Attorney Awards & Recognition

Herbert L. Braverman	AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
	2008 - Selected to be included in the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America: Trusts and Estates
	2006 - Named the Distinguished Estate Planner Award recipient. Herb is a valuable member of our local estate planning community and has been a tremendous asset to the Estate Planning Council of Cleveland.
	2007-2008: Inside Business Leading Lawyer. Estate Planning; Business Services & Capital Formation; Family Law; Probate and Trust Administration; Federal, State & Local Tax;
	2006 - Selected as one of the top 100 lawyers by Cincinnati Magazine
	2005 - 2006: Law & Politics Ohio Super Lawyer . Business Planning; Estate Planning & Probate; Elder Law; Family Law
	2005 - 2006: National Register’s Who’s Who In Executives & Professionals
	2004 - Law & Politics Ohio Super Lawyer. Business Services; Estate Planning; Family Law and Domestic Relations
	2004 - 2005: Inside Business Leading Lawyer. Estate Planning; Business Succession; Charitable Planning; Probate and Probate Litigation; Prenuptial Agreements; Guardianships
Ralph E. Cascarilla	AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
	2006-2007: Recognized in the 2006 & 2007 editions of Corporate Counsel Magazine: Best Lawyers - Environmental Law
	2006-2008: Selected to be included in the 2006-2008 editions of "Best Lawyers in America". Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; White Collar Criminal Defense
	2005-2007: Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers. Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
	2004-2007: Law & Politics Ohio Super Lawyer. Construction Disputes; Environmental & Toxic Torts Law; Complex Commercial Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense
Darrell A. Clay	2008 - Selected as a 2008 Fellow of the Ohio State Bar Foundation.
	2008 - Recognized in Inside Business Magazine as among Northeast Ohio's "Leading Lawyers".
	2005-2006: Selected as a member of the Certified Grievance Committee of the Cleveland Bar Association
James P. Conroy	AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
	2005 - Nominated to the Advisory Board of First Merit Bank
	2005 - Elected to the Board of Visitors of Hiram College
Christine T. Cossler	2007 - Named in the July, 2007 issue of Ohio Super Lawyers—Rising Stars Edition, a listing which honors those individuals, as chosen by their peers, who are considered to be among the top up-and-coming lawyers either 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing law for 10 years or less.
Robert J. Crump	AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
	2007-2008: Inside Business Leading Lawyer. Business Services; Technology, Bioscience & Health Care Industry Services
	2005 - 2006: Law & Politics Ohio Super Lawyer. Business; Health Care
	2004 - Inside Business Leading Lawyer. Business Transactions
	2005 - Inside Business Leading Lawyer. Health Care
Michael A. Cyphert	AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
	2006 - Recognized in the May 2006 edition of Corporate Counsel Magazine: Best Lawyers - Environmental Law
	Included in the 2008 edition of "Best Lawyers in America", which marks over twenty years as a Best Lawyer. Environmental Law
	National Register’s Who’s Who in American Law - 8 th Edition
	2005 - 2007: Law & Politics Ohio Super Lawyer. Environmental Law; Litigation
	2002 - 2007: Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers. Natural Resources & Environment
	2002 - Admitted to the Society of Benchers at Case Western Reserve University of Law
Sophia M. Deseran	2006-2007: President, Greater Cleveland Mortgage Bankers Association
	2005-2006: Vice President, Greater Cleveland Mortgage Bankers Association
	2002 - Affiliate of the Year, Greater Cleveland Mortgage Bankers Association
Christopher L. Gibbon	AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
John H. Gibbon	AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Jonathan D. Greenberg	AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
	2006 - Law & Politics Ohio Super Lawyer. Municipal Law, Employment Law, Litigation
	2002 - Founding President of the Northeast Ohio Municipal Prosecutors Association
Robert S. Horbaly	AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
R. Todd Hunt	AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Eric J. Johnson	2007 - Named in the July, 2007 issue of Ohio Super Lawyers—Rising Stars Edition, a listing which honors those individuals, as chosen by their peers, who are considered to be among the top up-and-coming lawyers either 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing law for 10 years or less.
