Spotlight
Eastman & Smith Attorneys Appear In 2018 Best Lawyers
Five Eastman & Smith attorneys have been named Lawyers of the Year, for Toledo, in the 2018 edition of Best Lawyers in America®. They are part of the 24 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 over 2,000 attorneys in the Toledo metropolitan area, but only 20 are designated lawyers of the year by Best Lawyers®.
- Thomas A. Dixon, Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Henry N. Heuerman – Banking and Finance Law
- Reginald S. Jackson, Jr. – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Rudolph A. Peckinpaugh, Jr. – Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Ronald J. Tice – Corporate Law
In addition to Lawyers of the Year, Best Lawyers® lists the attorneys who are considered by their peers to be among the most respected in the profession. Twenty-four attorneys from Eastman & Smith are listed in the 2018 edition. To qualify for Best Lawyers in America®, 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. Less than 5% of attorneys in the U.S. are listed in Best Lawyers®. 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
- Real Estate Law
John H. Boggs
- Trusts and Estates
John M. Carey
- Commercial Litigation
Thomas A. Dixon
- 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
- Arbitration
Robert J. Gilmer, Jr.
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
Gary M. Harden
- Litigation and Controversy - Tax
- Tax Law
- Employment Law - Management
Henry N. Heuerman
- Banking and Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Litigation - Construction
- Litigation - Environmental
William D. Holt
- Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
David S. Jackson
- Tax Law
- 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)
Richard T. Sargeant
- Environmental Law
- Litigation - Environmental
- Water Law
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Ronald J. Tice
- Corporate Law
Eastman & Smith congratulates these attorneys on this honor.
