Dinsmore is pleased to announce that 165 of its attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2013 edition of
The Best Lawyers in America®. In addition, Dinsmore is Top Listed in the United States in two significant areas - Mining and Trusts and Estates Litigation. Click
HERE for a complete index of the firm's Top Listings.
Dinsmore attorneys selected for this year's guide include:
KENTUCKY Frankfort Carl W. Breeding (Environmental Law, Government Relations Practice, Litigation - Environmental)
Lloyd R. Cress, Jr. (Environmental Law, Government Relations Practice, Litigation - Environmental, Natural Resources Law)
Lexington Glen S. Bagby (Family Law, Litigation - Trusts & Estates, Trusts & Estates)
Mindy G. Barfield (Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants)
Christopher R. Cashen (Product Liability Litigation - Defendants)
Lloyd R. Cress, Sr. (Natural Resources Law)
Chauncey S.R. Curtz (Energy Law, Environmental Law, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law, Timber Law)
Barbara B. Edelman (Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation)
Kermin E. Fleming (Real Estate Law)
Robert W. Fleming (Litigation - Trusts & Estates, Trusts & Estates)
Ellen Arvin Kennedy (Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy)
Wade C. Lawson (Trusts & Estates)
John R. Rhorer, Jr. (Energy Law, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law, Real Estate Law)
Joseph H. Terry (Banking & Finance Law, Copyright Law, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Charles E. Ward (Real Estate Law)
Linsey W. West (Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Railroad Law)
Louisville Bradley A. Case (Health Care Law)
Richard H.C. Clay (Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Trusts & Estates, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants)
Frank P. Doheny, Jr. (Commercial Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants)
Jill F. Endicott (Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants)
Jon L. Fleischaker (Commercial Litigation, First Amendment Law, Litigation - First Amendment, Media Law)
Will H. Fulton (Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants)
William D. Grubbs (Arbitration, Mediation)
Robert L. Hallenberg (Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates)
Thomas A. Hoy (Health Care Law)
Colin H. Lindsay (Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Patent)
Robert L. Maddox, III (Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law)
R. Kenyon Meyer (Litigation – Labor & Employment)
David R. Monohan (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Railroad Law)
Donna King Perry (Arbitration, Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment)
Kathryn A. Quesenberry (Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment)
David T. Schaefer (Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants)
John E. Selent (Administrative/Regulatory Law, Communications Law)
D. Craig York (Product Liability Litigation - Defendants)
OHIO Cincinnati Alan H. Abes (Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law)
Gregory P. Adams (Immigration Law)
Gary E. Becker (Commercial Litigation, Transportation Law)
Christopher A. Benintendi (Workers' Compensation Law - Employers)
Mark C. Bissinger (Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Litigation - Construction)
J. David Brittingham (Product Liability Litigation - Defendants)
Calvin D. Buford (Corporate Law)
Bonnie G. Camden (Litigation - Trusts & Estates, Trusts and Estates)
Harvey Jay Cohen (Corporate Law, Information Technology Law, International Trade & Finance Law)
Sterling W. Colvin (Real Estate Law)
Eric K. Combs (Commercial Litigation)
James A. Comodeca (Construction Law, Mass Tort Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants)
J. Michael Cooney (Trusts & Estates)
Michael G. Dailey (Financial Services Regulation Law)
Martiné R. Dunn (Corporate Law)
Michael D. Eagen (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Antitrust, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants)
Lawrence R. Elleman (Commercial Litigation)
William M. Freedman (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Health Care Law, Tax Law)
Karen K. Gaunt (Copyright Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Trademark Law)
Michael S. Glassman (Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management)
Gregory A. Harrison (Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law)
Michael W. Hawkins (Arbitration, Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment, Mediation)
Mary J. Healy (Trusts & Estates)
Charles F. Hertlein (Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Information Technology Law, Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions, Litigation - Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation)
M. Gabrielle Hils (Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants)
Jeffrey P. Hinebaugh (Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking & Finance, Litigation - Bankruptcy, Litigation – Construction, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Transportation Law)
