As a firm, Ulmer & Berne was also awarded the #1 ranking in Cleveland, Ohio for Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Employee Benefits Law, and Information Technology Law. 

First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive annual peer-review survey.  For the U.S. edition, more than 24,126 leading attorneys cast more than 2.8 million votes on the legal capabilities of other lawyers.  Ulmer & Berne attorneys receiving honors this year include:

Jeffrey Baddeley                                                            Mary Forbes Lovett
Lewis T. Barr                                                                  Stephen A. Markus
Joseph A. Castrodale                                                     Scott A. Meyers
Jeffrey S. Dunlap                                                            Donald J. Mooney, Jr.
William D. Edwards                                                         Brian M. O’Neill
Harold E. Friedman                                                          Thomas W. Ostrowski
Bill J. Gagliano                                                                 Jeffrey F. Peck
John C. Goheen                                                               Kip Reader
Frances Floriano Goins                                                   Gina M. Saelinger
James A. Goldsmith                                                         Isaac Schulz
Richard G. Hardy                                                             Patricia A. Shlonsky
Ronald H. Isroff                                                                J. Gregory Smith
Scott P. Kadish                                                                 Ronald C. Stansbury
Ronald L. Kahn                                                                 Michael D. Stovsky
Robert J. Karl                                                                    Michael J. Suffern
Marvin L. Karp                                                                  Stuart R. Susskind
Mark D. Katz                                                                     Joseph P. Thomas
Murray K. Lenson                                                             Michael S. Tucker
David L. Lester                                                                 Michael N. Ungar
David J. Lindner                                                                Frederick N. Widen

Harold E. Friedman and Marvin L. Karp have been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for more than 25 years, while Lewis T. Barr has been listed for more than 20 years, and John C. Goheen and Ronald L. Kahn have each been listed for more than 10.

Ulmer & Berne, established in 1908, is one of Ohio’s largest law firms.  A full-service firm with approximately 175 attorneys in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Chicago, Ulmer & Berne represents publicly traded and privately held companies, financial institutions, pharmaceutical companies, family businesses, international joint ventures and affiliations, investor groups, start-ups and emerging businesses, public bodies, and nonprofit organizations. For more information, visit www.ulmer.com.