TOLEDO, OH – Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is pleased to announce that 93 of its lawyers have been included in the 26th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.
Additionally, 13 lawyers earned Best Lawyers® 2020 “Lawyer of the Year” recognition in their respective practice areas, as follows:
Anthony J. Abate: Construction Law - Sarasota
John C. Barron: Medical Malpractice Law - Toledo
Thomas C. Blank: Banking and Finance Law – Toledo
H. Michael Bowers: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants – Charleston
Julio C. Esquivel: Corporate Governance Law - Tampa
James I. Rothschild: Mergers and Acquisitions Law - Toledo
Gregory S. Shumaker: Real Estate Law - Toledo
John J. Siciliano: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants - Toledo
Peter R. Silverman: Franchise Law - Toledo
Joseph S. Simpson: Environmental Law - Toledo
Darrell C. Smith: Banking and Finance Law – Tampa
J. Todd Timmerman: Litigation – Patent - Tampa
Gregory C. Yadley: Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law - Tampa
The full list of Shumaker’s lawyers selected for 2020 include:
Charleston
H. Michael Bowers: Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
J. Bennett Crites, III: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
G.P. Diminich: Corporate Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Elizabeth T. Thomas: Health Care Law
Charlotte
W. Thad Adams, III: Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Patent, Patent Law, Trademark Law
Lynn F. Chandler: Trusts and Estates
Philip S. Chubb: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
David H. Conaway: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Stephanie C. Daniel: Trusts and Estates
Warren P. Kean: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Tax Law
John D. Kocher: Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
Moses Luski: Real Estate Law
Steven A. Meckler: Commercial Litigation
John H. Northey III: Real Estate Law
Scott M. Stevenson: Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Karen H. Stiles: Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
William H. Sturges: Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Land Use and Zoning Law
Frederick M. Thurman, Jr.: Employment Law - Management
Columbus
David F. Axelrod: Corporate Compliance Law
Michael E. Born: Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental
Kelly A. Leahy: Health Care Law
Michael J. O'Callaghan: Environmental Law
Sarasota
Anthony J. Abate: Commercial Litigation, Construction Law
Steven J. Chase: Commercial Litigation
Douglas A. Cherry: Copyright Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Patent Law, Trademark Law
Daniel J. DeLeo: Commercial Litigation
Cheryl L. Gordon: Tax Law
Benjamin R. Hanan: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Gregory M. Marks: Tax Law
Malcolm J. Pitchford: Real Estate Law
Tampa
Erin Smith Aebel: Health Care Law
Jaime Austrich: Commercial Litigation
Willard A. Blair: Corporate Law
C. Philip Campbell, Jr.: Commercial Litigation, Litigation - First Amendment, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
Ronald A. Christaldi: Health Care Law
Duane A. Daiker: Appellate Law
Hugo S. deBeaubien: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Julio C. Esquivel: Corporate Governance Law
Bruce H. Gordon: Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
W. Kent Ihrig: Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
John S. Inglis: Real Estate Law
Ernest J. Marquart: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation
Samuel P. Queirolo: Real Estate Law
Mindi M. Richter: Litigation – Intellectual Property
Darrell C. Smith: Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
William R. Swindle: Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
J. Todd Timmerman: Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Patent, Patent Law, Trademark Law
Thomas M. Wood: Commercial Litigation
Gregory C. Yadley: Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law
Toledo
M. Scott Aubry: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
John C. Barron: Commercial Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
Jenifer A. Belt: Health Care Law
Thomas C. Blank: Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
Eric D. Britton: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
John H. Burson: Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
David J. Coyle: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy
Terrance K. Davis: Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Scott G. Deller: Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Gary R. Diesing: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Thomas P. Dillon: Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Robert H. Eddy: Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
Janis E. Susalla Foley: Litigation - Labor and Employment
Jack G. Fynes: Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
William H. Gosline: Trusts and Estates
W. Reed Hauptman: Banking and Finance Law
Douglas G. Haynam: Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental
John W. Hilbert, II: Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Real Estate Law
Regina M. Joseph: Corporate Law, Immigration Law
John N. MacKay: Banking and Finance Law
Timothy C. McCarthy: Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management
Michael S. McGowan: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law, Corporate Law, Tax Law
Brian N. McMahon: Franchise Law
John K. Nelson: Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
William L. Patberg: Environmental Law
Thomas G. Pletz: Commercial Litigation, Litigation - First Amendment, Litigation - Labor and Employment, Media Law
David J. Rectenwald: Trusts and Estates
Joseph A. Rideout: Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
James I. Rothschild: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law
Stephen A. Rothschild: Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Gregory S. Shumaker: Real Estate Law
John J. Siciliano: Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Peter R. Silverman: Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Franchise Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation – Securities, Mediation
Joseph S. Simpson: Environmental Law
John L. Straub: Family Law
Louis E. Tosi: Environmental Law
Gregory H. Wagoner: Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance
Mark D. Wagoner: Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Franchise Law
David F. Waterman: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law
Martin D. Werner: Banking and Finance Law
James F. White, Jr.: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law
David W. Wicklund: Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Antitrust, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent
Kathryn J. Woodward: Trusts and Estates
Mechelle Zarou: Immigration Law
Lawyers being honored as “Lawyer of the Year” are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the exhaustive peer-review assessments that Best Lawyers conducts with thousands of leading lawyers each year. Receiving this designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism, and their integrity. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant.
Founded in 1925, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is a full-service law firm with more than 260 lawyers and seven offices in Toledo and Columbus, Ohio; Tampa and Sarasota, Florida; Charlotte, North Carolina; Charleston, South Carolina; and Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Shumaker is a premier provider of quality legal services. Whether it's commitment to clients or work in the community, involvement lies at the core of all of Shumaker’s initiatives.