Lori A. Landrum (Litigation - Trusts & Estates)
Patrick D. Lane (Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Patent, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants)
Nancy A. Lawson (Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Labor & Employment)
Kim Martin Lewis (Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law)
John D. Luken (Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Patent)
Deborah R. Lydon (Health Care Law)
Michael A. Manzler (Litigation - Labor & Employment)
James A. Marx (Corporate Law, Real Estate Law)
Paul R. Mattingly (Corporate Law, Franchise Law, Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law)
Jennifer Orr Mitchell (Health Care Law)
Robert W. Olson (Corporate Law)
Bryan E. Pacheco (Commercial Litigation)
Brian P. Perry (Workers' Compensation Law - Employers)
Mary-Jo Pullen (Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants)
Clifford A. Roe, Jr. (Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law)
Charles M. Roesch (Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment)
Lynda E. Roesch (Litigation - Intellectual Property, Trademark Law)
Jerry S. Sallee (Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment)
Joseph L. Sallee, Jr. (Workers’ Compensation Law - Employers)
Steven H. Schreiber (Litigation - Real Estate, Real Estate Law)
Joanne M. Schreiner (Project Finance Law, Real Estate Law, Securitization & Structured Finance Law)
Stephen G. Schweller (Insurance Law)
Thomas J. Sherman (Banking & Finance Law, Real Estate Law)
Mark L. Silbersack (Antitrust Law, Litigation - Antitrust)
Jason B. Sims (Corporate Governance Law)
Vincent B. Stamp (Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental)
Lee M. Stautberg (Litigation & Controversy - Tax, Litigation - Trusts & Estates, Tax Law, Trusts & Estates)
Noah J. Stern (Tax Law)
Brian S. Sullivan (Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants)
Timothy A. Tepe (Family Law)
Richard B. Tranter (Land Use & Zoning Law, Litigation - Land Use & Zoning, Real Estate Law)
Mark A. Vander Laan (Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Municipal)
Joan M. Verchot (Workers' Compensation Law - Employers)
George H. Vincent (Commercial Litigation, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law)
Gerald V. Weigle, Jr. (Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law)
Ben F. Wells (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law)
Thomas J. Westerfield (Corporate Governance Law)
George B. Wilkinson (Workers' Compensation Law - Employers)
Frank C. Woodside III (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants)
Susan B. Zaunbrecher (Banking & Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Litigation - Banking & Finance, Litigation - Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation)
Columbus David M. Abromowitz (Health Care Law)
Donald A. Antrim (Health Care Law)
Thomas J. Bonasera (Litigation - Trusts & Estates, Trusts & Estates)
D. Michael Crites (Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy))
Richard A. Hernandez (Workers' Compensation Law - Employers)
Thomas W. Hess (Administrative/Regulatory Law, Health Care Law)
Rick A. Lavinsky (Real Estate Law)
Donald B. Leach, Jr. (Construction Law, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Real Estate, Real Estate Law)
Brett L. Miller (Workers' Compensation Law - Employers)
Eric J. Plinke (Health Care Law)
Michael A. Renne (Trusts and Estates)
Susan G. Sheridan (Commercial Litigation)
Michael L. Squillace (Workers' Compensation Law - Employers)
Marilena R. Walters (Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants)
Michael L. Williams (Workers' Compensation Law - Employers)
Dayton James E. Beyer (Patent Law)
Richard A. Broock (Corporate Law)
Frederick J. Caspar (Corporate Law, Litigation & Controversy - Tax, Litigation - Trusts & Estates, Tax Law, Trusts & Estates)
Richard J. Chernesky (Corporate Law, Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions, Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Andrew K. Cherney (Banking & Finance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Thomas L. Czechowski (Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Labor & Employment)
Karen R. Dillon (Real Estate Law)
Mark S. Feuer (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law)
Kimberly Gambrel (Copyright Law, Patent Law, Trademark Law)
James F. Gottman (Copyright Law, Patent Law, Trademark Law)
Timothy W. Hagan (Patent Law)
Ralph E. Heyman (Corporate Law, Tax Law, Trusts & Estates)
Timothy D. Hoffman (Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental)
Nicholas C. Hollenkamp (Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions)
Richard A. Killworth (Litigation - Patent)
Edward M. Kress (Corporate Law, Litigation - Real Estate, Real Estate Law)
William J. Leibold (Antitrust Law, Corporate Law, Litigation - Antitrust)
Lisa S. Pierce (Corporate Law)
B. Joseph Schaeff (Copyright Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Trademark Law)
