Dinsmore & Shohl is pleased to announce 26 of its attorneys were recently named Best Lawyers^® 2018 “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^® 2018 “Lawyers of the Year”:

KENTUCKY

Louisville
Richard H. C. Clay (Litigation - Trusts and Estates)
Jill F. Endicott (Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants)
Robert L. Hallenberg (Tax Law)
John E. Selent (Communications Law)

Lexington
Mindy G. Barfield (Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants)
Carolyn M. Brown (Litigation – Environmental)
James E. Cleveland III (Labor Law – Management)

MICHIGAN

Detroit
Thomas E. Anderson (Patent Law)

OHIO

Cincinnati
J. David Brittingham (Product Liability Litigation)
Karen K. Gaunt (Copyright Law)
Charles F. Hertlein, Jr. (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Jeffrey P. Hinebaugh (Litigation - Banking and Finance)
Roger L. Peterman (Public Finance Law)
George H. Vincent (Securities / Capital Markets Law)
Susan B. Zaunbrecher (Securities Regulation)

Columbus
Thomas W. Hess (Administrative / Regulatory Law)

Dayton
Timothy W. Hagan (Patent Law)
Timothy D. Hoffman (Environmental Law)
David R. Wickham (Litigation - Trusts and Estates)

PENNSYLVANIA

Pittsburgh
Edmund M. Carney (Mining Law)
C. James Zeszutek (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)

WEST VIRGINIA

Charleston
Anna M. Dailey (Employment Law – Management)
Thomas H. Gilpin (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Janet Smith Holbrook (Litigation – Bankruptcy)
W. Henry Jernigan, Jr. (Energy Law)
Christopher J. Plybon (Real Estate Law)

Additionally, 191 Dinsmore attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2018 edition of 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.”