Eastman & Smith Attorneys Appear In 2020 Best Lawyers
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.
- Real Estate Law
John H. Boggs
- Trusts and Estates
John M. Carey
- Commercial Litigation
- Employment Law - Individuals
- Employment Law - Management
- Labor Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Workers' Compensation Law – Employers
- Environmental Law
Barry W. Fissel
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
Thomas J. Gibney
- Arbitration
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
Joseph A. Gregg
- Environmental Law
Gary M. Harden
- Litigation and Controversy - Tax
- Tax Law
- Employment Law - Management
Henry N. Heuerman (recently retired)
- Banking and Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Litigation - Construction
- Litigation - Environmental
William D. Holt
- Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
- Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Trusts and Estates
- Trusts and Estates
- Corporate Law
- Health Care Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Real Estate Law
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Ronald J. Tice
- Corporate Law
Eastman & Smith congratulates these attorneys on this honor.