 | | Porter Wright Dayton Attorneys Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® 2010 |
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| 8/24/2009 |
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Porter Wright attorneys William G. Deas, Marc L. Fleischauer, Paul G. Hallinan, Thomas A. Holton, C. Terry Johnson, and Charles Y. Kidwell have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2010. In all, 87 Porter Wright attorneys working in 32 different practice areas have been named to the publication. Twenty-nine of those attorneys have been recognized by Best Lawyers for 10 or more years.
Mr. Deas — who has been honored as a Best Lawyer for more than 10 consecutive years — was recognized in the area of Real Estate Law. He represents banks, insurance companies, real estate owners and developers. His experience includes three years as in-house counsel for a national restaurant chain that owned and leased restaurants throughout the United States. Mr. Deas is also recognized by the publishers of Law & Politics and Cincinnati Magazine as an Ohio Super Lawyer®. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Law and the Ohio State University.
Mr. Fleischauer was recognized in the area of Labor and Employment Law. He advocates for employers in wrongful discharge and discrimination litigation, labor arbitrations, and before administrative agencies. He has diverse litigation experience and has defended claims brought under state and federal discrimination laws, the Family and Medical Leave Act, unfair competition law, and traditional labor law. He has been an Adjunct Instructor and Professional Fellow at Ashland University, teaching employment law to business students. Mr. Fleischauer has been recognized as an "Ohio Rising Star" by the publishers of Ohio Super Lawyers magazine and has earned a "Senior Professional in Human Resources" (SPHR) designation from the Human Resource Certification Institute. Admitted to practice in both Ohio and Florida, Mr. Fleischauer is a graduate of Florida State University College of Law and the College of Wooster.
Mr. Hallinan was recognized in the area of Commercial Litigation. He has extensive experience representing a variety of interests in complex litigation in state and federal courts, and in arbitration proceedings across the country. His practice areas have included intellectual property, unfair trade practice, antitrust, construction, employment, and contract litigation. Mr. Hallinan graduated from the University of Dayton School of Law, received an M.B.A. from the University of Dayton, and is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.
Mr. Holton — who has also been honored as a Best Lawyer for more than 10 years — was recognized in the area of Corporate Law. He represents medium-sized, closely held businesses in a variety of legal matters, including business sales and acquisitions, labor negotiations and arbitrations and higher education law. Mr. Holton is recognized by the publishers of Law & Politics and Cincinnati Magazine as an Ohio Super Lawyer® and graduated from the University of Detroit School of Law and the Ohio State University.
Mr. Johnson — who has been honored by Best Lawyers for 20 years — was recognized in the area of Trusts and Estates. He limits his practice to estate planning, trust, and probate law, including multi-state and international estate planning cases; and the administration of numerous estates, including those of investors, authors, owners of closely held businesses, and professionals. He also provides probate litigation representation and frequently serves as special counsel and expert witness in probate matters, including attorney malpractice cases. Mr. Johnson has been certified by the Ohio State Bar Association as a specialist in Estate Planning, Probate and Trust law. He is a graduate of Columbia University School of Law and Trinity College.
Mr. Kidwell was recognized in the areas of Corporate, Health Care, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Non-Profit/Charities Law. He practices in the areas of general corporate, business, tax and health care law. He counsels for-profit and not-for-profit business clients on general corporate matters including corporate governance and contracts. His transaction experience includes buying and selling businesses; mergers and acquisitions; security offerings; debt and equity offerings; and debt and equity financings, which consists of venture capital transactions, commercial loan documentation and bond issuances. Mr. Kidwell is also recognized by the publishers of Law & Politics and Cincinnati Magazine as an Ohio Super Lawyer®. He graduated from the University of Dayton School of Law and Miami University where he obtained both a bachelor's degree and an M.B.A.
First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive annual peer-review survey. For the new U.S. edition, more than 24,000 leading attorneys cast more than 2.8 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in the same and related practice areas. Because of the rigorous and transparent methodology used by Best Lawyers and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. |
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