Twenty-Four Calfee Attorneys Selected for Inclusion to 2020 Ohio Super Lawyers and Ohio Rising Stars

CLEVELAND, November 27, 2019 – Twenty-four Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP attorneys have been selected for inclusion to the 2020 Ohio Super Lawyers and Ohio Rising Stars lists.

Each year, no more than 5% of the lawyers in each state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Super Lawyers is a comprehensive listing of outstanding lawyers in more than 70 areas of practice. Each attorney listed in Ohio Super Lawyers has been chosen by their peers as being among the best in their profession. The Calfee attorneys selected for inclusion to the 2020 Ohio Super Lawyers list are noted below with the primary practice area for which they are ranked:

Mitchell G. (Mitch) Blair, Vice Chairman – Business Litigation (Cleveland)

William E. (Bill) Coughlin, Partner – Business Litigation (Cleveland)

Terrence F. (Terry) Doyle, Partner – Mergers & Acquisitions (Cleveland)

Maura L. Hughes, Partner – Business Litigation (Cleveland)

• Named to the Top 50 Women Attorneys in Ohio 2020 Super Lawyers list
• Named to the Top 25 Women Attorneys in Cleveland 2020 Super Lawyers list

Gus Kallergis, Partner – Bankruptcy: Business (Cleveland)

James F. (Jim) Lang, Partner – Utilities (Cleveland)

James M. (Jim) Lawniczak, Of Counsel – Bankruptcy: Business (Cleveland)

Matthew M. (Matt) Mendoza, Partner – Business Litigation (Cleveland)

Douglas A. (Doug) Neary, Chairman – Mergers & Acquisitions (Cleveland)

Colleen M. O’Neil, Partner – Business Litigation (Cleveland)

• Named to the Top 50 Women Attorneys in Ohio 2020 Super Lawyers list
• Named to the Top 25 Women Attorneys in Cleveland 2020 Super Lawyers list

Todd F. Palmer, Partner – Employment & Labor (Cleveland)

Jamie M. Ramsey, Partner – Business Litigation (Cincinnati)

• Named to the Top 100 Attorneys in Ohio 2020 Ohio Super Lawyers list
• Named to the Top 50 Attorneys in Cincinnati 2020 Super Lawyers list

K. James Sullivan, Partner – Insurance Coverage (Cleveland)

• Named to the Top 100 Attorneys in Ohio 2020 Ohio Super Lawyers list
• Named to the Top 50 Attorneys in Cleveland 2020 Super Lawyers list

Jennifer L. (Jenn) Vergilii, Partner – Business/Corporate (Cleveland)

Thomas M. (Tom) Welsh, Partner – Mergers & Acquisitions (Cleveland)

Christopher S. (Chris) Williams, Partner – Business Litigation (Cleveland)

• Named to the Top 100 Attorneys in Ohio 2020 Ohio Super Lawyers list
• Named to the Top 50 Attorneys in Cleveland 2020 Super Lawyers list

In addition, 8 Calfee attorneys have been named to the 2020 Ohio Rising Stars list. The selection process for Rising Stars is the same as the Super Lawyers selection process except that to be eligible for inclusion in Rising Stars, a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less. Each year, no more than 2.5% of the lawyers in each state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor.

The Calfee attorneys selected for inclusion to the 2020 Ohio Rising Stars are listed below with the primary practice area for which they are ranked:

Jason J. (Jake) Blake, Associate – Business Litigation (Columbus)

David T. Bules, Partner – Business Litigation (Cincinnati)

Matthew A. (Matt) Chiricosta, Associate – Business Litigation (Cleveland)

Michael B. Hurley, Partner – Mergers & Acquisitions (Cincinnati)

Mark T. Keaney, Associate – Business/Corporate (Columbus)

Alexander B. (Alex) Reich, Partner – Business Litigation (Cleveland)

Lindsey E. Sacher, Associate – Business Litigation (Cleveland)

Michael G. (Mike) VanBuren, Partner – Health Care (Cleveland)

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Calfee is a full-service, corporate law firm with attorneys located in Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio, Indianapolis, New York and Washington, D.C. As a founding member of Lex Mundi, Calfee offers national and international representation through a network of independent law firms with 22,000 attorneys in all 50 states in the U.S. and more than 125 countries.

Calfee is consistently ranked one of the top law firms in Ohio and continues to receive recognition, both nationally and regionally, from a number of leading industry publications, including Chambers USA.