CLEVELAND, OHIO – October 9, 2007– Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP is pleased to announce that Jeremy Gilman has been appointed co-chair of the Professional Liability Subcommittee of the Commercial & Business Litigation Committee of the ABA Section of Litigation for the 2007-2008 program year. The subcommittee has about 1,155 members and focuses on accountants' liability, attorneys' liability, attorneys' loss prevention & ethics, directors' and officers' liability, and professional liability insurance coverage litigation.
Mr. Gilman is a partner with the firm's Litigation Practice Group. His practice encompasses a wide range of complex business and liability cases and has included securities litigation, directors and officers litigation, fraud and business tort litigation, class action defense, products liability, professional liability and toxic tort defense, employment litigation, intellectual property litigation, contract and commercial litigation, bankruptcy litigation, health care litigation, and administrative trials and appeals. During the course of his practice, Mr. Gilman has handled cases in more than a dozen different states.
Additionally, Bradford Sandler was appointed co-chair of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Litigation Subcommittee of the Commercial & Business Litigation Committee of the ABA Section of Litigation for the 2007-2008 program year.
Mr. Sandler is a partner with the firm's Business Reorganization Practice Group and works out of the firm's Wilmington, DE office. He has substantial experience in the representation of businesses in out of court reorganizations, and of debtors, creditors' committees, secured and unsecured creditors, purchasers, landlords, Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 trustees and post-confirmation plan administrators in business bankruptcies. Mr. Sandler also focuses on, and has substantial experience in, representing international and national businesses as well as entrepreneurs in corporate and commercial transactions.
Benesch is a five-time winner of the NorthCoast 99 Award – Best Places to Work. In 2007, Benesch ranked #1 in Ohio and #11 in the nation by The American Lawyer Mid-Level Associate Survey which examines associate satisfaction. With offices in Cleveland, Columbus, Philadelphia, Shanghai and Wilmington, Benesch's practice and industry groups include Business Reorganization, the China Group, Compensation & Benefits, Construction, Corporate & Securities, Estate Planning and Probate, Health Care, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Litigation, Loan Transactions, Polymer Industry, Private Equity, Public Law, Real Estate & Environmental, Tax and Transportation & Logistics. For more information, visit www.bfca.com.