Dinsmore Receives Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2017
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce its attorneys have received top rankings, including 10 Band 1 designations, in the 2017 edition of Chambers USA.
The directory ranks law firms and individual attorneys in bands from one to six, with one being the best. Numerical scores are derived from information gathered during interviews throughout the United States, conducted by a team of 150 full-time researchers.
This year, Dinsmore Managing Partner and Chairman George H. Vincent received the Eminent Practitioner honor, and W. Henry Jernigan, Jr. and Forrest Roles were recognized as Senior Statesmen.
Attorneys ranked first in their respective fields include: Cliff Ashburner, Jack Bender, Carolyn Brown, Mark Carter, Kim Martin Lewis, Donna Perry, Christopher Plybon, Kathryn Quesenberry and Lynda Roesch. Overall, the firm was ranked in 15 categories with 44 attorneys ranked across various practice areas.
Dinsmore Department Rankings
Band 1:
Environment, Natural Resources & Utilities (Kentucky)
Band 2:
Corporate/Commercial (West Virginia)
Corporate/M&A (Ohio)
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Ohio)
Labor & Employment (Kentucky)
Labor & Employment (West Virginia)
Litigation: General Commercial (Kentucky)
Band 3:
Intellectual Property (Ohio)
Litigation: General Commercial (West Virginia)
Natural Resources (West Virginia)
Real Estate (West Virginia)
Band 4:
Labor & Employment (Ohio)
Litigation: General Commercial (Ohio)
Individual Rankings
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
California
Christopher Celentino (Band 4)
Ohio
Kim Martin Lewis (Band 1)
Construction
Ohio
Donald Leach (Band 2)
Corporate/Commercial
West Virginia
Thomas Gilpin (Band 3)
Audy M. Perry, Jr. (Bands 2 and 3)
Christopher J. Plybon (Band 2)
David M. Thomas (Band 3)
Corporate/M&A
Ohio
Calvin D. Buford (Band 4)
Charles F. Hertlein, Jr. (Band 4)
George H. Vincent (Eminent Practitioner)
Susan B. Zaunbrecher (Band 4)
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Ohio
Ben F. Wells (Band 2)
Environment
Kentucky
Jack Bender (Band 1)
Carolyn M. Brown (Band 1)
Chauncey Curtz (Band 2)
Intellectual Property
Ohio
Karen Kreider Gaunt (Band 2)
Joshua Lorentz (Band 3)
Lynda E. Roesch (Band 1)
Labor & Employment
Kentucky
Donna Perry (Band 1)
Kathryn A. Quesenberry (Band 1)
Ohio
Michael S. Glassman (Band 4)
Michael Hawkins (Band 3)
Jan E. Hensel (Band 4)
Charles M. Roesch (Band 4)
West Virginia
Mark Carter (Band 1)
Anna M. Dailey (Band 2)
Kevin A. Nelson (Band 2)
Forrest Roles (Senior Statesmen)
Litigation
Kentucky
Richard H. C. Clay (Band 2)
Barbara B. Edelman (Band 2)
Jon Fleischaker (Band 2)
David Monohan (Band 4)
Ohio
Mark A Vander Laan (Band 2)
West Virginia
Richard J. Bolen (Band 2)
Donna C. Kelly (Band 3)
Thomas Rubenstein (Band 2)
Natural Resources
Ohio
Timothy Hoffman (Band 3)
West Virginia
Richard J. Bolen (Band 2)
Donna C. Kelly (Band 3)
Thomas Rubenstein (Band 2)
Real Estate
Kentucky
Clifford Ashburner (Band 1)
Gregory A. Compton (Band 3)
West Virginia
Thomas Gilpin (Band 3)
Christopher J. Plybon (Band 1)
About Chambers USA
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