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FIRM AWARDS & RANKINGS
2012 BTI Consulting Group "Client Service A-Team"*
Recognized as one of only 308 firms across the US to have earned high marks from clients in the following area of client service:
- Articulating and delivering outstanding value for the dollar.
*This is the third time in five years that Ulmer & Berne has been recognized by BTI as delivering the "best value for the dollar".
Fortune 500 Go-To Law Firm®
In a survey of Fortune 500 companies by Corporate Counsel magazine, Ulmer & Berne has been chosen as a Go-To Law Firm. Less than one-half of one percent of all the law firms in the US and abroad received this distinction. Named five years in a row (2007-2012).
2012 Best Lawyers in America®
Ulmer & Berne is ranked among the top law firms in the fields of:
- Arbitration
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Compliance Law
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law
- Employment Law - Individuals
- Employment Law - Management
- Health Care Law
- Information Technology Law
- Insurance Law
- Labor Law - Management
- Labor Law - Union
- Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Litigation & Controversy - Tax
- Litigation - Antitrust
- Litigation - Banking & Finance
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Litigation - Construction
- Litigation - Environmental
- Litigation - ERISA
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Labor & Employment
- Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
- Litigation - Securities
- Litigation - Trusts & Estates
- Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants
- Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Plaintiffs
- Mediation
- Non-Profil/Charities Law
- Patent Law
- Product Liability Litigation
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts & Estates
Chambers USA
Practice areas highlighted as "excellent in their field" (2003-2011):
- Construction
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Litigation
- Real Estate
2008 Go-To Law Firm® for Leading Financial Services Companies
In a survey of general counsel conducted by Corporate Counsel magazine, Ulmer & Berne has been chosen as a 2008 Go-To Law Firm® for Leading Financial Services Companies.
Cincinnati Business Courier
Ranked 8th Largest Law Firm in Cincinnati in 2011
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
Recognized as "Green Certified" (2009-2012)
Crain's Cleveland Business
Ranked 6th Largest Law Firm in Cleveland in 2011
Midwest Real Estate News
Ranked 1st in Ohio (seven years in a row); 8th in the Midwest in the 2011 Top 25 Real Estate Law Firms
The National Law Journal
Ranked among the Top 250 Law Firms seven years in a row (2005-2011)
Law360
Ranked as 67th Largest Product Liability Practice in the United States in 2010
2011-2012 U.S. News & World Report - Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms"
National Rankings
Commercial Litigation
Insurance Law
Securities/Capital Markets Law
Tax Law
Metropolitan Rankings
Tier 1
Cincinnati
Litigation - Labor & Employment
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Cleveland
Banking and Finance Law
Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Commercial Litigation
Corporate Law
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Employment Law - Individuals
Employment Law - Management
Health Care Law
Insurance Law
Labor Law – Management
Litigation Management
Litigation - Banking & Finance
Litigation - Bankruptcy
Litigation - ERISA
Litigation - Labor & Employment
Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions
Litigation - Securities
Litigation - Trusts & Estates
Private Equity Law
Real Estate Law
Tax Law
Tier 2
Cincinnati
Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Construction
Litigation - Real Estate
Litigation - Trusts & Estates
Patent Law
Real Estate Law
Trusts & Estates Law
Cleveland
Corporate Compliance Law
Corporate Governance Law
Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
Litigation - Real Estate
Litigation - Tax
Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
Trusts & Estates Law
Columbus
Environmental Law
Litigation - Environmental
Tier 3
Cincinnati
Litigation - Environmental
Cleveland
Litigation - Intellectual Property
ATTORNEY AWARDS & RANKINGS
2012 Best Lawyers in America®
Best Lawyers in America - 48 Attorneys
BTI Consulting Group - Client Service All-Stars
2010 Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
8 Attorneys ranked as Leading Lawyers by Chambers USA
2012 Cincy Magazine's Leading Lawyers
7 Attorneys ranked as Leading Lawyers by Cincy Magazine
2011 Inside Business Leading Lawyers
11 Attorneys named Leading Lawyers by Inside Business*
* 2011 final year of survey
2010 Leading Lawyers Network
4 Chicago attorneys named as Leading Lawyers by the Leading Lawyers Network
2012 Ohio Super Lawyers® and Ohio Rising Stars™
55 attorneys named to Ohio Super Lawyers and 16 named to Ohio Rising Stars
2012 Illinois Super Lawyers® and Illinois Rising Stars™
Three attorneys named to Illinois Super Lawyers and five Illinois Rising Stars
Martindale-Hubbell
62 AV-Rated Attorneys*
*Peer Review Ratings attest to a lawyer's legal ability and professional ethics, and reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and Judiciary: AV Peer Review Rating - Very High to Preeminent.