Thompson Hine LLP is pleased to announce its inclusion in the 2024 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, Investment Management, Real Estate, Sport and Transportation practices are recommended, along with 32 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 12 lawyers in the Construction category and one of the top 13 in the M&A: Middle-Market category, respectively.
Transportation practice group chair Karyn A. Booth is one of 12 “Leading Lawyers” for Transport: Rail and Road, and Will M. Henry is one of 19 lawyers recognized on the “Leading Lawyers” list for M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500M). Also called out for special recognition as a “Next Generation Partner” is Erin Luke, one of 18 named for Construction. David E. Benz is one of 4 named a “Rising Star” for Transport: Rail and Road, and Jack Clark is one of 7 “Rising Stars” named for Construction.
The guide recommends the following Thompson Hine lawyers by name:
- Jeffrey R. Appelbaum (Construction, Sport)
- James B. Aronoff (Real Estate)
- David E. Benz (Transport: Rail and Road)
- Joseph R. Berger (Government Contracts)
- Karyn A. Booth (Transport: Rail and Road, Shipping)
- Cassandra 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, Sport)
- Thomas J. Coyne (Real Estate)
- Dominic DeMatties (Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans)
- James E. Frankel (Construction)
- Jessica V. Haire (Government Contracts)
- Daniel M. Haymond (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)
- Francis E. Purcell, Jr. (Government Contracts)
- Amy Kathleen Riedel (Construction)
- Alan S. Ritchie (Construction, Sport)
- Laura A. Ryan (Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans)
- Robyn Minter Smyers (Real Estate)
- 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)
- Jason D. Tutrone (Transport: Rail and Road, Shipping)
- Dan Ujczo (Transport: Rail and Road, Shipping)
- Kim Wilcoxon (Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans)