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Louisville's 2016 Top Lawyers [1]



 


In January, Louisville Magazine [2] mailed a survey to all active members of the Louisville Bar Association who reside in metro Louisville. The survey asked this question: “If you or a member of your family were in need of legal services, who among Louisville-area attorneys would you choose to provide services in the following practice categories?” Once again this year, we asked attorneys to list the top lawyers in two separate divisions, “large” firms and “small/medium” (all other) firms. For the purposes of this survey, “large” firms are defined as those having 50 or more local attorneys. In each of the categories of services listed on the survey we asked the LBA members to name two attorneys in order of preference. In categories in which all “Top Lawyers” are in “large” or “small/medium” firms, we include only that firm size.
 
Each lawyer receiving a first-place mention in the survey was awarded two points; second-place mentions received one point. We then tabulated the results in each category to arrive at the listings of “Top Lawyers” presented on the following pages. The number of lawyers listed in each category differs depending on the total number of lawyers mentioned in a given category.
 
The survey was mailed to 2,694 attorneys and we received 432 completed surveys. The number in parentheses following each practice category is the number of surveys received on which that particular category had at least one name entered.
 
The top-scoring lawyers in each practice category are listed alphabetically, not in order of points received.
 
 

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW (99)

Large Firms:
 
Kenneth S. Handmaker
Middleton Reutlinger
​
C. Kent Hatfield
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Kendrick R. Riggs
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
John E. Selent
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
Small Firms:
 
L. Chad Elder
Elder & Good
 
Brian R. Good
Elder & Good
 

ADOPTION LAW (105)

Small Firms:
 
Kenneth R. Burgess
Attorney at Law
 
Mitchell A. Charney
Goldberg Simpson
 
Susan Anderson Crull
Crull and Crull
​
Laurel S. Doheny
Pregliasco Straw-Boone Doheny Banks & Bowman
 
Stephanie L. Morgan-White
Goldberg Simpson
 
W. Waverley Townes
Mosley, Townes & Watkins
 

ANTITRUST & TRADE REGULATION LAW (83)

Large Firms:
 
John K. Bush
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
C. Kent Hatfield
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
R. James Straus
Frost Brown Todd
 
Small Firms:
 
John S. Reed
Reed Weitkamp Schell & Vice
 
Matthew L. White
Gray & White
 

APPELLATE LAW (248)

Large Firms:
 
Michael P. Abate
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
Brent R. Baughman
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
Bethany A. Breetz
Stites & Harbison
​
Walter L. Sales
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Virginia Hamilton Snell
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
Sheryl G. Snyder
Frost Brown Todd
 
Small Firms:
 
Kevin C. Burke
Attorney at Law
 
Dan Canon
Clay Daniel Walton & Adams
 
Paul J. Hershberg
Gray & White
 
Bradley R. Hume
Thompson Miller & Simpson
 
Katherine Kerns Vesely
O’Bryan Brown & Toner
 
 
 

BANKING LAW (138)

Large Firms:
 
Jamie S. Brodsky
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
June N. King
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
William T. Repasky
Frost Brown Todd
 
David E. Saffer
Stites & Harbison
​
R. James Straus
Frost Brown Todd
 
Cynthia W. Young
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
Small Firms:
 
 ​Phone:  [4]502-560-6759
​
Stephen R. Solomon
Goldberg Simpson
 

BANKRUPTCY LAW (240)

Large Firms:
 
John W. Ames
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
C. R. Bowles Jr.
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
Lea Pauley Goff
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Edward M. King
Frost Brown Todd
 
Brian H. Meldrum
Stites & Harbison
​
Small Firms:
 
David M. Cantor
Seiller Waterman
 
Jan C. Morris
Lowen & Morris
 
Julie Ann O’Bryan
O’Bryan Law Offices
 
Mark A. Robinson
Duncan Galloway Egan & Greenwald
 
Mark J. Sandlin
Goldberg Simpson
 

BET-THE-COMPANY LITIGATION (186)

Large Firms:
 
Charles J. Cronan IV
Stites & Harbison
​
K. Gregory Haynes
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
Samuel D. Hinkle IV
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
R. Gregg Hovious
Middleton Reutlinger
​
Janet P. Jakubowicz
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
Dennis D. Murrell
Middleton Reutlinger
​
Sheryl G. Snyder
Frost Brown Todd
 
Small Firms:
 
Donald L. Cox
Lynch Cox Gilman & Goodman
 
David S. Kaplan
Kaplan & Partners
 
David Tachau
Tachau Meek
 
Theodore W. Walton
Clay Daniel Walton & Adams
 

BUSINESS/COMMERCIAL LAW (185)

Large Firms:
 
Henry S. Alford
Middleton Reutlinger
​
John W. Bilby
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
John S. Egan
Frost Brown Todd
 
W. Thomas Halbleib Jr.
Stites & Harbison
​
Franklin K. Jelsma
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
Ben Johnson II
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
Patrick W. Michael
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
Small Firms:
 
P. Blaine Grant
Hayden Grant
 
John T. McGarvey
Morgan & Pottinger
​
Anuj G. Rastogi
Seiller Waterman
 
Daniel M. Walter
Ackerson & Yann

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BUSINESS LITIGATION (278)

Large Firms:
 
Douglas C. Ballantine
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Theresa A. Canaday
Frost Brown Todd
 
Philip W. Collier
Stites & Harbison
​
Cory J. Skolnick
Frost Brown Todd
 
Joseph N. Tucker
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
Small Firms:
 
Glenn A. Cohen
Seiller Waterman
 
Donald L. Cox
Lynch Cox Gilman & Goodman
 
Amy D. Cubbage
Ackerson & Yann
​
Jonathan D. Goldberg
Goldberg Simpson
 
P. Blaine Grant
Hayden Grant
 
David S. Kaplan
Kaplan & Partners
 
Jan M. West
Goldberg Simpson
 

CLASS ACTION LAW (126)

Large Firms:
 
Justin D. Clark
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Marjorie A. Farris
Stites & Harbison
​
Clark C. Johnson
Stites & Harbison
​
Mitzi D. Wyrick
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
Small Firms:
 
Mark K. Gray
Gray & White
 
Lawrence L. Jones II
Jones Ward
 
Matthew L. White
Gray & White

 

COLLECTIONS LAW (129)

Large Firms:
 
Gregory S. Berman
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
Small Firms:
 
Michael V. Brodarick
Lloyd & McDaniel
 
Patrick J. Kilburn
Lloyd & McDaniel
 
John T. McGarvey
Morgan & Pottinger
​
Thomas D. Murphy II
Ackerson & Yann
​
​
Mark J. Sandlin
Goldberg Simpson
 
Steven A. Snow
Attorney at Law
 
 
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CONSTRUCTION LAW (151)

Large Firms:
Angela S. Fetcher
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
J. Mark Grundy
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
Michael M. Hirn
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
David B. Ratterman
Stites & Harbison
​
C. Michael Shull III
Frost Brown Todd
 
Angela R. Stephens
Stites & Harbison
​
Small Firms:
 
David B. Blandford
Ackerson & Yann
​
Stephen E. Smith
Goldberg Simpson
 
 
 

CONSUMER LAW (71)

Large Firms:
 
Gregory S. Berman
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
Richard A. Vance
Stites & Harbison
​
Small Firms:
 
Ben Carter
Ben Carter Law
 
James R. Craig
Craig Henry
 
Ellen G. Friedman
Ellen G. Friedman Law Office

 

COPYRIGHT/TRADEMARK LAW (160)

Large Firms:
 
Joel T. Beres
Stites & Harbison
​
Amy B. Berge
Middleton Reutlinger
​
T. Michelle Browning Coughlin
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
Thomas P. O’Brien III
Frost Brown Todd
 
Laura H. Pulliam
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Cynthia L. Stewart
Frost Brown Todd
 
Matthew A. Williams
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
Small Firms:
 
Kyle Anne Citrynell
Seiller Waterman

 

CORPORATE LAW (186)

Large Firms:
 
Scott W. Dolson
Frost Brown Todd
 
W. Thomas Halbleib Jr.
Stites & Harbison
​
Franklin K. Jelsma
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
Christopher W. D. Jones
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
R. James Straus
Frost Brown Todd
 
Lynn H. Wangerin
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Small Firms:
 
