Press Releases

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP partners J. Michael Cooney and Karen K. Gaunt have received top honors among the city’s Super Lawyers®, a Thomson Reuters designation based on peer recognition and professional achievement. Cooney was included in the Top 50: 2018 Cincinnati Super Lawyers® list and recognized as “Top Rated Estate Planning and Probate Attorney in Cincinnati ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Barbara Edelman, Donna King Perry and Kathryn Quesenberry have been recognized as three of Kentucky’s best female attorneys in their respective fields. All three were listed in the “Top 25: 2018 Women Kentucky Super Lawyers®” rankings, which are compiled by Thomson Reuters and based on peer recommendations and professional experience ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Barbara Menefee has been invited to join the 2018 Bingham Fellows Program. She and her cohorts will focus on leadership as it relates to the year’s selected topic, “A Safe and Thriving City: Strengthening Our Community’s Ability to Prevent Violence.” An experienced immigration attorney, Menefee assists companies across the U.S ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has added associate Lisa R. Whisler to the firm’s Pittsburgh office and commercial litigation practice group. Whisler comes to Dinsmore from Thomson, Rhodes & Cowie, P.C., where she litigated a variety of matters related to premises liability, asbestos, automobile and trucking, employment, medical malpractice and insurance coverage disputes ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has elected attorneys R. Kenyon Meyer and Lee Stautberg to its board of directors. Meyer and Stautberg will occupy the positions vacated by Christopher Benintendi and Richard Clay, who were forced to leave the board due to term limits. R. Kenyon Meyer is a partner in the litigation department and office managing partner of the firm’s Louisville office ...

As seen in Bloomberg Law: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP welcomes Daniel Lano to its Chicago office, where he joins as an associate in the IP Trademark practice group. Lano has a wide range of experience related to trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and other aspects of IP law, including advertising, sponsorship, and domain name issues ...

Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky has added Dinsmore partner Roger Peterman to its board effective Jan. 4. The nonprofit, created to increase charitable giving among Northern Kentucky individuals, companies and organizations, aims to fund needs and programs for the people of Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties. Peterman is the managing partner of the firm's Covington office and a member of its public finance practice group ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has added associate Kyle Maland to the firm’s San Diego office. Kyle will practice out of the Labor & Employment practice group ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce Andrew Barras, Nicole Daniel, Sean Garin, Stephen Mattingly, Craig Neiheisel and Daniel Zinsmaster have been elected to partnership effective Jan. 1. Alicia Bond-Lewis has been named partner of counsel.  “It’s inspiring to see each of these attorneys advance in the profession and achieve this accomplishment,” said Managing Partner and Chairman George Vincent ...

Laura (D’Angelo) Holoubek, a partner in Dinsmore’s Lexington office, has been elected to serve on the board for Equestrian Events, Inc. (EEI).  EEI is a Kentucky nonprofit supporting the development of horses and riders in sports. The EEI annually organizes the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event Championships. The event brings the world’s best horse and rider combinations to Kentucky ...

Kelli L. Hayes has joined Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Cincinnati office as an associate in the Immigration practice group. Hayes comes to Dinsmore from Hammond Law Group LLC, where she focused her practice on high-volume employment based immigration for corporate clients. In her practice, Hayes is responsible for assisting corporate clients and their employees with a variety of nonimmigrant and immigrant petitions ...

As seen in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin (subscription required). Dinsmore & Shohl LLP continues to grow its Chicago office, welcoming Miyoung Shin and Stephanie Crigler as attorneys in the Intellectual Property department. Shin is a partner and experienced patent attorney who holds a degree in electrical engineering and has extensive knowledge on a wide range of technical fields ...

Dinsmore & Shohl announces 59 of its attorneys have been named to the Ohio Super Lawyers list and the Rising Stars list for 2018. 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 56 of its attorneys have been named to the Kentucky Super Lawyers list and the Rising Stars list for 2018. 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 attorneys recognized as Super Lawyers & Rising Stars are listed below: Super Lawyers – Frankfort Lloyd R ...

For the second year in a row, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has been named one of the top five health care law practices in the Midwest region by the American Bar Association’s Health Law Section. The Section’s list ranks health law practices within five regions, with the Midwest including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio and Wisconsin ...

Continuing a pattern of major market growth while also rounding out its presence across Ohio, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has established a Cleveland office located in North Point Tower downtown. The office opening coincides with the arrival of intellectual property attorneys and staff who come to Dinsmore from McDonald Hopkins LLC ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP welcomes Elvira Cortez to its San Diego office as an associate in the Commercial Litigation Practice Group. Cortez comes to Dinsmore from Sullivan Hill, where she was responsible for developing defense strategy in complex, multi-million dollar construction defect cases. She successfully negotiated favorable settlements for large general contractors and subcontractors. Cortez has also represented businesses in resolving commercial and employment disputes ...

Dinsmore has once again been recognized for their superior client service in the new BTI Client Service A-Team 2018. The honor is awarded by BTI Consulting Group and is the only client service ranking based solely on direct, unprompted feedback from corporate counsel. The annual survey, which provides a ranking of law firms based on client satisfaction, was compiled through interviews with more than 240 corporate counsel at Global 500 and Fortune 1000 companies. To see the whole list, visit www ...

Dinsmore partner Andrey Tomkiw has been named one of the 2018 Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit by DBusiness Magazine. Tomkiw, based in Troy, received accolades for his labor and employment practice. This is the 8th year in a row he's been recognized by the magazine as a top attorney. To compile the 2018 Top Lawyers Survey, the magazine polled 19,000 attorneys in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw, and Livingston counties ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Calvin Buford was one of four Men of Honor, a Salute to African American Men honorees recognized during an event Saturday at the Hyatt Regency Cincinnati. Selected for his achievement in the practice of law, Buford joined honorees from the medical, humanitarian, business and entrepreneurship sectors ...

As part of the 2018 “Best Law Firms” ranking, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has been named “Law Firm of the Year” for Mining Law, the only firm in the U.S. to receive such recognition for the practice area. Dinsmore also received six tier 1 national listings for Commercial Litigation, Corporate, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law and Public Finance Law, as well as 118 first-tier metropolitan listings ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP welcomes Tony Busch to its Cincinnati office. Busch joins the firm as an associate in the commercial litigation practice group, where he will assist the False Claims Act team. Prior to Dinsmore, Busch worked in the Government Contracts Practice at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Mark A. Carter and Anna M. Dailey have been named committee chairs of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce. Carter has been named chair of the Human Resources Committee. The HR committee recommends and implements policies which can improve discussions and collaboration between the state’s businesses and labor communities ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has added associate Jeffrey M. Stacko to the firm’s Pittsburgh office and commercial litigation practice group. Stacko comes to Dinsmore from Robb Leonard Mulvihill LLP, where he litigated a variety of insurance disputes related to general liability and insurance bad faith. He was previously a volunteer attorney for the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, researching issues and writing bench memoranda. Stacko earned his J.D ...

Dinsmore is pleased to announce attorney Travers Manley has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Horse Council, a group dedicated to the protection and development of the Kentucky equine community. Manley, whose term expires in 2020, also serves on the horse council’s Marketing and Development Committee ...