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CLEVELAND, OH – September 17, 2012 – One hundred twenty-seven lawyers from BakerHostetler were recently selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2013 (Copyright 2012 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.), and 11 of them were named “Lawyer of the Year.” Twenty were named to the list for the first time.

New to the list are Jonathan R. Barr, Alfred C. Chidester, Hurlie H. Collier, Todd A. Dawson, Denis L. Durkin, Tracey Ellerson, Lee T. Ellis, David Grant, Ellen Halfon, Mark A. Johnson, R. Steven Kestner, Kevin W. Kirsch, J. Joseph Korpics, Michael R. Levin, John Melicharek, Jr., Henry P. Montgomery, Irving H. Picard, Robert W. Thielhelm, Jr., Robert J. Webb and Robert M. Wolin. Nineteen of the firm’s attorneys have been listed for at least 10 years, and eight attorneys have been listed for at least 20 years.

The Best Lawyers list, representing more than 128 practice areas in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., is compiled through an extensive peer-review survey in which the top attorneys in the country confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current edition is based on approximately 4.3 million evaluations by these attorneys on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas.

Lawyers being honored as “Lawyer of the Year” are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the peer-review assessments conducted by Best Lawyers® each year. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”

BakerHostetler attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers® 2013 as “Lawyer of the Year” are:

• Joyce Ackerbaum Cox – Orlando Litigation - Labor & Employment
• Donna S. Clark – Houston Health Care Law
• Theodore Z. Gelt – Denver Litigation & Controversy - Tax
• Suzanne K. Hanselman – Cleveland Corporate Law
• James M. King – Denver Mining Law
• Thomas L. Long – Columbus, Ohio, Litigation - Antitrust
• David A. Mancino – Cincinnati Litigation - Patent
• Gregory V. Mersol – Cleveland Employment Law - Management
• William L. Pence – Orlando Litigation - Environmental
• Barry R. Robinson – Columbus, Ohio, Trusts and Estates
• Thomas D. Warren – Cleveland Appellate Practice

BakerHostetler attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers in America® 2013 are:

Chicago

• John M. Touhy (2008) – Arbitration and Commercial Litigation
• George J. Tzanetopoulos (2012) – Arbitration and Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
• Edward H. Williams (2012) – Arbitration and Mediation

Cincinnati

• William H. Hawkins II (2012) – Arbitration, Commercial Litigation and Mediation
• Thomas W. Kahle (2006) – Corporate Law and Health Care Law
• Kevin W. Kirsch* – Litigation-Intellectual Property and Litigation-Patent
• David A. Mancino (2010) – Litigation-Patent and Patent Law
• Ted T. Martin (2010) – Commercial Litigation

Cleveland

• Albert T. Adams (1999) – Corporate Law
• Oakley V. Andrews (1987) – Trusts and Estates
• Elliot S. Azoff (2007) – Employment Law-Individuals, Employment Law-Management and Labor Law-Management
• Brian A. Bash (2006) – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Maureen A. Brennan (2007) – Environmental Law and Litigation-Environmental
• Phillip M. Callesen (2011) – Banking and Finance Law and Project Finance Law
• Louis A. Colombo (1995) – Litigation-First Amendment
• Todd A. Dawson* – Litigation-Labor and Employment
• Jeffry J. Erney (2007) – Tax Law
• Robert R. Galloway (2009) – Trusts and Estates
• John M. Gherlein (2010) – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Matthew R. Goldman (1993) – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency, Reorganization Law and Litigation-Bankruptcy
• Ellen E. Halfon* – Non-Profit/Charities Law and Trusts and Estates
• Suzanne K. Hanselman (2009) – Corporate Law
• Joseph F. Hutchinson Jr. (2006) – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency, Reorganization Law and Litigation-Bankruptcy
• Amy E. Kellogg (2010) – Real Estate Law
• R. Steven Kestner* – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Richard M. Knoth (2011) – Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Intellectual Property and Litigation-Patent
• J. Joseph Korpics* – Trusts and Estates
• Robert K. Lease (1995) – Trusts and Estates
• John B. Lewis (1995) – Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management and Litigation-Labor & Employment
• Lawrence V. Lindberg (2006) – Real Estate Law
• James A. Loeb (2005) – Family Law
• Thomas R. Lucchesi (2008) – Commercial Litigation
• Raymond M. Malone (2001) – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• David L. Marburger (1995) – Communications Law, Litigation-First Amendment and Media Law
• John J. McGowan Jr. (2008) – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law and Litigation-ERISA
• Gregory V. Mersol (2006) – Employment Law-Individuals, Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management and Litigation-Labor and Employment
• W. James Ollinger (1987) – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• John D. Parker (2008) – Commercial Litigation
• Patrick J. Pauken (2012) – Real Estate Law
• Edward G. Ptaszek Jr. (1995) – Corporate Law and Tax Law
• Lisa A. Roberts-Mamone (2010) – Trusts and Estates
• Kevin G. Robertson (2006) – Trusts and Estates
• Hewitt B. Shaw (1995) – Tax Law
• Thomas H. Shunk (2012) – Commercial Litigation and Litigation-Intellectual Property
• Randall L. Solomon (1995) – Commercial Litigation and Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
• David J. Strauss (1995) – Real Estate Law
• Stephen C. Sutton (2008) – Litigation-Labor and Employment
• Christopher J. Swift (1995) – Health Care Law and Tax Law
• Alexander J. Szilvas (2012) – Tax Law
• William M. Toomajian (1987) – Litigation and Controversy-Tax and Tax Law
• Ernest E. Vargo (2008) – Commercial Litigation and Litigation-Antitrust
• Daniel R. Warren (2006) – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation and Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Thomas D. Warren (2009) – Appellate Practice
• Martin T. Wymer (2006) – Employment Law-Individuals, Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management and Litigation-Labor and Employment