Anuj G. Rastogi
Seiller Waterman
 
Daniel M. Walter
Ackerson & Yann

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CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAW — NON-WHITE-COLLAR (197)

Small Firms:
 
Brian Butler
Dathorne & Butler
 
Scott C. Cox
Cox & Mazzoli
​
Rob Eggert
Interchange Law Office
 
Christopher J. Klein
Interchange Law Office
 
David A. Lambertus
Attorney at Law
 
Frank Mascagni III
Mascagni Law Office
 
 

 

Steven R. Romines
Romines Weis & Young
 
 
 
Theodore S. Shouse
Attorney at Law
 
Gregory D. Simms
Murphy & Associates
 

CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAW — WHITE-COLLAR (240)

Large Firms:
 
Michael M. Denbow
Stites & Harbison
​
Craig C. Dilger
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Christie A. Moore
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
Marc S. Murphy
Stites & Harbison
​
Robert C. Webb
Frost Brown Todd
 
Small Firms:
 
Brian Butler
Dathorne & Butler
 
 
Scott C. Cox
Cox & Mazzoli
​
Alex Dathorne
Dathorne & Butler
 
Davis A. Lambertus
Attorney at Law
 
Frank Mascagni III
Mascagni Law Office
 
Steven R. Romines
Romines Weis & Young
 
Theodore S. Shouse
Attorney at Law
 
R. Kent Westberry
Landrum & Shouse
​
Kent Wicker
Dressman Benzinger LaVelle
​

DISABILITY LAW (73)

Large Firms:
 
Jeffrey A. Calabrese
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Small Firms:
 
Wayne Daub
Interchange Law Office
 
Christopher M. Harrell
Harrell Law
 
 
Alvin D. Wax
Smith & Wax Law Office

 

DIVORCE LAW (252)

Large Firms:
 
Elizabeth McConahy Jenkins
Middleton Reutlinger
​
Jesse A. Mudd
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
Small Firms:
 
Mitchell A. Charney
Goldberg Simpson
 
Troy DeMuth
Goldberg Simpson
 
Mark W. Dobbins
Tilford Dobbins & Schmidt
 
Laurel S. Doheny
Pregliasco Straw-Boone Doheny Banks & Bowman
 
Su H. Kang
Seiller Waterman
 
Ann B. Oldfather
Oldfather Law Firm
 
Delores (Dee) Pregliasco
Pregliasco Straw-Boone Doheny Banks & Bowman
 
Rebecca M. Simms
Gault & Simms
 
Diana L. Skaggs
Diana L. Skaggs + Partners
 
Melanie Straw-Boone
Pregliasco Straw-Boone Doheny Banks & Bowman
 
Louis I. Waterman
Goldberg Simpson
 
Louis P. Winner
Clay Daniel Walton & Adams
 

DOMESTIC RELATIONS LAW — NON-DIVORCE (117)

Small Firms:
 
Mitchell A. Charney
Goldberg Simpson
 
Troy DeMuth
Goldberg Simpson
 
Laurel S. Doheny
Pregliasco Straw-Boone Doheny Banks & Bowman
 
Su H. Kang
Seiller Waterman
 
Mason L. Trenaman
Attorney at Law
 
Louis P. Winner
Clay Daniel Walton & Adams
 

DUI/DWI LAW (158)

Large Firms:
 
Michael M. Denbow
Stites & Harbison
​
Small Firms:
 
Brian Butler
Dathorne & Butler
 
 
 
Paul S. Gold
Paul S. Gold Attorney At Law
 
John H. Harralson III
Law Office of John H. Harralson, III
 
David Lambertus
Attorney at Law
 
Richard Meena Jr.
Attorney at Law
 
 
 
 
 
Gregory D. Simms
Murphy & Associates
 
Benham J. Sims III
Interchange Law Office
 

ELDER LAW (83)

Small Firms:
 
Kelli E. Brown
Goldberg Simpson
 
Bernard M. Faller
Kentucky ElderLaw
​
Emily Monarch
Elder Law Solutions
 
Misty Clark Vantrease
Kentucky ElderLaw
​
Eileen Walsh
Elder Law of Louisville
 
Whitney Wilson
Elder Law of Louisville
 
Jefferey M. Yussman
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs

 

