregory J. Phillips – Business Litigation
Richard A. Plewacki – Transportation/Maritime
Brian N. Ramm – PI – Products: Defense
Robert A. Ross – Mergers & Acquisitions
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
2018 Ohio Rising Stars
Trevor G. Covey – Business Litigation
Matthew P. Delguyd – Banking
Rick Hepp – Employment Litigation: Defense
Thomas B. Kern – Intellectual Property
David M. Krueger – Business Litigation
M. Casey Kucharson – Securities & Corporate Finance
Christopher J. Lalak – Employment Litigation: Defense
David A. Landman – Business Litigation
Warren T. McClurg – Business Litigation
Michael J. Meyer – General Litigation
Justin L. Monday – Civil Litigation: Defense
Christian F. Moratschek – Real Estate
W. Clifford Mull – Health Care
Daniel J. O’Brien – Health Care
Adam N. Saurwein – Real Estate
James E. von der Heydt – Business Litigation
Lori H. Welker – Business Litigation