Dinsmore & Shohl LLP issued the following announcement on April 29.
Dinsmore & Shohl is pleased to announce its attorneys have received top rankings, including one Band 1 ranking, in the 2019 Edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business.
In compiling the current directory, interviews were conducted throughout the United States carried out by a team of 150 full-time researchers. Law firms and individual attorneys are ranked in bands from one to six, with one being the best.
Several attorneys were ranked first in their respective field including Clifford H. Ashburner, Jack C. Bender, Carolyn M. Brown, Mark A. Carter and Kim Martin Lewis. Overall, the firm was ranked in 13 categories with 32 attorneys ranked across various practice areas.
Dinsmore Rankings
Kentucky
Environment, Natural Resources & Utilities (Band 1)
Labor & Employment (Band 2)
Litigation: General Commercial (Band 2)
Real Estate (Band 3)
Ohio
Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Band 3)
Corporate/M&A (Band 3)
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Band 3)
Intellectual Property (Band 3)
Labor & Employment (Band 4)
West Virginia
Corporate/Commercial (Band 2)
Labor & Employment (Band 2)
Natural Resources (Band 3)
Real Estate (Band 3)
Individual Rankings
CALIFORNIA
Band 4:
Christopher Celentino – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
KENTUCKY
Band 1:
Clifford H. Ashburner – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Jack C. Bender – Environment, Natural Resources & Utilities: Environment
Carolyn M. Brown – Environment, Natural Resources & Utilities: Environment
Band 2:
Richard H. Clay - Litigation: General Commercial
Chauncey S. R. Curtz - Environment, Natural Resources & Utilities: Natural Resources
Barbara B. Edelman - Litigation: General Commercial
Donna King Perry - Labor & Employment
Kathryn A. Quesenberry - Labor & Employment
Band 3:
Gregory A. Compton – Real Estate
Band 4:
David R. Monohan – Litigation: General Commercial
OHIO
Band 1:
Kim Martin Lewis - Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Band 2:
Karen Kreider Gaunt - Intellectual Property
Donald B. Leach, Jr. - Construction
Ben F. Wells - Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Band 3:
Timothy D. Hoffman - Natural Resources
Lynda E. Roesch - Intellectual Property
Mark A. Vander Laan - Litigation: General Commercial
Band 4:
Michael W. Hawkins - Labor & Employment
Jan E. Hensel - Labor & Employment
Joshua A. Lorentz - Intellectual Property
Ranked Eminent Practitioner:
George H. Vincent - Corporate/M&A
WEST VIRGINIA
Band 1:
Mark A. Carter - Labor & Employment
Band 2:
Anna M. Dailey - Labor & Employment
Kevin A. Nelson – Labor & Employment
Christopher J. Plybon – Corporate/Commercial, Real Estate
F. Thomas Rubenstein - Natural Resources
Band 3:
Richard J. Bolen – Natural Resources
Thomas H. Gilpin – Corporate/Commercial
Ashley C. Pack - Labor & Employment
Ranked S- Senior Statesman
Forrest H. Roles - Labor & Employment
W. Henry Jernigan, Jr. - Litigation: General Commercial
Original source can be found here.
