Thompson Hine Earns First-Tier Rankings by Chambers USA

CLEVELAND--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Thompson Hine LLP has been recognized for the 10th year in a row as a leading law firm in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, which ranks lawyers according to technical legal ability, professional conduct, customer service, commercial awareness, diligence and commitment, based on interviews with both clients and peers.

In the 2012 edition, Thompson Hine ranks as a top firm in 11 practice areas, including three nationwide practice areas – Transportation: Rail (for Shippers), Transportation: Road (Carriage/Commercial) and Construction.


		-- Construction			-- Intellectual Property
		-- Banking & Finance			-- Litigation: General Commercial
		-- Bankruptcy/Restructuring			-- Natural Resources & Environment
		-- Corporate/M&A			-- Real Estate
		-- Employee Benefits & Executive			-- Transportation: Rail (for Shippers)
		Compensation			-- Transportation: Road (Carriage/Commercial)

Seven of the practice areas received rankings in the first-tier. In addition, the following 44 Thompson Hine lawyers are recognized as leading lawyers in their practices:

Banking & Finance

Employee Benefits &

International Trade:

Michael L. Hardy

Executive

Trade Remedies &

Andrew L. Kolesar

Eduardo Kim

Compensation

Trade Policy

Leslee W. Miraldi

Real Estate

Adam R. Nazette

Timothy R. Brown

David S. Christy Jr.

Jack F. Fuchs

James B. Aronoff

Bankruptcy/

J. Shane Starkey

Labor & Employment

Dianne S. Coscarelli

Restructuring

Karen D. Youngstrom

Thomas J. Coyne

Timothy McDonald

Robert M. Curry

Jeremy M. Campana

Franchising

Jared E. Oakes

Robert C. Folland

Litigation: Antitrust

Linda A. Striefsky

Alan R. Lepene

Thomas J. Collin

Louis F. Solimine

Thomas J. Collin

Transportation: Aviation: Regulatory

Curtis L. Tuggle

Intellectual Property

Litigation: General Commercial

Charles A. Hunnicutt

Construction

Louis K. Ebling

Mark P. Levy

David J. Hooker

Transportation: Rail (for Shippers)

Jeffrey R. Appelbaum

Beverly Lyman

Scott A. King

Thomas J. Kirkwood

John W. Ryan

James D. Robenalt

Karyn A. Booth

Lawrence M. Prosen

Sandra L. Brown

Patrick J. Sweeney

Intellectual Property Litigation

Natural Resources & Environment

Nicholas J. DiMichael

Audra J. Zarlenga

Jeffrey O. Moreno

John W. Ryan

Wray Blattner

Corporate/M&A

Terrence M. Fay

Heidi B. Goldstein

Thomas A. Aldrich

About Thompson Hine LLP. Established in 1911, Thompson Hine is a business law firm dedicated to providing superior client service. The firm has been recognized for ten consecutive years as a top law firm in the country for client service excellence in The BTI Client Service A-Team: Survey of Law Firm Client Service Performance. With offices in Atlanta, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, New York and Washington, D.C., Thompson Hine serves premier businesses worldwide. For more information, please visit www.ThompsonHine.com.