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS LAW (160)

Large Firms:
 
Mary G. Eaves
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
Angela Logan Edwards
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
Benjamin J. Evans
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
Debbie Reiss Hardesty
Frost Brown Todd
 
Sharon A. Mattingly
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Sherry P. Porter
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
Alison M. Stemler
Frost Brown Todd
 
Small Firms:
 
Michael Grabhorn
Grabhorn Law Office
 
Sharon R. Handy
Seiller Waterman
 

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (124)

Large Firms:
 
Dennis J. Conniff
Frost Brown Todd
 
Bradley E. Dillon
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
Adam T. Goebel
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Timothy J. Hagerty
Frost Brown Todd
 
H. Carl Horneman
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
W. Patrick Stallard
Stites & Harbison
​
Small Firms:
 
Victor L. Baltzell Jr.
Ackerson & Yann
​
Thomas J. FitzGerald
Kentucky Resources Council
 
Ronald R. Van Stockum, Jr.
Ronald R. Van Stockum, Jr., Attorney at Law

 

ETHICS & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY LAW (142)

Large Firms:
 
Douglas C. Ballantine
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
John T. Ballantine
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Richard H. C. Clay
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
Charles J. Cronan IV
Stites & Harbison
​
Francis J. Mellen Jr.
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
W. Plumer Wiseman Jr.
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
Small Firms:
 
Amy D. Cubbage
Ackerson & Yann
​
L. Chad Elder
Elder & Good
 
Sheldon G. Gilman
Lynch Cox Gilman & Goodman
 
Peter L. Ostermiller
Attorney at Law

 

GENERAL LITIGATION (245)

Large Firms:
 
Charles J. Cronan IV
Stites & Harbison
​
Culver V. Halliday
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
R. Gregg Hovious
Middleton Reutlinger
​
Donald J. Kelly
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
R. Kenyon Meyer
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
Small Firms:
 
Glenn A. Cohen
Seiller Waterman
 
Jonathan D. Goldberg
Goldberg Simpson
 
David S. Kaplan
Kaplan & Partners
 
Byron N. Miller
Thompson Miller & Simpson
 

HEALTH CARE LAW (157)

Large Firms:
 
K. Kelly White Bryant
Stites & Harbison
​
Carole D. Christian
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
Charles J. Cronan IV
Stites & Harbison
​
J. Wade Hendricks
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Thomas A. Hoy
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
Billy J. Mabry
Frost Brown Todd
 
Peter L. Thurman Jr.
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
Small Firms:
 
L. Chad Elder
Elder & Good
 
 
 
 
Robert V. Waterman
Seiller Waterman
 

IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION LAW (133)

Large Firms:
Charles R. Baesler Jr.
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Matthew P. Gunn
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
Kenji Tashiro
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
Small Firms:
 
Daniel M. Alvarez
Adams & Alvare
​
Dennis M. Clare Sr.
Law Office of Dennis M. Clare
 
​
Russell (Rusty) L. O’Brien
O’Brien Law Group
 
Rebecca L. O’Neill
Kentucky Refugee Ministries

 

INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS/CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (96)

Large Firms:
 
Junis L. Baldon
Frost Brown Todd
 
Jon L. Fleischaker
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
Small Firms:
 
Gregory Belzley​
Belzley Bathurst Attorneys
 
Daniel J. Canon
Clay Daniel Walton & Adams
 
Michael L. Goodwin
Attorney at Law
 
Laura E. Landenwich
Clay Daniel Walton & Adams
 
William E. Sharp
Attorney at Law
 
David Tachau
Tachau Meek
 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW (68)

Large Firms:
 
Joel T. Beres
Stites & Harbison
​
Douglas F. Brent
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
T. Michelle Browning Coughlin
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
Thomas P. O’Brien III
Frost Brown Todd
 
Cynthia L. Stewart
Frost Brown Todd
 
Lynn H. Wangerin
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Small Firms:
 
Kyle Anne Citrynell
Seiller Waterman
 

INSURANCE LAW (141)

Large Firms:
 
Barbara Hartung
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
Michael D. Risley
Stites & Harbison
​
John L. Tate
Stites & Harbison
​
Peter L. Thurman Jr.
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
Small Firms:
 
