CLEVELAND (July 13, 2007) — Ulmer & Berne LLP, one of Ohio’s largest law firms, announced that the Firm and nine of its partners have received top rankings in the 2007 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. This is the fifth year in a row that Ulmer & Berne and several of its attorneys have been ranked so highly.
The Firm was distinguished as a leading law firm in Ohio for its construction, employee benefits & executive compensation, litigation and real estate practices. Nine Ulmer & Berne partners, up from seven in 2006, were recognized by Chambers USA, including: Thomas H. Barnard (Employment & Labor), Bill J. Gagliano (Real Estate), John J. Haggerty (Litigation), Ronald L. Kahn (Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation), Marvin L. Karp (Litigation), Craig S. Miller (Real Estate), Patricia A. Shlonsky (Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation), Michael N. Ungar (Litigation) and F. Thomas Vickers (Construction).
Chambers USA is published by London-based, top legal publishers Chambers & Partners Legal Publishers, which produces a similar directory in the United Kingdom. The US directory, in its fifth year, lists top attorneys by state. The attorneys listed were chosen after more than 40 full-time researchers conducted over 14,000 interviews with clients and attorneys. According to Chambers & Partners, law firms and individual attorneys are ranked based on "technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness/astuteness, diligence, commitment and other qualities most valued by the client." The directory also includes comments on each attorney that come directly from the interviews conducted by the researchers.
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