Two Attorneys Selected as “Ones to Watch”
Dayton, Ohio – Coolidge Wall Co., L.P.A. is pleased to announce that 16 of its attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 edition and two attorneys were named “Ones to Watch.”
Best Lawyers is regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Its process is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers may not pay a fee to be listed, so inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
The Coolidge Wall attorneys selected for inclusion in 2025 Best Lawyers in America® are:
- Michelle D. Bach for Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- R. Scott Blackburn for Trusts and Estates
- Christopher R. Conard for Commercial Litigation
- Shannon L. Costello for Real Estate Law and Litigation-Real Estate
- Terence L. Fague for Commercial Litigation and Litigation-Labor and Employment
- Kristin A. Finch Real Estate Law
- Patricia J. Friesinger for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights, Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Daniel J. Gentry for Commercial Litigation
- J. Stephen Herbert for Real Estate Law and Banking and Finance Law
- W. Chip Herin III for Corporate Law
- Benjamin A. Mazer for Employment Law-Management
- David P. Pierce for Commercial Litigation and Litigation-Labor and Employment
- Richard A. Talda for Commercial Litigation
- Sam Warwar for Tax Law, Corporate Law, and Litigation and Controversy-Tax
- Merle F. Wilberding for Corporate Law, Real Estate Law, and Litigation-Real Estate Law
- Jeffrey A. Winwood for Trusts and Estates
In addition, two Coolidge Wall attorneys, Robert Ballinger and Elliott Haller, were named as Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch in their practice areas. Ones to Watch recognize lawyers who have been in private practice less than 10 years in the U.S. and like traditional Best Lawyers recognition, is based entirely on peer review.
Coolidge Wall is a leading full-service, Dayton-based law firm providing clients with legal representation in matters of corporate and business transactions, real estate, tax, bankruptcy, employee benefits, estate planning and probate, health care, labor and employment, litigation, and dispute resolution.
