Vorys is pleased to announce that 126 of the firm’s attorneys have been included on the 2027 Best Lawyers in America^® list and 50 Vorys attorneys were named to The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch^® in America list.  

Eleven Vorys attorneys were also featured in Best Lawyers’ “Lawyer of the Year Awards.”  You can read more about these attorneys here.

Best Lawyers has used its peer-review methodology for more than 40 years, in which more than 39,000 leading attorneys cast votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas.  Attorneys are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, adding to the legitimacy of Best Lawyers’ results.  Ones to Watch honors are given to early-career attorneys who display professional excellence in private practices based in the United States, relying on the same peer-review process as The Best Lawyers in America^® list.

Best Lawyers in America by Office

COLUMBUS

• Michael Ball – Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Robert Bell, Jr. – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Adam Brandt – Corporate Law
• Alycia Broz – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Securities
• Sean Byrne – Economic Development Law
• Robin Canowitz – Health Care Law
• Nelson Cary – Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Daniel Clark – Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – ERISA, Litigation – Labor and Employment
• David Cook – Immigration Law
• Perry Doran II – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Jennifer Dunsizer – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Anthony Ehler – Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
• Ryan Elliott – Environmental Law
• Victor Ferguson – Trusts and Estates
• Jacklyn J. Ford (Retired) – Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Nonprofit / Charities Law
• John Furniss III – Trusts and Estates
• Thomas Fusonie – Commercial Litigation, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
• Suzanne Galyardt – Nonprofit / Charities Law, Trusts and Estates
• Anthony Giuliani – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Natural Resources Law
• Rick Grady – Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
• Michael Griffaton – Employment Law – Management
• Liam Gruzs – Health Care Law
• Robert Harris – Employment Law – Management
• Susan Barrett Harty – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants 
• Jolie Havens – Health Care Law
• Kimberly Weber Herlihy – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Rodney Holaday – Commercial Litigation
• Dan Jaffe – Tax Law
• Allen Kinzer – Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Christopher Knezevic – Economic Development Law
• Mark Knueve – Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
• John Kuhl – Commercial Litigation, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
• John Landolfi – Advertising Law, Commercial Litigation
• Judith Marsh – Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law, Commercial Transactions / UCC Law, Franchise Law
• Michael Martz – Corporate Law
• Douglas Matthews – Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Management
• Theodore Mattis – Commercial Litigation
• Timothy McGranor – Commercial Litigation
• Natalie McLaughlin – Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Adam Miller – Corporate Law
• Joseph Miller – Commercial Litigation, Land Use and Zoning Law
• Karen Moore – Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
• Martha Brewer Motley – Commercial Litigation
• Bruce Paige – Corporate Law
• Sachiyo Isoda Peterson – Immigration Law
• Gretchen Petrucci – Energy Regulatory Law
• William Porter – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
• Christine Poth – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• D. Scott Powell – Tax Law
• Nicholas Ray – Tax Law
• Adam Rocco – Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Russell Rosler – Corporate Law
• Gregory Russell – Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law
• Gary Saalman – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Suzanne Scrutton – Health Care Law
• Michael Settineri – Energy Law
• Benjamin Shepler – Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Steven Smiseck – Tax Law
• Andrew Smith – Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Theodore Smith – Construction Law, Real Estate Law
• Anthony Spina – Insurance Law
• Jonathan Stock – Economic Development Law
• Wendy Swary – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Jill Tangeman – Economic Development Law, Land Use and Zoning Law
• Travis Wahl – Banking and Finance Law
• Kristin Watt – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Natural Resources Law
• John Weimer – Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law, Commercial Transactions / UCC Law, Equipment Finance Law
• Anthony Weis – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Nici Workman – Banking and Finance Law
• Scott Ziance – Economic Development Law, Public Finance Law

AKRON

• Aaron Berke – Economic Development Law, Project Finance Law, Public Finance Law
• Thomas Crookes (Retired) – Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Management
• Ashley Manfull – Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
• Jacinto Núñez – Economic Development Law, Real Estate Law
• Bret Treier – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Nonprofit / Charities Law
• Elia Woyt – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