Michael J. Jordan	AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
	April 27, 2007: Awarded The Academy of Medicine of Cleveland and Northern Ohio (AMCNO) Presidential Citation Award, in recognition of his legal services to the medical community in Greater Cleveland.
	2006-2008: Included in "Best Lawyers in America ". Alternative Dispute Resolution; Health Care Law; Insurance Law
	Recipient, Rosewood Gavel Award for Outstanding Service, American Arbitration Association
Susan Keating Anderson	October 2007: Elected to serve a two-year term as Chair of the Lorain County Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board. This non-profit organization provides residential and outpatient treatment for individuals dealing with drug and alcohol-related problems. The Board is currently in the midst of a capital campaign in an effort to finance the renovation of an existing building which will serve as a new women’s residential treatment facility.
Amy S. Leopard	Amy was recently named to the “Network Certification Work Group” formed by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT), an independent, non-profit, federally-recognized certification body that seeks to develop standards for health information exchanges.
	AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
	2007-2008: Included in "Best Lawyers in America". Health Care Law
	2002 - 2004: Chair, Health Care Law Committee, Ohio State Bar Association
James M. Mackey	AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Michael McMenamin	AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
	2004 - 2006: Law & Politics Ohio Super Lawyer. Employment and Labor Law; First Amendment and Media Defense; Antitrust & Unfair Trade Practices
	Marquis Who's Who in American Law, 4th Edition
	Marquis Who's Who in the World, 10th Edition
	Vice-Chair, Lexwork International, 2005-2006
Nancy A. Noall	AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Charles T. Riehl	AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
	Included in the 2008 edition of "Best Lawyers in America" which marks his eleventh straight year as a Best Lawyer. Municipal Law
Charles R. Schaefer	AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
John E. Schiller	AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Thomas C. Schrader	AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
	2007-2008: Inside Business Leading Lawyer. Employment Law; Litigation Services
	2003 - 2004: Inside Business Leading Lawyer. Shareholder Disputes; Employment Law.
Russell C. Shaw	AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
	2006-2007: Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers. Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
	Selected for inclusion in the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, which marks his 13th straight year as a 'Best Lawyer'; Employee Benefits Law
	2004 - 2007: Law & Politics Magazine Ohio Super Lawyer. Employee Benefits
	2005 - 2006: Listed in the Professional Directory for Foundations
Arthur P. Steinmetz	AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
	2005 - Admitted to the Society of Benchers at Case Western Reserve University of Law
Anthony J. Viola	AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
	2007 - At the 134th Annual Meeting of the Cleveland Bar Association, on June 29, 2007, Tony was honored by his peers for his 50 years of practice in the Cleveland legal community and presented with an “Honorary Lifetime Membership” to the Cleveland Bar Association.
John W. Waldeck, Jr.	AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
	2007 - Became a certified specialist in Business, Commercial and Industrial Real Property Law from the Ohio State Bar Association.
Sheldon M. Young	AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
	2004 - 2006: Law & Politics Ohio Super Lawyer. Employee Benefits
	2006-2008: Included in "Best Lawyers in America". Employee Benefits Law
	2001 - Honored as a 50 year member of the Ohio bar Association
Gary A. Zwick	AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
	November 2007 - For the third consecutive year, Gary has been named to Worth magazine’s list of the nation’s “Top 100 Attorneys.” Gary, who focuses his practice in the area of “tax and wealth management,” was one of just three Ohio attorneys who were honored by the publication this year.
	2004 - 2006: Law & Politics Ohio Super Lawyer. Tax; Business; Employee Benefits; Estate Planning
	2006: Received honorable mention in the December 11, 2006 Crain's Cleveland Business magazine as being selected for the second year in a row by Worth magazine as part of its “100 Top Attorneys” list. Gary was one of only two attorneys from Ohio who received this honor.