Thompson Hine LLP is proud to announce that eighteen partners across nine of the firm’s offices have been named to the 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America list. Lawdragon states that the lawyers on its list “have one thing in common: They excel at the art of advocacy before juries, judges and other decision makers on behalf of their clients.”
Thompson Hine’s honorees are:
- Kip T. Bollin, Product Liability, Business Litigation, Class Actions (Cleveland)
- Marla Butler, Business Litigation, Intellectual Property & Technology Litigation (Atlanta)
- Andrew Cox, Product Liability (Cleveland)
- Riccardo M. DeBari, Securities Litigation (New York)
- Eric S. Engel, Business Litigation, Appellate (Los Angeles)
- Karen M. Firstenberg, Product Liability, Mass Tort, Environmental (Los Angeles)
- Gregory T. Fouts, Business Litigation, Consumer Class Action (Chicago)
- Christine M. Haaker, Business Litigation (Dayton)
- Brian J. Lamb, Complex Business Litigation, Banking (Cleveland)
- Christopher K. Larus, IP & Technology Litigation (Minneapolis)
- Seth A. Litman, Product Liability, Mass Tort (Atlanta)
- Conor A. McLaughlin, Product Liability, Mass Tort (Cleveland)
- Jennifer S. Roach, Antitrust Litigation (Cleveland)
- Jennifer Seraphine, Intellectual Property & Technology Litigation (Silicon Valley)
- Brittain Shaw, White Collar, Investigations, Litigation (New York)
- Tony White, Business Litigation (Columbus, Cleveland)
- Elizabeth B. Wright, Product Liability, Business Litigation (Cleveland)
- Thomas F. Zych, Antitrust Litigation, Cybersecurity, IP (Cleveland)
Lawdragon’s selection process is rooted in more than three decades of rigorous, journalism-driven scrutiny of the legal profession. Drawing upon a collective century of experience in lawyer reporting and information services, its editorial team conducts an exhaustive evaluation that begins with open submissions and continues with independent investigative research into the attorneys and practices responsible for the most consequential contemporary matters. Those findings are then subjected to an additional layer of peer review by a board of leading subject-matter advisors, ensuring that each guide spotlights practitioners whose recent work has demonstrably shaped their respective fields. By coupling deep journalistic inquiry with informed practitioner-level vetting, Lawdragon consistently produces authoritative guides that recognize only the most impactful lawyers and legal professionals.