Press Releases

Beginning 2019 with continued strategic growth, Dinsmore welcomes nine lateral attorneys who join the firm in its Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Louisville offices. The additions reflect expansion of Dinsmore’s health care, public finance, intellectual property, and litigation practice areas ...

Covington partner Lewis Diaz has been elected chair of Eastern Kentucky University's Board of Regents.  Diaz is a dual alumnus of the university, having earned his undergraduate and master's degrees from EKU before receiving his J.D. from Northern Kentucky University's Chase College of Law. A native of Cuba, he is the first minority chair of EKU's Board of Regents. At Dinsmore, Diaz concentrates his practice on affordable housing and traditional governmental finance ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce two of its attorneys have been named to the Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Star list for 2019. Attorneys on the Super Lawyers list are selected by a multi-phase process that takes into account independent research, peer evaluations and professional achievement. The exclusive list recognizes no more than 5 percent of attorneys. Dinsmore Chicago Rising Stars are: Timothy L ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Matt Lockhart has been accepted into Leadership West Virginia’s class of 2019. Lockhart is among 57 members of Leadership West Virginia’s newest class. Leadership West Virginia is now in its 28th year as the statewide education and leadership development program. The program is designed to build and support emerging leaders in the state of West Virginia and consists of eight monthly two-day educational sessions ...

Louisville partner J. Tanner Watkins has been selected as one of 41 members of the 2019 Bingham Fellows class.  The Bingham Fellows program is the advanced leadership program of the Leadership Louisville Center and brings together community leaders for a year-long collaboration focused on developing solutions to local challenges ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has added Raymond L. Harrell, Jr. as an associate to the firm’s Charleston office. Harrell will practice out of the labor department as well as work with government relations. His experience includes employment law, workplace liability, consumer credit and protection and general litigation defense.  Harrell received his J.D. from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, cum laude ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce J. Corey Asay, Charles E. Baverman III, Kelby T. Gray, Thomas J. Hayes, Jason W. Hilliard, Kerry O. Irwin, Katie P. Jacob, Alina Klimkina, Drew A. Linnenbom, Matt Lockhart, Sarah Mikowski McKenna, Anthony Pisano, Natalie H. Rauf and Arie M. Spitz have been elected to partnership effective Jan. 1. Pamela W. Bridgeport has been named partner of counsel ...

Dinsmore & Shohl partner Erin Farabaugh has been elected to the Down Syndrome Association of Pittsburgh (DSAP) board of directors for a two-year term. The DSAP works to enrich individuals with Down syndrome and their families through education, communication, and support ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s beer, wine and spirits practice group will offer brewery owners and managers a broad variety of learning opportunities in the new year as part of its 2019 craft beer webinar series. The slated lineup, released today, includes employment, financial, and safety topics specific to the industry ...

Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has appointed Dinsmore’s William A. Sherman, II to serve on the board of directors for the United Medical Center (UMC). UMC is a statutorily created not-for-profit hospital corporation. It operates as an independent instrumentality of the District government. The hospital provides medical services to residents of D.C. and surrounding Maryland communities. Sherman serves as office managing partner of the firm’s D.C. office ...

Dinsmore & Shohl has added Andrew J. Chamberlain as an associate to the firm’s Cincinnati office. Chamberlain will practice out of the business, acquisitions, and securities practice group. Chamberlain joins Dinsmore from Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL. He brings extensive experience counseling clients in secured and unsecured credit facilities, syndications, asset-backed financings, working capital loans and structured finance transactions ...

Dinsmore & Shohl announces 44 of its attorneys have been named to the Ohio Super Lawyers list and the Rising Stars list for 2019. Attorneys on the Super Lawyers list are selected by a multi-phase process that takes into account independent research, peer evaluations and professional achievement.  The Rising Stars list recognizes up-and-coming attorneys in Ohio.  Dinsmore attorneys recognized as Super Lawyers & Rising Stars are listed below: SUPER LAWYERS CINCINNATI Gary E ...