Charles H. Cassis
Goldberg Simpson
 
W. David Kiser
Ackerson & Yann
​
Christopher P. O’Bryan
O’Bryan Brown & Toner
 
William B. Orberson
Phillips Parker Orberson & Arnett
 
Aaron J. Silletto
Goldberg Simpson
 
David S. Strite
O’Bryan Brown & Toner
 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE/FINANCE LAW (48)

Large Firms:
 
Robert L. Brown
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
H. Powell Starks
Frost Brown Todd
 
Ernest W. Williams
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 

JUVENILE LAW (56)

Small Firms:
 
Karen E. Faulkner
Faulkner Kaelin Law Office
 
M. Alex Fleming
Attorney at Law
 
Julie M. Kaelin
Faulkner Kaelin Law Office
 
Christopher J. Klein
Attorney at Law
 
 
 
 
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LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW — DEFENSE (228)

Large Firms:
 
Blaine R. Blood
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
Richard S. Cleary
Frost Brown Todd
 
C. Tyson Gorman
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
Shannon Antle Hamilton
Stites & Harbison
​
John T. Lovett
Frost Brown Todd
 
Donna King Perry
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
Loren T. Prizant
Middleton Reutlinger
​
Kathryn A. Quesenberry
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
John O. Sheller
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Small Firms:
 
 
 
Jan M. West
Goldberg Simpson
 

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW — PLAINTIFF (110)

Small Firms:
 
Garry R. Adams
Clay Daniel Walton & Adams
 
Glenn A. Cohen
Seiller Waterman
 
Michele D. Henry
Craig Henry
 
Laura E. Landenwich
Clay Daniel Walton & Adams
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Callie E. Walton
Gwin Steinmetz & Baird
 
Jan M. West
Goldberg Simpson
 

LAND USE AND ZONING LAW (138)

Large Firms:
 
Clifford H. Ashburner
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
Greg Ehrhard
Stites & Harbison
​
Timothy W. Martin
Frost Brown Todd
 
Glenn A. Price Jr.
Frost Brown Todd
 
Anthony L. Schnell
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Small Firms:
 
 
Michael F. Tigue
Attorney at Law
 
Paul B. Whitty
Goldberg Simpson
 

MEDIA LAW (90)

Large Firms:
 
Bethany A. Breetz
Stites & Harbison
​
Jon L. Fleischaker
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
Deborah H. Patterson
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
Jeremy S. Rogers
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
Small Firms:
 
Kyle Anne Citrynell
Seiller Waterman
 
R. Kenyon Meyer
R. Kenyon Meyer
 

MEDIATION/ARBITRATION LAW — FAMILY (101)

Small Firms:
 
Mitchell A. Charney
Goldberg Simpson
 
Troy DeMuth
Goldberg Simpson
 
Douglas Haynes
Fernandez & Haynes
 
R. Gary Lowen
Lowen & Morris
 
Charles R. Meers
Meers Law Office
 
David L. Vish
Attorney at Law
 

MEDIATION/ARBITRATION LAW — NON-FAMILY (123)

Large Firms:
 
John T. Ballantine
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Small Firms:
 
David B. Blandford
Ackerson & Yann
​
Hon. Kenneth G. Corey
Retired Judges & Associates Mediation Service
 
Hon. Thomas J. Knopf
Retired Judges & Associates Mediation Service
 
John R. Martin Jr.
Landrum & Shouse
​
Hon. Tom E. McDonald III
Attorney at Law
 
Hon. Ann O’Malley Shake
Retired Judges & Associates Mediation Service
 
Stephen E. Smith
Goldberg Simpson
 

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW — DEFENSE (201)

Large Firms:
 
Carol Dan Browning
Stites & Harbison
​
Bradley A. Case
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
Douglass Farnsley
Stites & Harbison
​
W. Gregory King
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Small Firms:
 
Donald K. Brown Jr.
O’Bryan Brown & Toner
 
James P. Grohmann
O’Bryan Brown & Toner
 
 
 
 
Susan D. Phillips
Phillips Parker Orberson & Arnett
 
B. Todd Thompson
Thompson Miller & Simpson
 
Gerald R. Toner
O’Bryan Brown & Toner
 

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW — PLAINTIFF (152)