Columbus

• M.J. Asensio (2010) – Labor Law-Management
• Jack A. Bjerke (2006) – Corporate Law
• Daniel J. Gunsett (2010) – Environmental Law
• Mark A. Johnson* – Commercial Litigation
• Robert M. Kincaid Jr. (2008) – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Litigation-Trusts and Estates
• Ronald G. Linville (1995) – Employment Law-Management and Labor Law-Management
• Thomas L. Long (1995) – Litigation-Antitrust and Litigation-Securities
• Henry P. Montgomery* – Banking and Finance Law
• Barry R. Robinson (1993) – Trusts and Estates
• Amy M. Shepherd (2010) – Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law and Securities Regulation
• Alec Wightman (1995) – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Corporate Law

Costa Mesa

• R. Scott Feldmann (2007) – Litigation-Intellectual Property

Denver

• Rebecca C. Alexander (2011) – Family Law
• Alfred C. Chidester* – Corporate Law
• Marc D. Flink (2007) – Litigation-First Amendment
• Theodore Z. Gelt (1989) – Litigation and Controversy-Tax and Tax Law
• James M. King (1991) – Energy Law, Mining Law and Natural Resources Law
• Richard S. Mandelson (2011) – Employment Law-Individuals, Employment Law-Management and Litigation-Labor and Employment
• David L. Starbuck (2010) – Trusts and Estates and Tax Law
• Raymond L. Sutton, Jr. (1993) – Litigation-Trusts and Estates, Tax Law and Trusts and Estates

Houston

• Donald W. Brodsky (2001) – Corporate Law and Securities/Capital Markets Law
• Donna S. Clark (2006) – Health Care Law
• Hurlie H. Collier* – Employment Law-Management
• Dennis P. Duffy (2009) – Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management and Litigation-Labor and Employment
• W. John English Jr. (2010) – Oil and Gas Law
• Susan Feigin Harris (2006) – Health Care Law
• C. Thomas Kruse (2010) – Commercial Litigation
• B. Scott McBride (2008) – Health Care Law
• Lisa H. Pennington (2008) – Employment-Law Management and Labor Law-Management
• Drew B. Tipton (2012) – Civil Rights Law
• W. Ray Whitman (2010) – Natural Resources Law
• James C. Winton (2009) – Admiralty and Maritime Law
• Robert M. Wolin* – Health Care Law

Los Angeles

• John F. Cermak Jr. (2012) – Environmental Law
• Ronald J. Klepetar (2012) – Employment Law-Management
• Thomas D. Warren (2009) – Appellate Practice

New York

• Peter Brown (2006) – Copyright Law, Information Technology Law and Technology Law
• Irving H. Picard* – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Geraldine E. Ponto (2010) – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Frank A. Pugliese (2008) – Technology Law
• Lauren J. Resnick (2010) – Criminal Defense: White Collar
• David J. Sheehan (2003) – Litigation-Bankruptcy and Litigation-Intellectual Property
• George A. Stamboulidis (2010) – Criminal Defense: White Collar

Orlando

• Joyce Ackerbaum Cox (2007) – Employment Law-Management and Litigation-Labor and Employment
• Ted R. Brown (2006) – Environmental Law, Litigation-Environmental, Litigation-Real Estate and Real Estate Law
• Jeffrey E. Decker (2012) – Corporate Compliance Law and Corporate Law
• Denis L. Durkin* – Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation
• Tracey L. Ellerson* – Employment Law-Individuals and Employment Law-Management
• James V. Etscorn (2010) – Litigation-Intellectual Property and Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
• Richard T. Fulton (2006) – Real Estate Law
• Elizabeth A. Green (2006) – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation-Bankruptcy
• Michael R. Levin* – Commercial Litigation and Litigation-Intellectual Property
• Jerry R. Linscott (1995) – Commercial Litigation and Legal Malpractice Law-Defendants
• John Melicharek, Jr.* – Real Estate Law
• Patrick M. Muldowney (2008) – Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management and Litigation-Labor and Employment
• Rosemary O’Shea (2009) – Real Estate Law
• William L. Pence (2007) – Environmental Law and Litigation-Environmental
• David L. Schick (2006) – Corporate Law and Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Joel H. Sharp Jr. (1995) – Tax Law
• Kevin W. Shaughnessy (2006) – Employment Law-Management and Labor Law-Management
• Robert W. Thielhelm, Jr.* – Commercial Litigation
• Allison E. Turnbull (2010) – Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law
• Robert J. Webb* – Real Estate Law

Washington, D.C.

• Jonathan R. Barr *– Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Edward J. Beckwith (1999) – Litigation-Trusts and Estates, Non-Profit/Charities Law, Tax Law and Trusts and Estates
• Barry E. Bretschneider (2011) – Litigation-Patent and Patent Law
• Bruce D. Brown (2008) – First Amendment Law
• Mark A. Cymrot (2010) – International Arbitration-Commercial and International Arbitration-Governmental
• Lee T. Ellis* – Commercial Litigation
• David A. Grant* – Employment Law-Management and Labor Law-Union
• Jeffrey H. Paravano (2005) – Litigation and Controversy-Tax and Tax Law
• Bruce W. Sanford (2006) – First Amendment Law and Media Law
• Paul M. Schmidt (2008) – Tax Law
• William H. Schweitzer (2010) – Administrative/Regulatory Law
• Lee H. Simowitz (2012) – Antitrust Law

(Year) First year the lawyer was listed
(*) Lawyers who are listed for the first time in Best Lawyers

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