Accolades

Chambers USA Legal Guide

Calfee has consistently been recognized as a "Leading Law Firm" in Ohio by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers^®. Chambers USA 2025 recognized 44 Calfee attorneys as Leading Lawyers, and the following 18 Calfee practice areas are ranked in Chambers USA 2025:

Antitrust (Ohio: Band 2)
Banking & Finance (Ohio: Band 2)
Construction (Ohio: Band 4)
Corporate/M&A (Ohio-North: Band 1)
Corporate/M&A (Ohio-South & Central: Band 3)
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Ohio: Band 2)
Energy & Natural Resources (Indiana: Band 1)
Energy & Natural Resources (Ohio: Band 1)
Environment (Ohio: Band 3)
Government Relations: State & Local (USA-Nationwide: Band 1)
Insurance: Policyholder (Ohio: Band 1)
Intellectual Property (Ohio: Band 1)
Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance (USA-Nationwide: Band 3)
Labor & Employment (Ohio-North: Band 3)
Labor & Employment (Ohio-South & Central: Band 4)
Litigation: General Commercial (Ohio: Band 2)
Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Ohio: Band 2)
Real Estate (Ohio: Band 2)

Chambers and Partners have published guides to the legal profession since 1990. With a team of 200+ full-time researchers at its London head office, Chambers and Partners identifies and ranks the world's best lawyers and law firms based on in-depth, objective research.

Chambers High Net Worth Guide

Calfee's Estate and Succession Planning and Administration practice group was ranked in Chambers HNW 2025 as a "Leading Law Firm" in Private Wealth Law in Ohio (Band 1). Four Calfee attorneys are ranked as Leading Lawyers in Chambers HNW 2024.

Chambers Global Legal Guide

Calfee's Investment Management Law practice group has been recognized in Chambers Global Legal Guide 2025 in Band 3, and Patrick D. Hayes, Partner and Investment Management Law Chair, has been recognized as a 2025 "Leading Lawyer" in the U.S. in Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance (Band 2). The Chambers Global Legal Guide ranks the top lawyers and law firms in over 200 jurisdictions across the world. Each ranking is based on in-depth research conducted by a dedicated team of researchers.

The Legal 500

Six Calfee partners were recognized in the 2025 Legal 500 U.S. City Elite rankings for excellence in Corporate and M&A and Commercial Disputes. Honorees include Doug Neary (Tier 2), Terry Doyle (Tier 2), and Brent Pietrafese (Tier 3) for Corporate and M&A, and Chris Williams, Maura Hughes, and Colleen O’Neil (all Tier 3) for Commercial Disputes. Firm Chair Doug Neary was named to The Legal 500’s inaugural M&A Private Practice Powerlist – USA in 2024, one of only four Ohio attorneys selected.

"Best Law Firms" Rankings

Calfee earned 16 national rankings and 59 regional rankings in Ohio and New York in the 2025 edition of the Best Lawyers^® “Best Law Firms” report.

Firms included in the “Best Law Firms” listings are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers on the quality of their law practice and breadth of legal expertise.

BTI Law Firm Innovation Icons 2025

Calfee has been recognized among the “Most Innovative Law Firms in the World” in the BTI Consulting Group's "Law Firm Innovation Icons 2025" report. This distinction is based solely on feedback from corporate legal decision-makers, who ranked Calfee across four key areas. This honor places Calfee in the top tier of firms recognized for delivering forward-thinking legal solutions and exceptional client value.

Benchmark Litigation

The Benchmark Litigation 2025 Guide recognized Calfee as a Highly Recommended law firm in Ohio and 16 Calfee partners were selected for inclusion to the Guide.

Dispute Resolution – Highly Recommended Law Firm

Benchmark Litigation is the only publication on the market to focus exclusively on litigation in the United States.

The International Financial Law Review's IFLR1000

Three Calfee partners were recognized in Ohio and the firm earned recognition in four practice areas in the 2024 IFLR1000 – Guide to the World's Leading Financial and Corporate Law Firms rankings lists:

Banking – USA: Notable; Ohio: Tier 1
Capital Markets – Ohio Active
M&A – Ohio Tier 2
Restructuring and Insolvency – Ohio Tier 2

The International Financial Law Review 1000 Guide recognizes the world's leading financial and corporate law firms and lawyers and remains the only international legal directory dedicated to ranking law firms and lawyers based on financial and corporate transactional work.

Best Lawyers^®

97 Calfee attorneys have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America^®, 2026 edition.

5 Calfee partners have been named 2026 Best Lawyers "Lawyers of the Year" in Ohio
69 Calfee attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
28 Calfee attorneys have been named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list for 2026.

Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

Forty-one Calfee attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2025 Ohio Super Lawyers and Ohio Rising Stars lists.

World Trademark Review 1000

Calfee's Intellectual Property practice group has been recognized as a leading law firm in Trademark Law and Calfee Intellectual Property Partner Raymond Rundelli has been selected as a leading lawyer by World Trademark Review 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals (2015-2025).

The annual WTR 1000 research directory recognizes the world’s leading trademark firms and professionals. Each year, WTR conducts exhaustive qualitative research to identify the firms and individuals that are deemed outstanding in this critical area of practice.