Awards/Rankings

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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
2012 Lawyers of the Year - Jeffrey F. Peck, Frederic X. Shadley and     
 

BTI Consulting Group - Client Service All-Stars

BTI Client Service All-Star MVP — Joe Castrodale (2011)

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.