Yearly rankings by Chambers and Partners show Dinsmore continues to excel in several areas of law among departments, and individual lawyers, especially throughout the Firm’s offices in Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia and Indiana.

Chambers and Partners is a publishing group based in of London, England, that specializes in legal publishing. Chambers has a team of 150 full-time researchers who conduct interviews throughout the United States. Law firms and attorneys are ranked in bands from one to six, with one being the highest ranking.

Dinsmore ranked in 13 departments on the 2023 list, including Band 1 in Indiana for Real Estate. Twenty-eight lawyers made the list, with five earning Band 1 rankings in their fields of expertise. Three Dinsmore lawyers, Thomas Dinwiddie, Mark Vander Laan and Forrest Roles, earned prestigious “Senior Statespeople” rankings.

See the complete list below.

Dinsmore Rankings:

Indiana:

Real Estate (Band 1)

Kentucky:

Environment, Natural Resources & Utilities (Band 2)

Labor & Employment (Band 2)

Litigation: General Commercial (Band 2)

Real Estate (Band 3)

Ohio:

Immigration (Band 2)

Intellectual Property (Band 2)

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Band 3)

Labor & Employment (Band 4)

Litigation: General Commercial (Band 4)

West Virginia:

Labor & Employment (Band 2)

Corporate/Commercial (Band 3)

Energy & Natural Resources (Band 3)

Individual Rankings:

Indiana:

LITIGATION: GENERAL COMMERCIAL

Douglas King (Band 3)

REAL ESTATE

Thomas Dinwiddie (Senior Statespeople)

E. Joseph Kremp (Band 3)

John Hamilton (Band 3)

Samantha Hargitt (Up and Coming)

Kentucky:

ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES & UTILITIES: NATURAL RESOURCES

Chauncey Curtz (Band 1)

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT

Kathryn Quesenberry (Band 1)

Donna Perry (Band 2)

LITIGATION: GENERAL COMMERCIAL

Barbara Edelman (Band 1)

REAL ESTATE: ZONING/LAND USE

Clifford Ashburner (Band 1)

Ohio:

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Ben Wells (Band 3)

ENVIRONMENT

Timothy Hoffman (Band 3)

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Karen Gaunt (Band 2)

James Dimitrijevs (Band 3)

Joshua Lorentz (Band 3)

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT

Jan Hensel (Band 4)

Michael Hawkins (Band 4)

LITIGATION: GENERAL COMMERCIAL

Mark Vander Laan (Senior Statespeople)

LITIGATION: WHITE-COLLAR CRIME & GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATIONS

Michael Crites (Band 3)

West Virginia:

CORPORATE/COMMERCIAL

Christopher Plybon (Band 3)

ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES

Thomas Rubenstein (Band 2)

Richard Bolen (Band 3)

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT

Forrest Roles (Senior Statespeople)

Mark Carter (Band 1)

Anna Dailey (Band 2)

Ashley Pack (Band 3)

Brian Moore (Band 3)

Kevin Nelson (Band 3)

REAL ESTATE

Christopher Plybon (Band 3)

Dinsmore also earned rankings on the High Net Worth list. One department and five attorneys were recognized.

Dinsmore rankings:

Ohio:

Private Wealth Law (Band 1)

Individual rankings:

Kentucky:

PRIVATE WEALTH LAW

Glen S. Bagby (Band 3)

Wade C. Lawson (Band 3)

Ohio:

PRIVATE WEALTH LAW

Lee M. Stautberg (Band 1)

Mary Healy (Band 3)

West Virginia:

PRIVATE WEALTH LAW

Joshua S. Rogers (Band 1)