KMK Attorneys Recognized in Top 5 Percent of All Lawyers in Ohio

CINCINNATI, OH — A total of 51 attorneys at Keating Muething & Klekamp (KMK^®) have been recognized in the 2010 Ohio Super Lawyers^® and Ohio Rising Stars^® list, which will be published in the January 2010 issues of Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition and Cincinnati Magazine.  Ohio Super Lawyers is a comprehensive listing of outstanding lawyers in more than 70 areas of practice.  Each attorney listed in Ohio Super Lawyers has been chosen by their peers as being among the best in their profession.

The 32 KMK attorneys recognized in the 2010 Ohio Super Lawyers listing are noted below with the practice area for which they are recognized: 

James E. Burke, Partner — Business Litigation
                                                  *Named to the Top 10 in Ohio Super Lawyers list
                                                  *Named to the Top 50 in Cincinnati Super Lawyers list

Joseph M. Callow, Jr., Partner — Business Litigation

Mark J. Chumley, Partner — Employment & Labor

Robert E. Coletti, Partner — Mergers & Acquisitions

Paul D. Dorger, Partner — Employment & Labor

Alan S. Fershtman, Partner — Business / Corporate

Patrick F. Fischer, Partner — Business Litigation

Gail King Gibson, Partner — Mergers & Acquisitions

Louis F. Gilligan, Partner — Class Action / Mass Torts

Stephen M. Goodson, Partner — Employee Benefits / ERISA

Patricia B. Hogan, Partner — Intellectual Property

Kevin E. Irwin, Partner — Bankruptcy & Creditor / Debtor Rights

Daniel E. Izenson, Partner — Business Litigation

William J. Keating, Jr., Partner — Business / Corporate

Donald P. Klekamp, Partner — Business / Corporate

Gary P. Kreider, Partner — Securities & Corporate Finance

James R. Matthews, Partner — Insurance Coverage

Robert W. Maxwell II, Partner — Employment & Labor

Lisa Wintersheimer Michel, Partner — Employee Benefits / ERISA

Paul V. Muething, Managing Partner — Business / Corporate

William A. Posey, Partner — Personal Injury Plaintiff: General

Gail Glassmeyer Pryse, Partner — Real Estate

Joseph P. Rouse, Partner — Estate Planning & Probate

Robert G. Sanker, Partner — Bankruptcy & Creditor / Debtor Rights

Michael L. Scheier, Partner — Business Litigation

Edward E. Steiner, Partner — Mergers & Acquisitions
                                                    *Named to the Top 100 in Ohio Super Lawyers list
                                                    *Named to the Top 50 in Cincinnati Super Lawyers list

Joseph L. Trauth, Jr., Partner — Land Use / Zoning

Gregory M. Utter, Partner — Class Action / Mass Torts

Mark J. Weber, Partner — Banking

Herbert B. Weiss, Partner — Real Estate

Mark A. Weiss, Partner — Securities & Corporate Finance

Jill A. Weller, Partner — Environmental

In addition, 19 lawyers at Keating Muething & Klekamp have been named to the 2010 Ohio Rising Stars list, which also will be published in the January 2010 issues of Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition and Cincinnati Magazine.  The KMK lawyers recognized in the 2010 Ohio Rising Stars list are noted below with the practice area for which they are recognized: 

Michael T. Cappel, Associate — Business Litigation

Gregory L. Cecil, Associate — Real Estate

D. Brock Denton, Partner — Mergers & Acquisitions

Sue A. Erhart, Partner — Business Litigation

Drew M. Hicks, Associate — Business Litigation

Jonathan M. Hiltz, Associate — Mergers & Acquisitions

Courtney A. Laginess, Associate — Intellectual Property

Robert C. Lesan, III, Associate — Business / Corporate

Michael J. Moeddel, Partner — Mergers & Acquisitions

Jennifer J. Morales, Partner — Business Litigation

Brian P. Muething, Associate — Business Litigation

Christy M. Nageleisen, Associate — Business Litigation

Mark L. Opitz, Associate — Mergers & Acquisitions

Jamie M. Ramsey, Partner — Business Litigation

F. Mark Reuter, Partner — Securities & Corporate Finance

Rachael A. Rowe, Partner — Business Litigation

W. Jeffrey Sefton, Partner — Business Litigation

Jason V. Stitt, Associate —Bankruptcy & Creditor / Debtor Rights

Thomas M. Tepe, Jr., Partner — Land Use / Zoning

The selection process for Rising Stars is the same as the Super Lawyers selection process except that to be eligible for inclusion in Rising Stars, a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less.  Candidates for Rising Stars do not go through peer evaluation by practice area. While up to 5 percent of the lawyers in the state are named to Super Lawyers, no more than 2.5 percent are named to the Rising Stars list.

Polling, research and selection are performed by Law & Politics, a publication of Key Professional Media, Inc.  Law & Politics has been publishing Super Lawyers for 18 years. 

About Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL
The law firm of Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL (KMK), based in Cincinnati, Ohio, was founded in 1954.  KMK has approximately 115 lawyers and a support staff of 150 employees.  For the past 55 years, KMK has contributed to the success of many businesses, from Fortune 500 corporations to start-up companies.  KMK’s mission is to provide high-quality legal counsel to business clients by meeting their identified needs and developing appropriate solutions.