Thompson Hine LLP is pleased to announce that 152 of the firm’s lawyers are recognized in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Lawyers are selected for the list based on votes received in a survey of their peers in their specific practice areas.
The Thompson Hine lawyers recognized in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America are:
Atlanta
John C. Allerding
William E. Burnett
Marla Butler
Tara N. Evans
Glianny Fagundo
Sean Gordon
Eugene Joswick
Tim McDonald
Alexandra Chanin Nelson
Tanya C. Nesbitt
Ash D. Patel
J.A. Schneider
Stephen B. Schrock
John F. Wymer III
Chicago
Gregory T. Fouts
Peter Kocoras
Cincinnati
William R. Allen, Ph.D.
Edward G. Babbitt
Christopher M. Bechhold
Kris Brandenburg
Deborah S. Brenneman
Stephen J. Butler
John D. Cottingham
Louis K. Ebling
Tony J. Hornbach
Jesse L. Jenike-Godshalk
Robert P. Johnson
Stephen M. King
Andrew L. Kolesar
Beth A. Mandel
Emily G. Montion
Michael J. Nieberding
Kimberly E. Ramundo
Theodore R. Remaklus
Laura A. Ryan
Todd M. Schild
Carrie A. Shufflebarger
Louis F. Solimine
Keith P. Spiller
J. Shane Starkey
David R. Valz
David Whaley
Kim Wilcoxon
M. Scott Young
Cleveland
Jeffrey R. Appelbaum
James B. Aronoff
Nancy M. Barnes
Devin A. Barry
Kip T. Bollin
Derek D. Bork
Nicholas J. Brill
Robert W. Burger
Thomas R. Butchko
Thomas J. Callahan
Jeremy M. Campana
Timothy J. Coughlin
Andrew H. Cox
Thomas J. Coyne
Christopher Diehl
Joel D. Eagle
Tom Feher
Sarah C. Flannery
Heidi B. Friedman
Sean Ganley
Amy Gerbick
Cathryn E. Greenwald
Daniel M. Haymond
James Henderson
William M. Henry
William J. Hubbard
Kyle A. Hutnick
Alexis J. Kim
Eduardo Kim
Brian J. Lamb
Alan R. Lepene
David Lewis
Julia Ann Love
Erin Luke
Donald H. Messinger
Amanda M. Miller
David J. Naftzinger
Allyson O’Keefe
Mitchell R. Prentis
Deborah Z. Read
Alan S. Ritchie
Jennifer S. Roach
James D. Robenalt
Patrick J. Saccogna
Robyn Minter Smyers
James Spallino, Jr.
Kevin R. Tabor
David D. Thomas
Curtis L. Tuggle
Andrew L. Turscak, Jr.
Jonathon H. Vinocur
Robert F. Ware
David D. Watson
Elizabeth B. Wright
Thomas F. Zych
Columbus
Stephanie M. Chmiel
Darrel R. Davison
Richard E. Helm
Kevin D. Oles
Edward C. Redder
Rachael Rodman
Lindsay Karas Stencel
JoAnn M. Strasser
Jerry Vande Werken
Amie L. Vanover
Anthony C. White
Michael V. Wible
Dayton
Stephen J. Axtell
Jim Butler, Jr.
Mark A. Conway
Susan C. Cornett
Robert M. Curry
Steven J. Davis
Steve Elleman
Christine M. Haaker
Jon S. Hawkins
Nathan C. Hunt
Sean P. McCormick
David A. Neuhardt
Jessica E. Salisbury-Copper
Arik A. Sherk
Los Angeles
William B. Ticknor
Minneapolis
Christopher K. Larus
William E. Manske
New York
Ernest E. Badway
John Bae
Connie Boland
Timothy R. Brown
Richard A. De Palma
Heather A. Richardson
Mario J. Suarez
Washington, D.C.
David E. Benz
Karyn A. Booth
Sandra L. Brown
Edward T. DeLisle
Dominic DeMatties
Barry A. Friedman
Marvin T. Griff
Katherine B. Kohn
Jeff Moreno
Ryan S. Spiegel
Bibb Strench
Jason D. Tutrone