Thompson Hine Ranked as Leading Law Firm

27 June 2006

Thompson Hine LLP is pleased to announce that 29 of its partners have been selected for inclusion in Chambers USA Directory 2006. These 29 partners were identified by corporate counsel as the leading lawyers in their practices in interviews conducted by Chambers and Partners:

- Thomas A. Aldrich, Corporate/M&A, Ohio

- Jeffrey R. Appelbaum, Construction, Ohio

- James B. Aronoff, Real Estate, Ohio

- J. Wray Blattner, Environment, Ohio

- April V. Boise, Corporate/M&A, Ohio

- Timothy R. Brown, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Ohio

- James R. Carlson, Corporate/M&A, Ohio

- Thomas J. Coyne, Real Estate, Ohio

- Michael W. Currie, Construction, Ohio

- Nicholas J. DiMichael, Transportation: Rail and Transportation: Road

(Carriage/Commercial), National

- Jack F. Fuchs, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Ohio

- Kenneth B. Germain, Intellectual Property, Ohio

- Michael L. Hardy, Environment, Ohio

- David J. Hooker, Litigation: General Commercial, Ohio

- Steven S. Kaufman, Litigation: General Commercial, Ohio

- Andrew L. Kolesar III, Environment, Ohio

- Alan R. Lepene, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Ohio

- Mark P. Levy, Intellectual Property, Ohio

- Earle Jay Maiman, Litigation: General Commercial, Ohio

- Louis L. McMahon, Environment, Ohio

- Leslee W. Miraldi, Banking & Finance, Ohio

- Joseph M. Rigot, Corporate/M&A, Ohio

- James D. Robenalt, Construction and Litigation: General Commercial,

Ohio

- Louis F. Solimine, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Ohio

- Keith P. Spiller, Employment: Mainly Defendant, Ohio

- J. Shane Starkey, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Ohio

- Linda A. Striefsky, Real Estate, Ohio

- Peter D. Welin, Construction, Ohio

- William C. Wilkinson, Litigation: General Commercial, Ohio

Thompson Hine was also ranked as one of the leading firms in 11 different practice areas:

- Banking & Finance, Ohio

- Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Ohio

- Construction, Ohio

- Corporate/M&A, Ohio

- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Ohio

- Environment, Ohio

- Intellectual Property, Ohio

- Litigation: General Commercial, Ohio

- Real Estate, Ohio

- Transportation: Rail, National

- Transportation: Road (Carriage/Commercial), National

Chambers and Partners publishes the world-famous guides to law firms and lawyers: Chambers UK, Chambers USA, Chambers Global, and Chambers Student. Every year they carry out thousands of in-depth interviews with clients in order to assess the reputations and expertise of business lawyers in 175 countries across the world. Chambers rankings and editorial are referred to extensively by General Counsel and other purchasers of legal services who look to the recommendations when choosing their lawyers.

About Thompson Hine LLP... Established in 1911, Thompson Hine today is among the largest business law firms in the United States. For the last several years, the firm has been named one of the Best Corporate Law Firms in America (in an annual survey of corporate directors conducted by Corporate Board Member magazine). With more than 370 lawyers, Thompson Hine serves premier businesses worldwide, including: Ford, Toyota, Goodrich, Goodyear, Parker Hannifin, Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Eaton, Sherwin-Williams, JoAnn Stores, Verizon, and KeyCorp. The firm has offices in Atlanta, Brussels, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, New York, and Washington, D.C. For more information, go to http://www.ThompsonHine.com.

Source: prnewswire

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