American Bar Association’s 2010 Michael Franck Professional Responsibility Award, Recipient

AV Rated - Martindale-Hubbell

Appointed to the Task Force on the Code of Judicial Conduct by Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer to serve on a Supreme Court of Ohio panel that will revise and improve the rules governing the conduct of Ohio judges (August 2007)

Recipient of the Ohio State Bar Association’s highest honor The Ohio Bar Medal (2007)

From letter from a Common Pleas Court Judge following a jury trial (October 1994): The jury... made an unusual request. They requested that I convey to you their sincere respect for you personally and their appreciation for the professional manner in which you conducted yourself at trial. I fully agree with the jury’s evaluation of your performance. It is a pleasure as a judge to witness a skilled trial lawyer present a thoroughly investigated, prepared case. I was impressed by your ability to capture the jury’s interest for three weeks on complex issues in what most juries would regard as a very dry subject matter. Your jury, however, was fascinated by the problems of insurance contract clauses. The jury truly enjoyed the experience. That is quite an accomplishment.

Listed in every annual edition of The Best Lawyers in America, Business Litigation; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation

Named a "Top 10 Ohio Super Lawyer" in a survey of Ohio Lawyers by Law & Politics and Cincinnati magazines (2004, 2005 and 2006)

Named a "Top 100 Super Lawyer" in the state of Ohio and a "Top 50 Super Lawyer" in Cleveland in a survey of Ohio Lawyers by Law & Politics and Cincinnati magazines (2007 and 2008)

Named an "Ohio Super Lawyer" in a survey of Ohio lawyers by Law & Politics magazine (2008-2011)

Ranked as one of Ohio's leading General Commercial Litigation lawyers by Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers (2003-2011); Chambers USA: Client Guide 2004

Selected as a "Leading Lawyer" in Northeast Ohio in a survey of lawyers by Inside Business Magazine (December 2001-2011)

Recipient of the American ORT Jurisprudence Award for his many contributions to the community and to the legal profession (2004)

Named a "Top Lawyer" by Northern Ohio Live magazine (August 2003)

First recipient of the William K. Thomas Professionalism Award presented by The Cleveland Bar Association (2001)

Named by The National Law Journal  as one of the 25 best insurance defense attorneys in the United States (September 1999)

Andrew M. Hecker Memorial Award for Professionalism (Tort and Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association) (1998)

Named by Cleveland Magazine as one of the six best trial lawyers in Northeastern Ohio (August 1994)