Benchmark Litigation 2026 Recognizes Calfee as Highly Recommended Firm and 15 Calfee Litigation Attorneys

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Benchmark Litigation

CLEVELAND, November 3, 2025 – The Benchmark Litigation 2026 Guide recognized Calfee as a Highly Recommended law firm in Ohio.

In addition, 15 Calfee partners were selected for inclusion in the Benchmark Litigation 2026 guide:

• Fritz E. Berckmueller: Litigation Star – U.S. (National) and Ohio: White-Collar Crime
• Mitchell G. Blair: Litigation Star – U.S. (National) and Ohio: International Arbitration, White-Collar Crime, Securities, Commercial, and Professional Liability Litigation
• Jason J. (Jake) Blake: Future Star – Ohio
• David T. Bules: Future Star – Ohio
• Matthew A. Chiricosta: 40 & Under List and Future Star – Midwest and Ohio: Insurance Litigation
• Kyle T. Deighan: 40 & Under List – Midwest and Ohio: Dispute Resolution
• Maura L. Hughes: Litigation Star – U.S. (National) and Ohio: Competition/Antitrust and Commercial Litigation
• James F. Lang: Litigation Star – U.S. (National) and Ohio: Appellate, Tax Disputes, Commercial, and Energy Litigation
• Albert J. Lucas: Litigation Star – U.S. (National) and Ohio: White-Collar Crime, Appellate, Commercial, and Healthcare Litigation
• Mark W. McDougall: Future Star – Ohio
• Matthew M. Mendoza: Litigation Star – U.S. (National) and Ohio: Insurance, Construction, and Product Liability and Recall Litigation
• Thomas I. Michals: Litigation Star – U.S. (National) and Ohio: Insurance, Product Liability and Recall, Commercial, and Real Estate Litigation
• Colleen M. O'Neil: Litigation Star – Ohio: Commercial Litigation
• K. James Sullivan: Litigation Star – U.S. (National) and Ohio: Insurance Litigation
• Christopher S. Williams: Litigation Star – U.S. (National) and Ohio: Securities, Competition/Antitrust, Commercial, Professional Liability, and Healthcare Litigation

The guide’s results are the culmination of a six-month research period that included extensive interviews with the nation’s leading private practice lawyers and in-house counsel. Benchmark Litigation is the only publication on the market to focus exclusively on litigation in the United States.

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Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP is a full-service corporate law firm with 160 attorneys and professionals in five offices in Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati, Ohio, Indianapolis, Indiana, and Washington, D.C. Calfee serves clients in the Midwest, nationally and globally in the areas of Corporate and Finance, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Energy and Utilities, Estate and Succession Planning and Administration, Government Relations and Legislation, Intellectual Property, Investment Management Law, Labor and Employment, Litigation, and Real Estate Law. Calfee has been recognized as a leading law firm by Chambers USA 2025 in Antitrust, Banking & Finance, Construction, Corporate/M&A, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Energy & Natural Resources, Environment, Government Relations, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance, Labor & Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, and Real Estate, and by Chambers HNW 2025 in Private Wealth Law. A founding member of Lex Mundi, Calfee offers international representation through a network of independent law firms with access to 22,000 attorneys located in more than 125 countries. Additional information is available at Calfee.com.