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Baker Hostetler Recognized Among Leading Firms in 11 Practice Areas

CLEVELAND, OH – June 12, 2009 – Chambers USA has named 36 Baker Hostetler attorneys to the 2009 edition of its prestigious Chambers USA Guide: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. The ratings in this independent and objective directory are based on thousands of interviews with in-house and outside counsel across the country conducted by Chambers USA, a division of Chambers and Partners. The qualities on which rankings are assessed include technical legal ability, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, value for money, prompt delivery and other qualities most valued by the client.

For the seventh 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 fifth consecutive year. The firm's Healthcare practice in Texas was also recognized as a leading practice for the first time in 2009.

The 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: 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.)
• Healthcare: Robert Wolin (Texas)
• Intellectual Property: Bruce O. Baumgartner (Ohio)
• International Trade—Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (Global & National practice): Elliot J. Feldman (Washington, D.C.)
• Labor & Employment: Joyce Ackerbaum Cox and Kevin W. Shaughnessy (Florida); John B. Lewis, Ronald G. Linville, Scott McIntyre, Gregory V. Mersol and Stephen C. Sutton (all Ohio)
• Leisure & Hospitality (National practice): John Melicharek, Jr. (Florida)
• Litigation: General Commercial: Robert M. Kincaid, Randall L. Solomon and Daniel R. Warren (all 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), Harlan W. Robins, Lawrence V. Lindberg, Patricia J. O'Donnell and David J. Strauss (all Ohio)
• Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use: Ted Brown (Florida)

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 five primary practice groups are Business, Employment, Intellectual Property, Litigation and Tax.
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