36 Buckingham Attorneys Awarded in the 2025 Editions of The Best Lawyers in America®, Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America and Four “Lawyer of the Year” Recipients

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers^® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers recognitions are compiled based on an exhaustive Purely Peer Review^® evaluation. More than 184,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and we have received more than 25.8 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world.

2025 Best Lawyers^®

For the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^®, more than 23 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 80,000 leading lawyers included in the milestone 31st edition.

Akron, OH

William L. Caplan, Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Real Estate Law
Steven A. Dimengo, Commercial Litigation; Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
Richard B. Fry, Corporate Law; Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
Nicholas T. George, Real Estate Law
Stephen M. Hammersmith, Banking and Finance Law
Patrick J. Keating, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking and Finance; Litigation – Bankruptcy
James D. Kraus, Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law
Robert W. Malone, Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Tax Law
Patricia A. Pacenta, Trusts and Estates
Susan C. Rodgers, Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Jon R. Stefanik II, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Patrick J. Weschler, Trusts and Estates

Canton, OH

Joseph J. Feltes, Health Care Law
Joshua E. O’Farrell, Oil and Gas Law
Robert E. Roland, Banking and Finance Law; Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Mark J. Skakun III, Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Jude B. Streb, Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Insurance; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Dustin J. Vrabel, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Cleveland, OH

John F. Bodie, Jr., Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Alan P. Di Girolamo, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Carl J. Dyczek, Banking and Finance Law; Real Estate Law
Michael A. Ellis, Corporate Law
William H. Falin, Commercial Litigation
Victor T. Geraci, Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management
Stephen H. Jett, Litigation – Labor and Employment; Litigation – Real Estate
David J. Lindner, Real Estate Law
George M. Moscarino, Commercial Litigation; Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Dirk E. Riemenschneider, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
John Swansinger, Litigation – Construction
Kris H. Treu, Commercial Litigation; Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Ronald F. Wayne, Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates

2025 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch^®

For the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch^® in America, more than 4 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 27,000 lawyers honored in the new edition.

Lucas W. Murray
Matthew D. Smith
Christina Williams

2025 Best Lawyers^® “Lawyer of the Year”

“Lawyer of the Year” honors are awarded annually to only one lawyer per practice area in each region with extremely high overall feedback from their peers, making it an exceptional distinction.

Stephen M. Hammersmith, Banking and Finance Law
Robert W. Malone, Tax Law
George M. Moscarino, Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
Mark J. Skakun III, Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent