Four Keating Muething & Klekamp Attorneys Named Best Lawyers’ 2012 Lawyers of the Year

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL (KMK^®) is pleased to announce that James E. Burke, Joseph M. Callow, Jr., Louis F. Gilligan and Patricia B. Hogan have been named Best Lawyers’ 2012 Lawyers of the Year.  Best Lawyers^®, the oldest and highly respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has selected a single lawyer in each practice area and in each community to be honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.” 

The KMK attorneys recognized as 2012 Lawyers of the Year are as follows:

• James E. Burke has been named the “Cincinnati Best Lawyers’ Securities Litigation Lawyer of the Year” for 2012.
• Joseph M. Callow, Jr. has been named the “Cincinnati Best Lawyers’ Antitrust Litigation Lawyer of the Year” for 2012.
• Louis F. Gilligan has been named the “Cincinnati Best Lawyers’ Personal Injury Litigation–Defendants Lawyer of the Year” for 2012.
• Patricia B. Hogan has been named the “Cincinnati Best Lawyers’ Copyright Law Lawyer of the Year” for 2012.

Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.  The current edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2012) is based on more than 3.9 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.  The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in our surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.

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 Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy & Restructuring, Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions law, and General Commercial Litigation in the 2011 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers^®.  KMK was named the Commercial Litigation Firm of the Year— USA by Finance Monthly's Law Awards 2011.  The 2011 Super Lawyers^® Business Edition named KMK the Top Large Law Firm in Ohio in Business and Transactions law.  KMK received 12 first tier rankings in the 2010-11 Best Law Firms survey (Metropolitan Cincinnati) by U.S.News and Best Lawyers.  Founded in 1954, KMK has approximately 105 lawyers and a support staff of 150 employees.  Additional information is available at www.kmklaw.com.