Thirty Keating Muething & Klekamp Attorneys Recognized in 2022 Ohio Super Lawyers and Ohio Rising Stars
A total of 30 attorneys with the law firm Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL (KMK Law®) have been selected for inclusion to the 2022 Ohio Super Lawyers® and Ohio Rising Stars lists. Ohio Super Lawyers is a comprehensive listing of outstanding lawyers in more than 70 areas of practice. Each attorney listed in Ohio Super Lawyers has been chosen by their peers as being among the best in their profession.
The 17 KMK attorneys recognized in the 2022 Ohio Super Lawyers listing are noted below including their area of practice:
Kasey L. Bond, Partner – Labor & Employment
James E. Burke, Partner – Litigation
- Named to the Top 100 Attorneys in Ohio List
- Named to the Top 10 Attorneys in Ohio List
- Named to the Top 50 Attorneys in Cincinnati List
Joseph M. Callow, Jr., Partner – Litigation
Mark J. Chumley, Partner – Labor & Employment
Steven C. Coffaro, Partner – Litigation
Louis F. Gilligan, Partner – Litigation
Daniel E. Izenson, Partner – Litigation
Kenneth P. Kreider, Partner – Real Estate
Mary Ellen Malas, Partner – Family Law
Lisa Wintersheimer Michel, Partner – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
William A. Posey, Partner – Litigation
- Named to the Top 100 Attorneys in Ohio List
- Named to the Top 50 Attorneys in Cincinnati List
Adrienne J. Roach, Partner – Family Law
- Named to the Top 100 Attorneys in Ohio List
- Named to the Top 50 Women Attorneys in Ohio List
- Named to the Top 50 Attorneys in Cincinnati List
- Named to the Top 25 Women Attorneys in Cincinnati List
Rachael A. Rowe, Partner – Litigation
Michael L. Scheier, Partner – Litigation
Thomas M. Tepe, Jr., Partner – Land Use / Zoning
Gregory M. Utter, Partner – Litigation
In addition, 14 KMK Law attorneys have been named to the 2022 Ohio Rising Stars list including their primary areas of practice:
Ross J. Bextermueller, Partner – Business Representation & Transactions
Andrew J. Ferguson, Associate – Real Estate
Sarah Vonderbrink Geiger, Partner – Litigation
James C. Kezele, Partner – Environmental Law
Joseph E. Lehnert, Partner – Creditors' Rights & Bankruptcy Litigation
Melissa S. (Mel) Matthews, Associate – Litigation
John M. Milligan, Partner – Labor & Employment
Jacob D. Rhode, Partner – Litigation
Gregory J. Robinson, Associate – Labor & Employment
Stephanie M. Scott, Associate – Litigation
Nicholas L. (Nick) Simon, Partner – Business Representation & Transactions
Kelley Brandstetter Tracy, Partner – Business Representation & Transactions
Taylor V. Trout, Associate – Litigation
Allison A. Westfall, Partner – Securities Regulation & Compliance
About Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
The selection process for Rising Stars is the same as the Super Lawyers selection process except that to be eligible for inclusion in Rising Stars, a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less. Candidates for Rising Stars do not go through peer evaluation by practice area. While up to 5 percent of the lawyers in the state are named to Super Lawyers, no more than 2.5 percent are named to the Rising Stars list.
Polling, research, and selection are performed by Law & Politics, a publication of Key Professional Media, Inc. Law & Politics has been publishing Super Lawyers for more than 20 years.
About Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL
The law firm of Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL (KMK Law®), based in Cincinnati, Ohio, is a nationally-recognized law firm delivering sophisticated legal solutions to businesses of all sizes—from Fortune 50 corporations to start-up companies. Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers® 2021 recognized KMK as a leading law firm in Ohio in Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions, General Commercial Litigation, Real Estate, Labor & Employment, and Bankruptcy & Restructuring. KMK Law earned four National Rankings in, Corporate Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, Project Finance, Law and Venture Capital Law and 40 Metropolitan Rankings in the U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers publication of its 2022 “Best Law Firms” Report. Founded in 1954, KMK has approximately 130 lawyers and a support staff of 150 employees. Additional information is available at www.kmklaw.com.
