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Chambers USA Names 37 “America's Leading Business Lawyers”
Baker Hostetler Recognized Among Leading Firms in 12 Practice Areas

CLEVELAND, OH – June 13, 2008 – Chambers USA has named 37 Baker Hostetler attorneys to its latest edition of the prestigious 2008 Chambers USA Guide: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. The ratings in this independent and objective directory are based on over 14,000 interviews with in-house and outside counsel across the country conducted by Chambers USA, a division of Chambers and Partners.

For the sixth year in a row Baker Hostetler's Employment and Labor Group received a top ranking in Ohio and has been rated among the leading practices in Florida for the fourth consecutive year. The firm's Intellectual Property practice in Ohio was also recognized as a leading practice for the first time in 2008.

he additional Baker Hostetler practice areas which received high rankings include: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Ohio), Construction (Florida), Corporate/M&A (Ohio), Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Ohio),  Litigation: General Commercial (Ohio), Media & Entertainment (Washington, D.C.), Natural Resources & Environment (Ohio), Real Estate: General (Ohio) and Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Florida).

Baker Hostetler attorneys listed as leaders in their practice areas include:

• Bankruptcy: Brian A. Bash, Matthew R. Goldman and Joseph F. Hutchinson, Jr. (all Ohio)
• Construction: Denis L. Durkin and John W. Foster (both Florida)
• Corporate and M&A: Albert T. Adams, John M. Gherlein, Suzanne Hanselman, R. Steven Kestner and Robert A. Weible (all Ohio)
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation: Raymond M. Malone, John J. McGowan, Jr., and Georgeann Peters (all Ohio)
• First Amendment Litigation (National practice): Bruce W. Sanford (Washington, D.C.)
• Intellectual Property: Bruce O. Baumgartner (Ohio)
• International Trade—Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (National practice): Elliot J. Feldman (Washington, D.C.)
• Labor & Employment: Joyce Ackerbaum Cox and Kevin W. Shaughnessy (Florida); Richard H. Leukart, John B. Lewis, Ronald G. Linville, Gregory V. Mersol and Stephen C. Sutton (all Ohio)
• Leisure & Hospitality: John Melicharek, Jr. (Florida)
• Litigation: General Commercial: John D. Parker, Randall L. Solomon and Daniel R. Warren (all Ohio)
• Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations: James R. Wooley (Ohio)
• Media & Entertainment: Bruce W. Sanford (Washington, D.C.)
• Natural Resources & Environment: Maureen A. Brennan, Daniel J. Gunsett and Ben L. Pfefferle (all Ohio)
• Real Estate: General: Richard T. Fulton (Florida), Lawrence V. Lindberg, Patricia J. O'Donnell and David J. Strauss (all Ohio)
• Real Estate: Finance: Harlan W. Robins (Ohio)
• Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use: Ted Brown (Florida)

For additional details about Baker Hostetler's rankings in Chambers USA, click here (PDF). To view the firm's profile on the Chambers website, click here.

About Baker Hostetler
Founded more than 90 years ago in 1916, Baker Hostetler is among the nation's 100 largest law firms with 600 attorneys coast to coast. The firm has offices in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Costa Mesa, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando and Washington, D.C. Its four primary practice groups are Business, Employment, Litigation and Tax. For more information, visit the firm's new Web site at www.bakerlaw.com.
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