Press Releases

Dinsmore & Shohl continues its aggressive growth in the state of Florida, announcing the opening of an office in downtown Miami’s most iconic building, Southeast Financial Center. The six partners, five associates and a team of business professionals bring impeccable pedigrees and outstanding credentials, and are eager to serve South Florida’s thriving business community ...

A multi-disciplinary team of Dinsmore attorneys, led by the Firm’s Corporate department chair Bobby Lucas, served as lead counsel for Majors Management, LLC in its acquisition of 192 MAPCO-branded convenience stores in six states. The equity transaction also includes MAPCO’s wholesale fuel division, loyalty program, brand and other intellectual property. The seller, Copec, is a leading retail company headquartered in South America ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has earned top honors in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" rankings. Dinsmore received five Tier 1 national rankings for Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor & Employment, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Mining Law and Public Finance Law. In total, Dinsmore received 24 national rankings and 207 metropolitan rankings in the 2024 “Best Law Firms” edition ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce that two of its partners have been elected to national positions in DRI, the largest bar association for civil defense attorneys and in-house counsel. Jill Cranston Rice of the Firm’s Morgantown, West Virginia office has been elected to serve as its Second Vice President, and Danielle Waltz of the Charleston, West Virginia office has been elected as a National Director on DRI’s Board of Directors ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has been named a Mansfield Certified firm for 2022-2023. Awarded by Diversity Lab, Mansfield Certification measures the structural changes and steps the Firm has taken over the past year to illuminate multiple paths to leadership. By doing so, lateral hiring, client pitch teams, promotions and appointments are open and transparent to all qualified lawyers ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s leading litigation practice continues to attract sought after talent with the addition of experienced litigator and trial lawyer David T. Klapheke as a partner in its Louisville office. With a storied career spanning several decades, David’s credentials include numerous successful verdicts, outcomes and appeals across a wide variety of cases ...

Congratulations to the four Dinsmore & Shohl attorneys from the Firm’s Boston office for earning a spot on the 2023 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list. Attorneys on the Super Lawyers list are chosen from a multi-phase process that considers independent research, peer evaluations and professional achievement. The Rising Stars list recognizes up-and-coming attorneys in the state ...

We are thrilled to share that Los Angeles-based partner, Lovee Sarenas, recently began her term as president of the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum (LABF).  Formed in 1952, the LA Bankruptcy Forum, is one of the oldest and largest local organizations of bankruptcy professionals in Southern California.  The organization provides educational programming and networking opportunities for the advancement of the bankruptcy profession in the Central District of California ...

Dinsmore Los Angeles-based partner, Lovee Sarenas, recently began her term as president of the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum (LABF).  Formed in 1952, the LA Bankruptcy Forum, is one of the oldest and largest local organizations of bankruptcy professionals in Southern California.  The organization provides educational programming and networking opportunities for the advancement of the bankruptcy profession in the Central District of California ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce that four of the Firm’s intellectual property attorneys have been named “IP Stars” by Managing IP. The research for IP STARS covers a variety of IP practice areas and more than 70 jurisdictions, making it the most comprehensive and widely respected IP guide in the legal profession. The research is conducted rigorously and impartially ...

We are grateful to Richard Marshack of Marshack Hays LLP for recently trusting the Dinsmore team with a very important and widely reported bankruptcy matter for which he was the appointed Trustee, that affected more than 50,000 consumer clients across the United States. “The work of Chris Celentino, Christopher Ghio and the five other attorneys on the Dinsmore team has been nothing short of amazing,” Marshack said ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is thrilled to announce the addition of Danielle Waltz, a skilled construction law litigator and champion for West Virginia’s economic success, to the Firm’s Charleston office. Danielle joins an established and dynamic team in the Mountain State and will help lead the Firm’s government relations efforts ...

Twenty-six Dinsmore attorneys have been named “Lawyer of the Year” in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers. Only one lawyer per practice area earns the distinction in a metropolitan region. Honors are based on reviews by their peers in the categories of ability, professionalism and integrity. Additionally, more than 200 Dinsmore attorneys were selected as 2024 Best Lawyers in America ® or “Ones to Watch.” You can see that list here ...

