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Class Actions – Defendants; and Eugene
killeen – Public Finance Law. Frantz Ward LLP is pleased to
Kaufman & Company, LLC is pleased to
welcome robin Wilson as a partner in the Tucker Ellis LLP is proud to announce that 43 share that Christina E. niro,
firm’s Cleveland office. of the firm’s Cleveland attorneys have been an attorney in the firm’s Labor
and Employment Practice
selected by their peers for inclusion in The
Roetzel & Andress LPA (Roetzel) is pleased Best Lawyers in America for 2019: Thomas Group, has been elected to the
to announce that four senior labor and Baker, karl Bekeny, Henry Billingsley, Northeast Ohio Advisory Board of Children’s
employment law attorneys have joined the ann Caresani, jonathan Cooper, Harry Hunger Alliance.
firm. Joining Roetzel’s Cleveland office are Cornett, Corine Corpora, richard dean,
nancy a. noall as a shareholder and Stephen Ellis, robert Hanna, Michael Frantz Ward LLP is pleased to
Morris l. Hawk and deirdre g. Henry, Harris, jeffrey Healy, Christopher share that partner Michael j.
both as Of Counsel. Hewitt, laura Hong, Peter Igel, Irene Frantz has been elected to
The College of Labor and
ulmer & Berne keyse-Walker, Eugene killeen, joseph Employment Lawyers as a Fellow.
LLP is pleased to koncelik, john lewis, rita Maimbourg,
announce the john McCaffrey, Mark McCarthy, Erica Frantz Ward LLP is pleased to
addition of two Mcgregor, daniel Messeloff, joseph announce that nora E. loftus,
new associates to Morford, Matthew Moriarty, glenn partner in the firm’s
its Cleveland office – Param k. Sahni and Morrical, Carl Muller, Brian O’neill, Construction Practice Group,
Emmanuel Sanders. Mr. Sahni joins the Thomas Ostrowski, Anthony Petruzzi, has been named to the
firm’s Business Law Practice Group and Mr. Susan racey, keith raker, jennifer roth, Leadership Cleveland Class of 2019.
Sanders joins the firm’s Product Liability Thomas Simmons, ronald Stansbury, ulmer & Berne LLP is pleased to
Practice Group. William Stavole, Edward Taber, announce that Counsel Stanley
robert Tucker, victoria vance, S. Peter
voudouris, jane Warner, and kevin young. d. Prybe has been appointed
Honors to serve on the steering
committee of Worldwide
reminger Co., lPa was named to the Employee Benefits Network – Cleveland,
“Top 150 under 150” and “Best Midsize Law the organization’s largest chapter.
Firms for Diversity” lists for 2019 by Vault.

Ian n. friedman, has been Three distinguished partners in Frantz Announcements
named 2019 Best Lawyers Ward’s Labor and Employment Practice are
“Lawyer of the Year” for Criminal named “Lawyers of the Year” in Cleveland The members of Turk | Apelis, LLC have
Defense: General Practice in in the 2019 Edition of The Best Lawyers in decided to wind down their joint practice and
Cleveland. America: Michael n. Chesney, named for Erica apelis will continue her law practice
independently as the Apelis Law Office.
ulmer & Berne Litigation – Labor and Employment, Michael
LLP proudly J. Frantz, named for Education Law, and jerry Weiss, founder of Mediation Inc,
announces that Brian j. kelly. is hosting and organizing the semi-annual
two of its partners, Fisher Phillips announced that jeffrey d. conference of the International Academy of
Paul r. Harris Smith has been selected for inclusion in Mediators (IAM) in Cleveland on October
and joshua a. klarfeld, have been named The Best Lawyers in America 2019. 4–6, 2018. The conference will feature a
to Benchmark Litigation’s “40 & under Hot panel of experts on the topic of “Finding
List 2018.” Ogletree Deakins is pleased to announce that Trust in the Rock and Roll World of Conflict
seven attorneys from the firm’s Cleveland – Back to the Basics” and will be attended
office have been listed in The Best Lawyers in by preeminent mediators from around the
America 2019. The attorneys listed include: world. It will be held on the campus of Case
Thomas H. Barnard, rebecca j. Western Reserve university which is also a
sponsor of the event.
Bennett, Wade M. fricke, john gerak,
Bruce g. Hearey, robert C. Petrulis,
Tucker Ellis LLP is proud to announce that and Ellen Toth. Something To Share?
Best Lawyers has selected three of the firm’s Send brief member news and notices
partners as 2019 “Lawyers of the Year” in the The Best Lawyers in America announced that for the Briefcase to Jackie Baraona at
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