Merideth A. Trott (Real Estate Law)
Steven R. Watts (Corporate Law)
Thomas P. Whelley II (Commercial Litigation, Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment)
David R. Wickham (Litigation - Trusts & Estates, Trusts & Estates)
Philip A. Zukowsky (Tax Law)
PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh Christopher B. Brewer (Public Finance Law)
Edmund M. Carney (Employment Law - Management, Energy Law, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law)
Anthony A. Ditka (Public Finance Law)
Joel M. Helmrich (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy)
Thomas C. Reed (Mining Law, Natural Resources Law)
C. James Zeszutek (Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking & Finance Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy, Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants)
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston Allison W. Bungard (Employment Law - Management)
Mark A. Carter (Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management)
Anna M. Dailey (Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law)
John F. Hussell IV (Banking & Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Litigation & Controversy - Tax, Litigation - Banking & Finance, Litigation - Trusts & Estates, Tax Law, Trusts & Estates)
Monika J. Hussell (Copyright Law, Patent Law, Trademark Law)
W. Henry Jernigan, Jr. (Antitrust Law, Arbitration, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Energy Law, Litigation – Antitrust, Mediation, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants)
Donna C. Kelly (Mining Law)
Ashley C. Pack (Litigation - Labor & Employment)
Christopher B. Power (Commercial Litigation, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental, Litigation – Land Use & Zoning, Litigation - Municipal, Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Mining Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil & Gas Law)
Jill Cranston Rice (Government Relations Practice)
William E. Robinson (Employment Law - Management)
Forrest H. Roles (Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law)
Mychal Sommer Schulz (Litigation - ERISA)
Robert Stonestreet (Environmental Law)
James White, Jr. (Tax Law)
Lewisburg Jason S. Long (Education Law)
Morgantown Robert H. Beatty, Jr. (Mining Law)
F. Thomas Rubenstein (Energy Law, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law)
David M. Thomas (Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Financial Services Regulation Law, Litigation - Antitrust, Litigation - Banking & Finance, Litigation - Bankruptcy)
Wheeling Denise Klug Pentino (Commercial Litigation)
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Best Lawyers Rankings by State Top-Listed in United States in Litigation - Trusts & Estates
Top-Listed in United States in Mining Law
Top-Listed in Kentucky in Arbitration
Top-Listed in Kentucky in Copyright Law
Top-Listed in Kentucky in First Amendment Law
Top-Listed in Kentucky in Government Relations Practice
Top-Listed in Kentucky in Litigation - First Amendment
Top-Listed in Kentucky in Litigation - Trusts & Estates
Top-Listed in Kentucky in Media Law
Top-Listed in Kentucky in Mediation
Top-Listed in Kentucky in Natural Resources Law
Top-Listed in Kentucky in Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Top-Listed in Kentucky in Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Top-Listed in Kentucky in Timber Law
Top-Listed in Ohio in Corporate Governance Law
Top-Listed in Ohio in Corporate Law
Top-Listed in Ohio in Information Technology Law
Top-Listed in Ohio in Insurance Law
Top-Listed in Ohio in Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Top-Listed in Ohio in Litigation - Antitrust
Top-Listed in Ohio in Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions
Top-Listed in Ohio in Litigation - Trusts & Estates
Top-Listed in Ohio in Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants
Top-Listed in Ohio in Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Top-Listed in Ohio in Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Top-Listed in Ohio in Real Estate Law
Top-Listed in Ohio in Securities/Capital Markets Law
Top-Listed in Ohio in Securities Regulation
Top-Listed in Ohio in Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Top-Listed in Ohio in Trusts and Estates
Top-Listed in Ohio in Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Top-Listed in Pennsylvania in Mining Law
Top-Listed in Pennsylvania in Natural Resources Law
Top-Listed in West Virginia in Antitrust Law
Top-Listed in West Virginia in Copyright Law
Top-Listed in West Virginia in Financial Services Regulation Law
Top-Listed in West Virginia in Litigation - Antitrust
Top-Listed in West Virginia in Litigation - Municipal
Top-Listed in West Virginia in Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Top-Listed in West Virginia in Patent Law
Top-Listed in West Virginia in Trademark Law
Top-Listed in Cincinnati, OH with 66 attorneys
Top-Listed in Dayton, OH with 24 attorneys