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25 Dinsmore Attorneys Named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers®

August 15, 2016News Releases
Dinsmore & Shohl is pleased to announce 25 of its attorneys were recently named “Best Lawyers® 2017 “Lawyer of the Year.” In each city, one lawyer from each practice area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.” The attorneys received the honor based on reviews by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.

Dinsmore’s Best Lawyers® 2017 “Lawyers of the Year”:

KENTUCKY

Louisville
David R. Monohan – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants “Lawyer of the Year”
Kathryn A. Quesenberry – Litigation - Labor and Employment “Lawyer of the Year”
Robert L. Hallenberg – Litigation - Trusts and Estates “Lawyer of the Year”

Lexington
Ellen Arvin Kennedy – Litigation – Bankruptcy “Lawyer of the Year”
James E. Cleveland III – Railroad Law “Lawyer of the Year”
Lloyd R. Cress, Sr. – Environmental Law “Lawyer of the Year”
Robert W. Fleming – Litigation - Trusts and Estates “Lawyer of the Year”

OHIO

Cincinnati, OH
Bonnie G. Camden – Litigation - Trusts and Estates “Lawyer of the Year”
Dirk M. Bedarff – Public Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year”
George H. Vincent – Corporate Governance Law “Lawyer of the Year”
Joan M. Verchot – Workers' Compensation Law – Employers “Lawyer of the Year”
Kim Martin Lewis – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law “Lawyer of the Year”
M. Gabrielle Hils – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants “Lawyer of the Year”
Susan B. Zaunbrecher – Litigation – Securities “Lawyer of the Year”

Columbus, OH
Donald B. Leach, Jr. – Litigation – Construction “Lawyer of the Year”

Dayton, OH
B. Joseph Schaeff – Litigation - Intellectual Property “Lawyer of the Year”
David R. Wickham – Litigation - Trusts and Estates “Lawyer of the Year”
James F. Gottman – Patent Law “Lawyer of the Year”
Thomas P. Whelley II – Litigation - Labor and Employment “Lawyer of the Year”

PENNSYLVANIA

Pittsburgh
C. James Zeszutek – Litigation - Banking and Finance “Lawyer of the Year”

WEST VIRGINIA

Charleston
Angela W. Konrad – Railroad Law “Lawyer of the Year”
Anna M. Dailey – Labor Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year”
John H. Mahaney – Litigation – Construction “Lawyer of the Year”
Thomas H. Gilpin – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law “Lawyer of the Year”

Morgantown
David M. Thomas – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law “Lawyer of the Year”

Additionally, 192 Dinsmore attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2017 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.

About Best Lawyers
Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 39,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.1 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel Magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”