October 17, 2008
Offices: Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Fort Myers, Naples

(AKRON, OH, October 17, 2008) - The law firm of Roetzel & Andress is pleased to announce 42 attorneys from the firm were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009 (Copyright 2007 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).

The Roetzel & Andress attorneys honored for 2009 are:

Akron Office -- Susan S. Box (Product Liability Litigation), Jeffrey J. Casto (Product Liability Litigation), Steven St. L. Cox (Trusts and Estates), John M. Coyne (Real Estate Law), Shane A. Farolino (Environmental Law), Laura (Megan) Faust (Insurance Law), Terrence S. Finn (Environmental Law), Michael J. Hudak (Medical Malpractice Law), Duane L. Isham (Corporate Law), Ronald S. Kopp (Commercial Litigation), Ronald B. Lee (Product Liability Litigation), Jeffrey W. Leonard (Tax Law), Aaron E. McQueen (Product Liability Litigation), Brian J. Moore (Banking Law and Real Estate Law), Randall J. Moore (Product Liability Litigation), Thomas M. Skove (Environmental Law), Gary W. Spring (Labor and Employment Law), Roger J. Stevenson (Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law), Thomas A. Treadon (Medical Malpractice Law), and Bradley A. Wright (Transportation Law);

Cincinnati Office -- Eric G. Bruestle (Workers' Compensation Law);

Cleveland Office -- Anna M. Carulas (Medical Malpractice Law), Robert B. Casarona (Environmental Law), David H. Gunning II (Construction Law), R. Mark Jones (Medical Malpractice Law), Kenneth M. Lapine (Banking Law and Real Estate Law), Richard A. Plewacki (Transportation Law), Suzanne K. Saganich (Real Estate Law), and Donald Scherzer (Antitrust Law and Commercial Litigation);

Columbus Office -- Thomas A. Dillon (Medical Malpractice Law and Personal Injury Litigation) and Edward C. Hertenstein (Tax Law and Trusts and Estates);

Fort Myers, Florida Office -- Beverly Grady (Land Use and Zoning Law);

Naples, Florida Office -- R. Bruce Anderson (Land Use and Zoning Law), John T. Blakely (Commercial Litigation), Jon D. Fishbane (Labor and Employment Law), C. Neil Gregory (Real Estate Law), Paul K. Heuerman, (Real Estate Law), G. Carson McEachern (Trusts and Estates), Robert G. Menzies (Commercial Litigation), Mark J. Price (Real Estate Law), Cathy S. Reiman (Commercial Litigation), and Stephen E. Thompson (Real Estate Law).

Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 25,000 leading attorneys cast almost two million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.

About Roetzel & Andress
Founded in 1876, Roetzel & Andress is a law firm with 11 offices throughout Ohio, Florida and Washington, D.C. The firm has over 240 attorneys who provide comprehensive, integrated legal counsel in more than 40 different areas of law, and practice both nationally and internationally. For more information, visit the firm's website at www.ralaw.com.