Benchmark Litigation 2022 Honors 14 Calfee Partners and Recommends Two Practice Groups

News Release

CLEVELAND, October 8, 2021 – The Benchmark Litigation 2022 guide selected for inclusion two practice groups and 14 attorneys with Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP.

• Calfee’s Litigation practice group was selected as a "Highly Recommended Law Firm" in Ohio for Dispute Resolution.
• Calfee’s Labor and Employment practice group was selected as a "Recommended Law Firm" in Ohio for Labor and Employment Litigation.

The following Calfee attorneys were ranked by Benchmark Litigation 2022 in the Ohio "Local Litigation Star" category in the indicated litigation practice areas:

• Fritz E. Berckmueller, Litigation Partner (Cleveland office) – White-Collar Crime
• Mitchell G. Blair, Firm Vice Chair and Litigation Partner (Cleveland office) – International Arbitration, White-Collar Crime, Securities, Commercial, Professional Liability
• Maura L. Hughes, Litigation practice Co-Chair and Partner (Cleveland office) – Competition/Antitrust, Commercial
• James F. Lang, Litigation Partner (Cleveland office) – Appellate, Tax Disputes, Commercial, Energy
• Albert J. Lucas, Litigation Partner (Columbus office) – White-Collar Crime, Appellate, Commercial, Healthcare
• Matthew M. Mendoza, Litigation Partner (Cleveland office) – Insurance, Construction, Product Liability and Recall
• Thomas I. Michals, Litigation Partner (Cleveland office) – Insurance, Product Liability and Recall, Commercial, Real Estate
• K. James Sullivan, Litigation Partner (Cleveland office) – Insurance
• Christopher S. Williams, Litigation practice Co-Chair and Partner (Cleveland office) – Securities, Competition/Antitrust, Commercial, Professional Liability, Healthcare

The following Calfee attorneys were ranked by Benchmark Litigation 2022 in their "Labor & Employment Star" category:

• John R. Cernelich, Labor and Employment practice Chair and Partner
• David J. Kaufman, Labor and Employment Partner
• Todd F. Palmer, Labor and Employment practice Vice Chair and Partner

Earlier this year, two of Calfee’s partners were selected for inclusion to the Benchmark Litigation 2022 "40 & Under Hot List:"

• Jason J. (Jake) Blake, Litigation Partner (Columbus office) – Construction, White-Collar Crime, Commercial
• David T. Bules, Litigation Partner (Cincinnati office) – Securities, Commercial, ERISA

Benchmark Litigation is the definitive guide to the world’s leading litigation firms and lawyers. Since its inception in 2008, Benchmark has been the only publication on the market to focus exclusively on litigation in the United States. Benchmark provides law firm and lawyer rankings based on extensive research conducted through interviews with litigators, dispute resolution specialists and their clients to identify the leading litigators and firms. During these interviews, Benchmark examines recent casework handled by law firms and asks individual litigators to provide their professional opinions on peers and practitioners within their jurisdiction or practice area.

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