Sixty-three attorneys from Taft Stettinius & Hollister’s Ohio offices are honored as Ohio Super Lawyers 2012.  Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.  The annual selections are made using a rigorous multi‐phased process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area.

Additional Honors
Taft attorneys who received the highest point totals in the Ohio nomination, research and blue ribbon review process include the following.

Top 100 Ohio Super Lawyers
Michael H. Diamant
Stephen C. Fitch
David H. Wallace

Top 25 Women Super Lawyers
Catherine T. Dunlay
Pamela S. Krivda
Elizabeth M. Stanton

Top 25 and Top 50 Cincinnati Women Super Lawyers
Doreen Canton

Top 50 Columbus Super Lawyers
Stephen C. Fitch
Charles R. Saxbe

Top 50 Ohio Women Super Lawyers
Doreen Canton
Catherine T. Dunlay

Top 50 Cleveland Super Lawyers
Michael H. Diamant
David H. Wallace

The Taft attorneys recognized as Ohio Super Lawyers 2012 are:

James D. Abrams
General Litigation

Kevin D. Barnes
Mergers & Acquisitions

John W. Bentine
Utilities, Energy & Natural Resources

Donald C. Brey
Political Law

Kim K. Burke
Environmental Litigation

Doreen Canton
Employment & Labor

Ronald C. Christian
Non-Profit

L. Clifford Craig
Business Litigation

Michael H. Diamant
Business Litigation

Edward D. Diller
Real Estate

G. Jack Donson, Jr.
Antitrust Litigation

Scott M. Doran
Environmental

W. Stuart Dornette
Business Litigation

Catherine T. Dunlay
Health Care

Samuel M. Duran
Workers’ Compensation

Stephen C. Fitch
Business Litigation

Lance A. Gildner
Tax

Gerald S. Greenberg
Mergers & Acquisitions

Stephen M. Griffith, Jr.
Real Estate

Jennifer Hann Harrison
Workers’ Compensation

Jill F. Helfman
Family Law

Timothy E. Hoberg
Securities & Corporate Finance

Daniel J. Hoffheimer
Estate Planning & Probate

Timothy J. Hurley
Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

Aimee L. Keller
Family Law

J. Anthony Kington
Business/Corporate

Pamela S. Krivda
Employment & Labor

Michael A. Laing
Employee Benefits/ERISA

Thomas J. Lee
Business Litigation

Eugene B. Lewis
Family Law

Bruce J.L. Lowe
Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

Julia B. Meister
Business Litigation

W. Timothy Miller
Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

Patrick J. Mitchell
Tax

Jeffrey A. Mullins
Employment & Labor

Carl A. Murway
Family Law

Stephen M. Nechemias
Tax

Stephen M. O’Bryan
General Litigation

R. Joseph Parker
Business Litigation

Craig B. Paynter
Construction/Surety

David H. Peck
Employment & Labor

William M. Phillips
Real Estate

Timothy P. Reilly
Employment & Labor

Richard S. Rivitz
Real Estate

Gregory P. Rogers
Employment & Labor

Richard A. Rosner
Real Estate

Charles R. Saxbe
General Litigation

Russell S. Sayre
Business Litigation

Thomas R. Schuck
Business Litigation

Melvin S. Shotten
Banking

Elizabeth M. Stanton
Employment Litigation

William J. Stavole
Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

Mark J. Stepaniak
Employment & Labor

Jeffrey A. Swillinger
Employment & Labor

David R. Tavolier
Tax

Thomas T. Terp
Environmental

Fred A. Ungerman, Jr.
Employment & Labor

Mark J. Valponi
Employment & Labor

Missia Vaselaney
Estate Planning & Probate

David H. Wallace
Business Litigation

Susan E. Wheatley
Estate Planning & Probate

Michael J. Zavatsky
Immigration

Timothy L. Zix
Workers’ Compensation

About Super Lawyers
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