Best Lawyers recognizes Bricker & Eckler attorneys

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Columbus, Ohio: August 18, 2014 – The Best Lawyers in America® 2015 (copyright 2014 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC) recently named five Bricker & Eckler attorneys as “Lawyer of the Year” in Columbus. Additionally, 60 Bricker lawyers, representing 43 percent of the firm's attorneys, were selected by their peers for inclusion in this year’s edition.

Best Lawyers names only a single lawyer in each specialty as the “Lawyer of the Year” in each market. Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current edition is based on detailed evaluations of nearly four million lawyers nationwide. Attorneys honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in surveys for their abilities, professionalism and integrity. The 2015 Lawyers of the Year from Bricker & Eckler are:

Columbus –

  • John F. Birath, Jr.: Litigation & Controversy Tax “Lawyer of the Year”
  • Sally W. Bloomfield: Energy Law “Lawyer of the Year”
  • James F. Flynn: Health Care Law “Lawyer of the Year”
  • Jack Rosati, Jr.: Litigation – Construction “Lawyer of the Year”

Attorneys are named to the Best Lawyers list following a peer-review survey of more than 36,000 leading attorneys across the nation who cast almost 4.4 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers listed in Best Lawyers have no say in selecting the practice areas in which they are listed and are voted into the named practice area as a result of the votes received from peers.

Bricker is proud to congratulate these honored attorneys, listed by location and practice area:

Cleveland –

Columbus –

Cincinnati-Dayton (West Chester) –

About Bricker & Eckler:

Named to The National Law Journal’s “2013 Midsize Hot List," Bricker & Eckler is one of Ohio’s leading law firms. Located in Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati-Dayton and Marietta, the firm represents a wide variety of clients, including businesses and corporations, nonprofit organizations, governmental agencies, health care entities, school districts, municipalities, banks and insurers. Bricker & Eckler has a long history of promoting and supporting diversity and inclusion, in our ongoing effort to reflect the communities and clients that we serve. Connect with us online on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

ABOUT BEST LAWYERS: –

First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Corporate Counsel magazine called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.” Attorneys are named to the list following a peer-review survey of more than 36,000 leading attorneys across the nation who cast almost 4.4 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers listed in Best Lawyers have no say in selecting the practice areas in which they are listed. Attorneys are voted into the named practice area as a result of the votes received from peers. The subspecialties listed after their names are based on information from a variety of sources.

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