CINCINNATI

• William Baldwin – Real Estate Law
• Charles Bissinger, Jr. – Real Estate Law
• Kent Britt – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – ERISA, Litigation – Health Care, Transportation Law
• Joseph Brunner – Qui Tam Law
• Elizabeth Callan – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Brent Craft – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property
• David Edelstein – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
• Whitney Gibson – Commercial Litigation
• David Groenke – Trusts and Estates
• David Hine – Commercial Litigation
• Jason Hodges – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Hani Kallas – Banking and Finance Law
• Nathaniel Lampley, Jr. – Commercial Litigation
• J.B. Lind – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance
• Jacob Mahle – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Trusts and Estates
• Mark Noel – Trusts and Estates
• Anthony Osterlund – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Litigation – Real Estate, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Emily Pan – Trusts and Estates
• Eric Richardson – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property
• Kimberly Schaefer – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Michael Schwartz – Commercial Litigation, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
• Jeff Stagnaro – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Corporate Law, Trusts and Estates
• Patrick Veith – Corporate Law, Real Estate Law, Trusts and Estates
• Victor Walton, Jr. – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Elizabeth Weinewuth – Litigation – Trusts and Estates
• Rosemary Welsh – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Kristin Woeste – Real Estate Law

CLEVELAND

• Rajeev Adlakha – Commercial Litigation
• Charles Billington III – Labor Law – Management
• Carrie Brosius – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Jennie Church – Real Estate Law
• Kari Coniglio – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation
• Jacob Derenthal – Corporate Law
• Michael Donnelly – Appellate Practice, Mediation
• Marcel Duhamel – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation
• Bryan Falk – Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
• Bryan Farkas – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
• James McMonagle – Arbitration, Mediation

HOUSTON

• Jacquelyn Meng Abbott – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Stephen Browning – Real Estate Law
• Monica Fitzgerald – Employment Law – Management
• Carey Jordan – Patent Law
• Iona Kaiser – Patent Law
• Steven Rech – Commercial Litigation

ORANGE COUNTY

• Cory Catignani – Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Brent Giddens – Employment Law – Management Litigation, Labor and Employment
• Thomas McCormick – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor and Employment

PITTSBURGH

• Phillip Binotto – Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Samuel Stoller – Oil and Gas Law
• Keith Zabela – Oil and Gas Law

The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch^® by Office

COLUMBUS

• Elizabeth Alexander – Commercial Litigation
• Garrett Anderson – Commercial Litigation
• Robert Ballinger – Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
• Adam Borgman – Labor and Employment – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Brian Dressel – Labor and Employment – Management
• Joshua Eckert – Energy Law
• Oliver Frey – Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Matthew Gutierrez – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Rebecca Hill – Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Maxwell King – Commercial Litigation
• Jefferson Kiser – Real Estate Law
• Nikkia Knudsen – Health Care Law
• Christopher LaRocco – Privacy and Data Security Law
• Gretchen Rutz Leist – Privacy and Data Security Law
• Judson Millhon III – Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Nathaniel Morse – Environmental Law
• Sydney Pahren – Health Care Law
• Danielle Rice – Commercial Litigation
• Beth Seedorf – Real Estate Law
• Jake Thorn – Commercial Litigation
• Mitch Tobias – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Thomas Whaling – Litigation – Construction
• Frank Zonars – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law

CINCINNATI

• Theron Anderson – Corporate Law
• Jessica Baverman – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property
• Brian Baxter – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Petra Bergman – Commercial Litigation
• Bailey Drexler – Trusts and Estates
• Alexander Iammarino – Real Estate Law
• Alexandra Kubala – Commercial Litigation
• Jeffrey Miller – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance
• Zachary Mueck – Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
• Alexander Shadley – Commercial Litigation
• Jabari Shaw – Intellectual Property Law
• Daniel Shinkle – Commercial Litigation
• Michael Soder – Commercial Litigation
• Emily St. Cyr – Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law – Management, Trusts and Estates

CLEVELAND

• Margaret Echols – Commercial Litigation
• Michael Gibbons – Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
• Gary Bridgens – Energy Law
• Hannah Walsh Mulkey – Labor and Employment Law – Management
• Cauley Simmons Oliver – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law

HOUSTON

• Grant Davis – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
• Maggie Martin – Patent Law
• Hamed Moradi – Litigation – Labor and Employment

PITTSBURGH

• Robert Shope – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property Law, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

WASHINGTON, D.C.

• Jacob Bartlett – Environmental Law
• Sarah Rhodes – Real Estate Law
• Andrew Tureaud – Commercial Litigation