More than 200 Dinsmore attorneys were recognized as “Best Lawyers” or “Ones to Watch” in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Six Dinsmore attorneys made the Best Lawyers list for the first time and 16 have made the list for 25 consecutive years or more ...

Four Dinsmore & Shohl attorneys from the Firm’s Detroit office have earned a spot on the 2023 Michigan Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list. Attorneys on the Super Lawyers list are selected through a multi-phase process that considers independent research, peer evaluations and professional achievement. The Rising Stars list recognizes up-and-coming attorneys in the state ...

Brian O’Shaughnessy, an IP partner based in the Firm’s Washington D.C. office, has been named the 2023 recipient of The Paul Michel Award. The award from IPWatchDog is named after Chief Judge Paul Michel (CAFC, ret ...

National law firm Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is excited to announce that only three years after its first expansion into Florida, the Firm is growing again through a merger with the highly regarded Mateer & Harbert. With the addition of Mateer’s 19 attorneys and nearly two dozen business professionals in the Florida region, Dinsmore expands its office count to 30 and builds on the footprint established in Tampa in 2020 ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is thrilled to welcome the labor and employment team of Rachel McClintock, Kelsey Scherr and Annie Turner to the Firm’s expanding West Coast roster. Rachel and Kelsey join as partners, and Annie joins as a senior associate of counsel. The talented attorneys arrive just months after Dinsmore nearly doubled its attorney headcount in San Diego through a merger with Mulvaney Barry Beatty Linn and Mayers ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce Melanie Norris has joined the Firm’s commercial litigation practice group as a partner of counsel, with an emphasis on representing clients in the insurance industry. Melanie’s arrival to Dinsmore’s Wheeling, West Virginia office adds to a powerhouse team, led by Denise Pentino, with decades of experience representing insurance carriers in litigation, coverage opinions, and other counseling needs ...

Two Dinsmore & Shohl attorneys in the Firm’s Tampa office, have been recognized as Rising Stars on the 2023 Florida Super Lawyers list. Attorneys on the Super Lawyers list are selected through a multi-phase process that takes into account independent research, peer evaluations and professional achievement. The Rising Stars list recognizes up-and-coming attorneys in the state ...

Yearly rankings by Chambers and Partners show Dinsmore continues to excel in several areas of law among departments, and individual lawyers, especially throughout the Firm’s offices in Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia and Indiana. Chambers and Partners is a publishing group based in of London, England, that specializes in legal publishing. Chambers has a team of 150 full-time researchers who conduct interviews throughout the United States ...

As the Midwest continues to attract entrepreneurs and startups at an explosive rate, Dinsmore is adding the Cincinnati-based power duo of Brett Renzenbrink and Megan Hymore to its growing and dynamic corporate practice group. Brett’s experience in corporate venture law is nicely complemented by Megan’s expertise in intellectual property matters across a variety of technologies ...

For the third consecutive year, Dinsmore has been named a “Top 50 Construction Law Firm” by Construction Executive Magazine. Dinsmore ranks 30th in the country, up nine spots from 2021 when the Firm first made the list. The list is based off results from a survey sent to more than 600 U.S. construction law firms. Dinsmore represents owners, contractors, construction managers, subcontractors, sureties and other suppliers and professionals working in the industry ...

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP corporate partners Christian Gonzalez and Michael Dailey led the Firm’s M&A team in representing LCNB Corp. (“LCNB”) (NASDAQCM: LCNB), in their acquisition of Cincinnati Bancorp Inc. (“CNNB”), in a stock-and-cash transaction. The companies announced the agreement May 18, 2023.  CNNB operates five full-service branch offices in Cincinnati, Ohio and northern Kentucky, and has approximately $304.7 million in assets, $262 ...

Congratulations to the six Dinsmore attorneys who earned a spot on the 2023 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list.  Attorneys on the Super Lawyers list are selected by a multi-phase process that takes into account independent research, peer evaluations and professional achievement. The Rising Stars list recognizes up-and-coming attorneys in the state. Dinsmore attorneys on the lists for 2023 are: Super Lawyers Christopher Azzara, Banking C ...