Small Firms:
 
 
 
Paul A. Casi II
Paul A. Casi, II
 
Wes Faulkner
Faulkner Law Offices
 
 
 
David B. Gray
Goldberg Simpson
 
Douglas H. Morris II
Morris & Player
 
Ann B. Oldfather
Oldfather Law Firm
 
 

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS LAW (126)

Large Firms:
 
C. Edward Glasscock
Frost Brown Todd
 
W. Thomas Halbleib Jr.
Stites & Harbison
​
John G. Hundley
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Franklin K. Jelsma​
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
Christopher W. D. Jones
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
Small Firms:
 
Anuj G. Rastogi
Seiller Waterman
 
Daniel M. Walter
Ackerson & Yann
​
 

PATENT LAW (104)

Large Firms:
 
James Eaves Jr.
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
Denise Everett
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
David W. Nagle Jr.
Stites & Harbison
​
John F. Salazar
Middleton Reutlinger
​
Cynthia L. Stewart
Frost Brown Todd
 

PERSONAL INJURY LAW — DEFENSE (178)

Large Firms:
 
W. Gregory King
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
John L. Tate
Stites & Harbison
​
Small Firms:
 
Donald K. Brown Jr.
O’Bryan Brown & Toner
 
Charles H. Cassis
Goldberg Simpson
 
John R. Martin Jr.
Landrum & Shouse
​
Aaron J. Silletto
Goldberg Simpson
 
Robert E. Stopher
Boehl Stopher & Graves
 
David S. Strite
O’Bryan Brown & Toner
 

PERSONAL INJURY LAW — PLAINTIFF (215)

Small Firms:
 
Vanessa B. Cantley
Bahe Cook Cantley & Nefzger
​
Brian E. Clare
Retired Judges & Associates Mediation Service
 
Larry B. Franklin
Franklin Law Group
 
David B. Gray
Goldberg Simpson
 
Richard Meena Jr.
Attorney at Law
 
Douglas H. Morris II
Morris & Player
 
Ann B. Oldfather
Oldfather Law Firm
 
Joseph C. Souza
Ackerson & Yann
​
 
Kevin P. Weis
Goldberg Simpson
 

PRIVACY/INFORMATION SECURITY LAW (63)

Large Firms:
 
Douglas F. Brent
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
T. Michelle Browning Coughlin
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
Ian T. Ramsey
Stites & Harbison
​
Small Firms:
 
Amy D. Cubbage
Ackerson & Yann
​

PRODUCT LIABILITY LAW — DEFENSE (129)

Large Firms:
 
Melissa Norman Bork
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
Carol Dan Browning
Stites & Harbison
​
Steven M. Crawford
Frost Brown Todd
 
Donald J. Kelly
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
David T. Schaefer
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
John L. Tate
Stites & Harbison
​
Small Firms:
 
W. Kennedy Simpson
Thompson Miller & Simpson
 

PRODUCT LIABILITY LAW — PLAINTIFF (73)

Small Firms:
 
Larry B. Franklin
Franklin Law Group
 
Douglas H. Morris II
Morris & Player
 
Tad Thomas
Thomas Law Offices
 
 
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Matthew L. White
Gray & White
 

PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE LAW (NON-MEDICAL) — DEFENSE (103)

Large Firms:
 
Matthew W. Breetz
Stites & Harbison
​
W. Gregory King
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Small Firms:
 
J. Allan Cobb
Weiss and Cobb Law
 
James P. Grohmann
O’Bryan Brown & Toner
 
Peter L. Ostermiller
Attorney at Law
 
John W. Phillips
Phillips Parker Orberson & Arnett
 
Edward H. Stopher
Boehl Stopher & Graves
 

PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE LAW (NON-MEDICAL) — PLAINTIFF (45)

Small Firms:
 
Larry B. Franklin
Franklin Law Group
 
William F. McMurry
William F. McMurry & Associates
 
Hans G. Poppe
The Poppe Law Firm
 
Lee Edward Sitlinger Jr.
Sitlinger McGlincy & Theiler
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PROJECT FINANCE LAW (61)

Large Firms:
 
