34 Frost Brown Todd attorneys have been selected by Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, to its top two recognitions of the year. A total of 16 attorneys were selected to the 2025 Ohio Super Lawyers list, while 18 made the 2025 Ohio Rising Stars list. Additionally, Matthew C. Blickensderfer and William D. Hayes were chosen to the Top 50 list of Cincinnati Super Lawyers.
Attorneys represent several practice areas including intellectual property, construction, business, civil and environmental litigation, and real estate. They work out of Frost Brown Todd’s Cincinnati, Columbus and West Chester offices. To read the full list, visit Frost Brown Todd’s website.
Only five percent of lawyers from Ohio earn a spot on the Super Lawyers list and only two and a half percent are named to the Rising Stars list. To qualify, you must demonstrate a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
The Frost Brown Todd attorneys chosen to 2025 Ohio Super Lawyers include:
| CINCINNATI | COLUMBUS |
| John F. Bennett: Intellectual Property, Litigation | Russell J. Kutell*: Business Litigation |
| Matthew C. Blickensderfer: Appellate | Harlan W. Robins: Real Estate |
| Ronald E. Gold: Bankruptcy – Business | Stephen P. Samuels: Environmental |
| Christopher S. Habel: Environmental | |
| William D. Hayes: Environmental | WEST CHESTER |
| John S. Higgins: Construction Litigation | Scott D. Phillips: State/Local/Municipal |
| Clayton L. Kuhnell: Intellectual Property | |
| Patricia D. Laub: Estate & Probate | |
| Kevin M. McMurray: Environmental | |
| Eric M. Robbins: Intellectual Property | |
| Michael J. Stegman: Estate & Probate | |
| Steven M. Wesloh*: Environmental |
The Frost Brown Todd attorneys selected for the 2025 Ohio Rising Stars list include:
| CINCINNATI | COLUMBUS |
| John H. Bieber: Intellectual Property | Yazan S. Ashrawi: General Litigation |
| Tessa Castner: Employment & Labor | Thaddeus M. Boggs: State/Local/Municipal |
| Alexander S. Czanik: Intellectual Property | Nicole Mattingly*: Business Litigation |
| Megan M. Dollenmeyer: Tax | Jesse J. Shamp*: State/Local/Muni |
| Ariel Fox*: Business/Corporations | Zackary L. Stillings*: Business Litigation |
| Ryan W. Goellner: Business Litigation | Steven M. Tolbert, Jr.*: Employment Litigation: Defense |
| Jonathan M. Siderits: Intellectual Property | Christina Wieg*: Environmental |
| Brice C. Smallwood: Employment & Labor | |
| Simon Y. Svirnovskiy: Business Litigation | |
| Eric W. Volz: Intellectual Property | |
| A.J. Webb*: Bankruptcy: Business |
*New on list