Dinsmore & Shohl announces 54 of its attorneys have been named to the Kentucky Super Lawyers list and the Rising Stars list for 2019. Attorneys on the Super Lawyers list are selected by a multi-phase process that takes into account independent research, peer evaluations and professional achievement.  The Rising Stars list recognizes up-and-coming attorneys in Kentucky ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Charleston office will lace up their bowling shoes and face off in their annual Friends of Shohl Bowl.  This year’s event will benefit Legal Aid of West Virginia. The Charleston office is divided into two groups, with each team organizing a variety of activities, games, and events, all in an effort to outraise the opposing team.  Some of this year’s activities included a 50/50 raffle, a hotdog sale, an art auction, and a chili cook-off ...

For a second year, the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity has named Dinsmore & Shohl LLP a top performer among its member law firms. The distinction is given based on demonstrated action and commitment to building a more diverse and inclusive legal profession. Nationally, only 35 law firms received the designation ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has earned top honors in the 2019 edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" rankings. Dinsmore received five tier 1 national listings for Commercial Litigation, Corporate, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, Mining Law and Public Finance Law. The firm also received 122 first-tier metropolitan listings ...

The Metropolitan Club will honor Dinsmore Managing Partner and Chairman George H. Vincent at its 21st annual award dinner Tuesday. The Metropolitan Club recognizes an award recipient annually for contributions to the region that reflect the club’s mission and purpose to be “the center for business and community leaders” and facilitate the unification of the region through business, social and philanthropic endeavors ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has elected San Diego Office Managing Partner Joseph Leventhal to the firm’s board of directors.  Leventhal joins the 19-member board for a three-year term effective immediately. Each Dinsmore office region is represented by at least one seat on the board. Leventhal represents the Detroit, Ann Arbor, Chicago, San Diego and Denver offices ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce the addition of John D. Scarito as an associate to the firm’s Pittsburgh office. Scarito will practice out of the IP Opinion and Prosecution Practice Group as a registered patent attorney. Scarito comes to Dinsmore from K&L Gates LLP.  Prior to that Scarito served as a Patent Examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce the launch of its ADR Center, a full-service dispute resolution practice serving parties’ needs throughout the Midwest. Led by a group of veteran attorneys and neutrals, the ADR Center offers conflict resolution solutions in matters pertaining to litigation, employment, intellectual property, torts, business and estate issues, among others, as well as ADR training and consultation. The neutrals have experience in all sectors and industries ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Calvin Buford is one of five inductees to be honored at the African American Chamber Black Business Hall of Fame. The African American Chamber was founded in 1996 and is the largest African American Chamber in Ohio. The AACC provides education and marketing programs as well as networking events to grow diversity and inclusion in businesses ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Jeremy Rogers has received the Scripps Howard First Amendment Center’s James Madison Award for outstanding service to the First Amendment. Rogers received the award during a ceremony on Tuesday at the University of Kentucky, where the First Amendment Center is located ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Heidi Dorn and Alicia Stefanski were both selected as members of Ohio Women’s Bar Foundation Leadership Institute 2018 class. The OWBF Leadership Institute helps emerging female leaders with knowledge and strategies on business development in order to excel in leadership roles. “I’m very excited to be included in a class of such dynamic women in the legal profession throughout the state of Ohio,” stated Stefanski ...

Dinsmore & Shohl’s Laura (D’Angelo) Holoubek has been appointed chair of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce PAC Committee, serving a two-year term. Holoubek was appointed after completing the past six years on the Chamber’s board. “The Kentucky Chamber PAC works to elect pro-business candidates on the state legislative level committed to growing the economy, creating jobs and advancing Kentucky,” stated Holoubek ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has added Lance A. Sennett as an associate to the firm’s Lexington office. Sennett will practice out of the business restructuring practice group. Sennett comes to Dinsmore from Blevins Law, PLLC. Sennett has prior experience preparing and reviewing residential and commercial real estate transactions, including issuing title insurance policies and conducting closings ...