Thompson Hine LLP is pleased to announce its inclusion in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 United States, a directory of client- and peer-recommended firms, practices and lawyers used by clients throughout the country to guide their selection of lawyers and law firms. The Legal 500 series “highlights the practice area teams who are providing the most cutting edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel.”
Thompson Hine’s Construction, Corporate Transactions & Securities, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Government Contracts, Government Enforcement, Internal Investigations & White-Collar Defense, Investment Management, Real Estate, Sport and Transportation practices are recommended, along with 35 of its lawyers, as listed below.
Additionally, Construction partner Jeffrey R. Appelbaum and Frank D. Chaiken, chair of the Corporate Transactions & Securities practice, are noted as “Hall of Fame” members, hailed as one of the top 13 lawyers in the Construction category and one of the top 12 in the M&A: Middle-Market category, respectively. Transportation practice group chair Karyn A. Booth is one of 10 “Leading Lawyers” for Transport: Rail and Road, and Will M. Henry is one of 21 lawyers recognized on the “Leading Lawyers” list for M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500M). Also called out for special recognition as “Next Generation Partners” are Erin Luke, one of 15 named for Construction, and Emma Off, one of 13 listed for M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500M).
The guide recommends the following Thompson Hine lawyers by name:
- Jeffrey R. Appelbaum (Construction, Sport)
- Corby J. Baumann (M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500M))
- David E. Benz (Transport: Rail and Road)
- Karyn A. Booth (Transport: Rail and Road, Shipping)
- Casandra W. Borchers (Mutual/ Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds)
- Sandra L. Brown (Transport: Rail and Road)
- Timothy R. Brown (Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans)
- Frank D. Chaiken (M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500M))
- Jack Clark (Construction)
- Thomas J. Coyne (Real Estate)
- Andrew J. Davalla (Mutual/Registered/ Exchange-Traded Funds)
- Edward T. DeLisle (Government Contracts)
- Dominic DeMatties (Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans)
- Nicolas J. DiMichael (Transport: Rail and Road)
- James E. Frankel (Construction)
- Will M. Henry (M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500M))
- Tony Kuhel (M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500M))
- Julia Ann Love (Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans)
- Erin Luke (Construction)
- Jeff Moreno (Transport: Rail and Road)
- Emma Off (M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500M))
- Francis E. Purcell, Jr. (Government Contracts)
- Alan S. Ritchie (Construction, Sport)
- Laura A. Ryan (Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans)
- Todd M. Schild (M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500M))
- Ryan S. Spiegel (Government Contracts)
- J. Shane Starkey (Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans)
- JoAnn M. Strasser (Mutual/Registered/ Exchange-Traded Funds)
- Bibb Strench (Mutual/Registered/ Exchange-Traded Funds)
- Patrick J. Sweeney (Sport)
- Jason D. Tutrone (Transport: Rail and Road, Shipping)
- Dan Ujczo (Transport: Shipping)
- Stuart Welburn (M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500M))
- Michael V. Wible (Mutual/Registered/ Exchange-Traded Funds)
- Kim Wilcoxon (Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans)