Keating Muething & Klekamp only law firm ranked #1 in Cincinnati in Corporate Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, and Municipal Law by The Best Lawyers in America 2011

Cincinnati, OH — Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL (KMK^®) was ranked #1 in Cincinnati in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2011 in seven areas: Corporate Law, Employee Benefits Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, Municipal Law, Project Finance Law, Real Estate Law, and Personal Injury Litigation. Notably, KMK also was ranked #1 in the state of Ohio in Project Finance Law.

Thirty-five (35) attorneys from KMK were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2011:

Brian M. Babb – Environmental Law

James E. Burke – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law

Joseph M. Callow, Jr. – Commercial Litigation

Steven C. Coffaro – Commercial Litigation

Robert E. Coletti – Corporate Law

Paul D. Dorger – Labor and Employment Law

Alan S. Fershtman – Tax Law

Patrick F. Fischer – Commercial Litigation

Louis F. Gilligan – Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation

Stephen M. Goodson – Employee Benefits Law

Patricia B. Hogan – Intellectual Property Law

Kevin E. Irwin – Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law

James M. Jansing – Corporate Law

William J. Keating, Jr. – Corporate Law

Donald P. Klekamp – Corporate Law

Gary P. Kreider – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Kenneth P. Kreider – Real Estate Law

Timothy B. Matthews – Banking Law, Venture Capital Law

Robert W. Maxwell II – Labor and Employment Law

Lisa Wintersheimer Michel – Employee Benefits Law

Paul V. Muething – Corporate Law, Securities Law

William A. Posey – Personal Injury Litigation

F. Mark Reuter – Securities Law

Joseph P. Rouse – Trusts and Estates

Rachael A. Rowe – Commercial Litigation

Robert G. Sanker – Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law

Mark E. Sims – Tax Law

Richard D. Spoor – Municipal Finance Law

Edward E. Steiner – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Thomas M. Tepe, Jr. – Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law

Joseph L. Trauth, Jr. – Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law

Gregory M. Utter – Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation

Mark J. Weber – Real Estate Law

Herbert B. Weiss – Project Finance Law, Real Estate Law

Mark A. Weiss – Corporate Law

The Best Lawyers in America 2011 ranked KMK #1 in Corporate Law, the only law firm in Cincinnati to be top-listed. KMK’s Corporate Group handles business law matters for all types and sizes of business organizations, including public and private corporations, limited and general partnerships, limited liability companies, and sole proprietorships.

The Best Lawyers in America 2011 ranked KMK #1 in Employee Benefits Law in Cincinnati. KMK’s Employee Benefits Group provides sophisticated and practical legal advice to clients regarding a broad spectrum of matters including qualified retirement plans, nonqualified deferred compensation, and health and welfare benefits.

The Best Lawyers in America 2011 ranked KMK #1 in Land Use and Zoning Law, the only law firm in Cincinnati to be top-listed. KMK’s Land Use & Zoning lawyers assist with governmental land-use regulation and have experience litigating cases in trial court, appellate court, and in the Ohio Supreme Court.

The Best Lawyers in America 2011 ranked KMK #1 in Municipal Law, the only law firm in Cincinnati to be top-listed. KMK’s Municipal Finance lawyers handle all aspects of public finance involving traditional issuers of municipal securities as well as special districts such as port authorities and utility districts in both Ohio and Kentucky. They also serve as underwriters or placement agent counsel, letter of credit bank counsel, and bond counsel for taxable variable rate note issues.

The Best Lawyers in America 2011 ranked KMK #1 in Personal Injury Litigation in Cincinnati. KMK’s Personal Injury lawyers represent clients in numerous product liability, personal injury/wrongful death, and property damage claims throughout the country, including those involving motor vehicle accidents, electrical equipment, power man lifts, industrial machines and equipment, construction equipment, chemicals, fire, and explosions.

The Best Lawyers in America 2011 ranked KMK #1 in the state of Ohio and #1 in Cincinnati in Project Finance Law. KMK’s Project Finance group has experience representing lenders in connection with commercial real estate financing, construction/permanent loan packages, leasebacks, air rights structures, Industrial Development Boards (IDB), Tax Increment Financing (TIF), and public/government debt issues. They also have experience representing owners, developers, entrepreneurs, and investors with regard to commercial and residential projects. This marks the 28^th consecutive year that KMK partner, Herbert B. Weiss, was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2011 in the area of Project Finance.

The Best Lawyers in America 2011 ranked KMK #1 in Real Estate Law in Cincinnati. KMK’s Real Estate Group is comprised of a cross-section of attorneys with collective experience in all aspects of real property law including development, leasing and transactional work, zoning and land use, sales and acquisitions, real estate taxation, project finance, public assisted finance, environmental issues, economic development, and government affairs.

About The Best Lawyers in America

Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 39,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.1 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.” The Best Lawyers in America^® 2011 (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc. of Aiken, SC).

About Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

The law firm of Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL (KMK^®), based in Cincinnati, Ohio, is a nationally-recognized law firm delivering sophisticated legal solutions to businesses of all sizes — from Fortune 500 corporations to start-up companies. KMK has been recognized as a leading law firm in bankruptcy and restructuring law, corporate and mergers and acquisitions law, and general commercial litigation in the 2010 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers^®. Founded in 1954, KMK has approximately 115 lawyers and a support staff of 150 employees. Additional information is available at www.kmklaw.com.