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Eastman & Smith Attorneys Appear In 2020 Best Lawyers

8/15/19

Three Eastman & Smith attorneys have been named Lawyers of the Year, for Toledo, in the 2020 edition of Best Lawyers in America®. They are part of the 23 Eastman & Smith attorneys who can be found listed in the same edition of Best Lawyers®.

Only one attorney per metropolitan region for each of the Best Lawyers® categories can receive a Lawyer of the Year award. These attorneys were the recipients of the largest total peer feedback for the practice area and geographic region in which they received this honor. There are nearly 8,500 attorneys in Columbus, Findlay and Toledo, but only 85 are designated lawyers of the year by Best Lawyers®.

Thomas A. Dixon – Workers’ Compensation Law - Employers
Reginald S. Jackson, Jr. – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
James F. Nooney – Bet-the-Company Litigation

In addition to Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers® lists the attorneys who are considered by their peers to be among the most respected in the profession. Twenty-three attorneys from Eastman & Smith are listed in 27 categories encompassing:

Arbitration
Business/Corporate
Environmental
Health Care/Medical Malpractice
Labor and Employment
Litigation
Real Estate
Tax
Trusts & Estates
White Collar Crime
Workers’ Compensation

To qualify, an attorney must be nominated, then reviewed by other attorneys and finally has to be in good standing with their respective state bar association ethics committee. Best Lawyers® honored 386 attorneys in Columbus, Findlay and Toledo or nearly 5% of attorneys in these cities. Below are the names of Eastman & Smith attorneys on this year's list as well as the categories in which they appear.

Gene R. Abercrombie