30 KMK Attorneys Included in the Best Lawyers in America 2010

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL (KMK) is ranked No. 1 in Cincinnati in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in six areas of law: Corporate, Employee Benefits, Land Use & Zoning, Municipal Finance, Project Finance, and Real Estate Law. Notably, KMK also is ranked No. 1 in the state of Ohio in Project Finance Law.

The Best Lawyers in America 2010 ranked KMK No. 1 in Cincinnati in Corporate Law. KMK's Corporate Group handles business law matters for all types and sizes of business organizations, including public and private corporations, limited and general partnerships, limited liability companies, and sole proprietorships.

The Best Lawyers in America 2010 ranked KMK No. 1 in Cincinnati in Employee Benefits Law. KMK's Employee Benefits Group provides sophisticated and practical legal advice to clients regarding a broad spectrum of matters including qualified retirement plans, nonqualified deferred compensation, and health and welfare benefits.

The Best Lawyers in America 2010 ranked KMK No. 1 in Cincinnati in Land Use & Zoning Law. KMK's Land Use & Zoning lawyers assist with governmental land-use regulation and have experience litigating cases in trial court, appellate court, and in the Ohio Supreme Court.

The Best Lawyers in America 2010 ranked KMK No. 1 in Cincinnati in Municipal Law. KMK's Municipal Finance lawyers handle all aspects of public finance involving traditional issuers of municipal securities as well as special districts such as port authorities and utility districts in both Ohio and Kentucky. They also serve as underwriters or placement agent counsel, letter of credit bank counsel, and bond counsel for taxable variable rate note issues.

The Best Lawyers in America 2010 ranked KMK No. 1 in the state of Ohio and No. 1 in Cincinnati in Project Finance Law. KMK's Project Finance group has experience representing lenders in connection with commercial real estate financing, construction/permanent loan packages, leasebacks, air rights structures, Industrial Development Boards (IDB), Tax Increment Financing (TIF), and public/government debt issues. They also have experience representing owners, developers, entrepreneurs, and investors with regard to commercial and residential projects. KMK partner, Herbert B. Weiss, was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Project Finance. This is Mr. Weiss' 26th consecutive year of being selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America.

The Best Lawyers in America 2010 ranked KMK No. 1 in Cincinnati in Real Estate Law. KMK's Real Estate Group is comprised of a cross-section of attorneys with collective experience in all aspects of real property law including development, leasing and transactional work, zoning and land use, sales and acquisitions, real estate taxation, project finance, public assisted finance, environmental issues, economic development, and government affairs.

Thirty attorneys from KMK were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2010:

Brian M. Babb - Environmental Law

James E. Burke - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law

Robert E. Coletti - Corporate Law

Paul D. Dorger - Labor & Employment Law

Alan S. Fershtman - Tax Law

Louis F. Gilligan - Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation

Stephen M. Goodson - Employee Benefits Law

Patricia B. Hogan - Intellectual Property Law

Kevin E. Irwin - Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights Law

James M. Jansing - Corporate Law

William J. Keating, Jr. - Corporate Law

Donald P. Klekamp - Corporate Law

Gary P. Kreider - Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Kenneth P. Kreider - Real Estate Law

Timothy B. Matthews - Banking Law, Venture Capital Law

Robert W. Maxwell II - Labor & Employment Law

Lisa Wintersheimer Michel - Employee Benefits Law

David K. Montgomery - Labor & Employment Law

Paul V. Muething - Corporate Law, Securities Law

Joseph P. Rouse - Trusts & Estates

Rachael A. Rowe - Commercial Litigation

Robert G. Sanker - Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights Law

Mark E. Sims - Tax Law

Richard D. Spoor - Municipal Finance Law

Edward E. Steiner - Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Joseph L. Trauth, Jr. - Land Use & Zoning Law, Real Estate Law

Gregory M. Utter - Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation

Mark J. Weber - Real Estate Law

Herbert B. Weiss - Project Finance Law (ranked No. 1 in Ohio), Real Estate Law

Mark A. Weiss - Corporate Law

First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive annual peer-review survey. For the 2010 edition, more than 24,000 attorneys cast more than 2.8 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in the same and related specialties. Because of the rigorous and transparent methodology used by Best Lawyers, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a significant honor.

The law firm of Keating Muething & Klekamp is based in Cincinnati. KMK has approximately 115 lawyers and a support staff of 150 employees. KMK's mission is to provide high quality legal counsel to business clients by meeting their identified needs and developing appropriate solutions.

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