Stephen D. Berger
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
John S. Egan
Frost Brown Todd
 
Mark S. Franklin
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Raja J. Patil
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 

PUBLIC FINANCE LAW (59)

Large Firms:
 
Stephen D. Berger
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
Daniel Doup Briscoe Jr.
Dinsmore & Shohl
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John S. Egan
Frost Brown Todd
 
Mark S. Franklin
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Alex P. Herrington Jr.
Stites & Harbison
​
Edward M. King
Frost Brown Todd
 
Small Firms:
 
Charles S. Musson
Rubin & Hays
 

REAL ESTATE LAW (221)

Large Firms:
 
Dale E. Ahearn
Frost Brown Todd
 
Clifford H. Ashburner
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
Greg Ehrhard
Stites & Harbison
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Timothy W. Martin
Frost Brown Todd
 
Tandy C. Patrick
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
Anthony L. Schnell
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Small Firms:
 
David B. Buechler
Stuart & Buechler
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Andrew M. Fleischman
Kaplan & Partners
 
Stephen R. Solomon
Goldberg Simpson
 
Robert M. Yann
Ackerson & Yann
​

RETIREMENT BENEFITS/PENSION LAW (98)

Large Firms:
 
Mary G. Eaves
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
Angela Logan Edwards
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
Benjamin J. Evans
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
Debbie Reiss Hardesty
Frost Brown Todd
 
Sharon A. Mattingly
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Sherry P. Porter
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
Alison M. Stemler
Frost Brown Todd
 
Small Firms:
 
Michael Grabhorn
Grabhorn Law
 
Sharon R. Handy
Seiller Waterman
 
Charles R. Meers
Meers Law Office

 

SECURITIES LAW (90)

Large Firms:
 
James A. Giesel
Frost Brown Todd
 
Christopher W. D. Jones
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
Alan K. MacDonald
Frost Brown Todd
 
Ernest W. Williams
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Cynthia W. Young
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
Small Firms:
 
Michael A. Valenti
Valenti Hanley
 
Matthew L. White
Gray & White
 

SOCIAL SECURITY LAW (65)

Small Firms:
 
Kenneth R. Burgess
Attorney at Law
 
Candace L. Curtis
Clay Daniel Walton & Adams
 
Wayne C. Daub
Wayne C. Daub Law Office
 
Christopher M. Harrell
Harrell Law
 
 
Alvin D. Wax
Smith & Wax Law Office

 

TAX LAW (155)

Large Firms:
 
John A. Bartlett
Stites & Harbison
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Ross D. Cohen
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
Timothy J. Eifler
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Mark A. Loyd Jr.
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
James A. Nitsche
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
Mark F. Sommer
Frost Brown Todd
 
Small Firms:
 
F. Larkin Fore
Fore Miller & Schwart
​
Paul J. Krazeise Jr.
Seiller Waterman
 
Darby Lane Smith
Goldberg Simpson

 

TRUSTS, WILLS & ESTATE LAW (274)

Large Firms:
 
Turney P. Berry
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
John R. Cummins
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
D. Randall Gibson
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
F. Gerald Greenwell
Frost Brown Todd
 
Mark T. Hurst
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Katherine Paige Langan
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
Wayne F. Wilson
Dinsmore & Shohl
​
Small Firms:
 
Kelli E. Brown
Goldberg Simpson
 
Alan N. Linker
Seiller Waterman
 
Rebecca A. Martin
Ackerson & Yann
​
Homer Parrent III
Parrent & Oyler
​
C. Carter Ruml
Ruml

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VENTURE CAPITAL LAW (77)

Large Firms:
 
Jamie S. Brodsky
Stoll Keenon Ogden
 
Franklin K. Jelsma
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
Christopher W. D. Jones
Bingham Greenebaum Doll
 
James C. Seiffert
Stites & Harbison
​
William G. Strench
Frost Brown Todd
 

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW (119)

Small Firms:
 
Laura R. Beasley
U’Sellis & Kitchen
 
Joy Lanham Buchenberger
Jennings Law Offices
 
Wayne C. Daub
Wayne C. Daub Law Office
 
Christopher P. Evensen
Evensen Law Office
 
Timothy P. O’Mara
Middleton Reutlinger
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