28 firm practice areas and 72 attorneys among those listed
The Chambers USA 2025 guide has named 72 Frost Brown Todd (FBT) attorneys and 28 of the firm’s practice areas among the best in the legal industry, an increase of six and five from last year’s rankings, respectively. The highly respected legal rankings guide recognized FBT’s excellence in several areas of law throughout its nationwide footprint. The firm is also pleased to be newly ranked in Tennessee and Texas, further underscoring the strength and depth of its bench in these states.
“Both business leaders and legal professionals look to the Chambers USA rankings when seeking out the most talented and hardest working legal practitioners in the country,” said FBT Chairman Robert Sartin. “We at Frost Brown Todd are honored to once again be ranked among the top law firms in the nation and the rankings showcase the strategic investments the firm has been making to attract best-in-industry talent and build depth in key practice areas.”
Chambers and Partners, the world’s leading research and analytics firm for the legal profession, has published the Chambers USA guide since 1990. The rankings are determined after seven months of in-depth research with law firms and clients, including conducting thousands of one-on-one interviews per year with in-house counsel and third-party experts. Firms and individual attorneys are ranked in Bands 1 through 6, with Band 1 being the highest ranking.
The firm ranked in the following practice areas:
- Banking & Finance (West Virginia and Ohio)
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Ohio)
- Construction (Indiana) – Band 1
- Corporate/M&A (Kentucky) – Band 1
- Energy & Natural Resources (Pennsylvania)
- Environment (Ohio) – Band 1
- Environment, Natural Resources & Utilities (Kentucky) – Band 1
- Immigration (Ohio) – Band 1
- Intellectual Property (Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio)
- Labor & Employment (Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio: South & Central Region)
- Litigation: General Commercial (Indiana, Kentucky – Band 1, Ohio, West Virginia, and Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds and Houston & Surrounds, Texas)
- Public Finance (Indiana, Ohio, and West Virginia) – Band 1
- Real Estate (Indiana, Kentucky – Band 1, and Ohio)
- Tax (Kentucky) – Band 1
The following individuals ranked in their respective practice areas:
- John Bennett (Intellectual Property, Ohio)
- Jamie Brodsky (Corporate/M&A and Real Estate, Kentucky)
- Terrence Brookie (Construction, Indiana) – Band 1
- Patricia Burgess (Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Tennessee)
- John Cadwallader (Real Estate, Ohio)
- Theresa A. Canaday (Litigation: General Commercial, Kentucky)
- Richard S. Cleary (Labor & Employment, Kentucky) – Band 1
- Kevin Colosimo (Energy & Natural Resources, Pennsylvania)
- Amy Condaras (Banking & Finance and Public Finance, West Virginia) – Band 1
- Steven M. Condaras (Real Estate, West Virginia)
- Peter Cummins (Litigation: General Commercial, Kentucky)
- Carrie Doehrmann (Environment, Indiana)
- Gregory Dutton (Environment, Natural Resources & Utilities: Utilities, Kentucky)
- Keely Downs (Real Estate, Colorado)
- James A. Giesel (Corporate/M&A, Kentucky)
- Ronald Gold (Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Ohio) – Band 1
- Craig A. Griffith (Tax, West Virginia) – Band 1
- Christopher S. Habel (Environment, Ohio)
- Timothy J. Hagerty (Environment, Natural Resources & Utilities: Environment, Kentucky) – Band 1
- Stephen N. Haughey (Environment, Ohio)
- William D. Hayes (Environment, Ohio) – Band 1
- John Higgins (Construction, Ohio)
- Barry A. Hines (Real Estate, Kentucky) – Band 1
- Warren Hoffmann (Environment, Natural Resources & Utilities: Natural Resources, Kentucky) – Band 1
- Matthew Hoyt (Immigration, Ohio) – Band 1
- Emmett Kelly (Public Finance, Ohio) – Band 1
- Edward King (Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Kentucky) – Band 1
- Scott Krapf (Public Finance, Indiana) – Band 1
- Clayton Kuhnell (Intellectual Property, Ohio)
- David Janklow (Immigration, Ohio)
- Eric Lamb (Intellectual Property, Indiana)
- Eric Landen (Real Estate, Ohio)
- Constance Lindman (Intellectual Property, Indiana)
- John T. Lovett (Labor & Employment, Kentucky)
- Alan MacDonald (Corporate/M&A, Kentucky)
- Kim Martin Lewis (Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Ohio) – Band 1
- Kevin N. McMurray (Environment, Ohio)
- Patrick Northam (Environment, Natural Resources & Utilities: Natural Resources and Utilities, Kentucky)
- Thomas P. O’Brien III (Intellectual Property, Kentucky)
- Michael O’Grady (Banking & Finance, Ohio)
- Nicholas Pappas (Litigation: General Commercial, Indiana)
- Samantha Quimby (Intellectual Property, Ohio)
- Chris Rogers (Energy & Natural Resources, Pennsylvania)
- David Rogers (Public Finance, Ohio) – Band 1
- Eric Robbins (Intellectual Property, Ohio)
- Harlan W. Robins (Real Estate, Ohio)
- Kevin Shook (Litigation: General Commercial, Ohio)
- Cory J. Skolnick (Litigation: General Commercial, Kentucky)
- Maggie Smith (Litigation: Appellate, Indiana)
- Christina Sprecher (Real Estate, Ohio)
- Alex Staffieri (Corporate/M&A, Kentucky)
- Cynthia L. Stewart (Intellectual Property, Kentucky)
- Griffin Terry Sumner (Litigation: General Commercial, Kentucky)
- Timothy Swanson (Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Colorado)
- Jared Tully (Litigation: General Commercial, West Virginia)
- Andrew Ulmer (Intellectual Property, Ohio)
- Vance VanDrake III (Intellectual Property, Ohio)
- Donald Warner (Public Finance, Ohio) – Band 1
- Steven Wesloh (Environment, Ohio)
- Heather L. Wilson (Labor & Employment, Indiana)
- Geoffrey White (Real Estate, Kentucky)
- Beau Zoeller (Public Finance, Indiana) – Band 1
Senior Statesperson Ranking:
- Scott Dolson (Corporate/M&A, Kentucky)
- Neil Ganulin (Corporate/M&A, Ohio)
- Edward Glasscock (Corporate/M&A, Kentucky)
- Stephen P. Samuels (Environment, Ohio)
Up and Coming Ranking:
- Jennifer Bame (Labor & Employment, Kentucky)
- Jonathan Bont (Litigation: White Collar & Government Investigations, Indiana)
- Carrie Cecil (Banking & Finance and Public Finance, West Virginia)
- Alyson N. Hurley (Banking & Finance, Ohio)
- Chris Kim Kahn (Environment, Ohio)
- A.J. Webb (Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Ohio)