Four Buckingham Attorneys Named 2012 Lawyers of the Year
Posted: 02/06/2012
AKRON, Ohio - (Feb. 3, 2012) - Four partners of Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP have been named 2012 Best Lawyers "Lawyers of the Year" in Akron. James D. Kraus, Joseph J. Feltes, Steven A. Dimengo and Orrville L. Reed, III were selected based on extensive peer-review evaluations for their individual abilities, professionalism and integrity.
Best Lawyers, a national peer-review publisher, designates Lawyers of the Year in high-profile legal practice areas in large legal communities. Only a single lawyer in each practice area in each community is honored as the Lawyer of the Year. Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current, 18th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2012) is based on more than 3.9 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.
Buckingham attorneys named Best Lawyers' 2012 Lawyer of the Year include:
James D. Kraus, Akron Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year
James D. Kraus is a Partner practicing in the Business Law and Real Estate & Construction Law practice areas. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America (2008 - 2012) and recognized as one of Ohio's Super Lawyers (2005), as voted by his peers. In addition, Kraus maintains a Martindale-Hubbell Rating of AV, which indicates very high to pre-eminent legal ability and very high ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar. Kraus received his Juris Doctorate from The University of Akron School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts from The University of Akron.
Joseph J. Feltes, Akron Health Care Law Lawyer of the Year
Joseph J. Feltes, Canton office Partner-in-Charge, is a practicing Partner in the Health & Medicine, Litigation and Employment & Labor practice areas. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America (2009 - 2012), recognized as one of Ohio's Super Lawyers (2004 - 05, 2007 and 2010-11) as voted by his peers and as one of the "Top Lawyers in Northeast Ohio" (2009) by Akron Life magazine. Feltes maintains a Martindale-Hubbell Rating of AV Preeminent, which is the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar. Feltes earned his Juris Doctorate from Georgetown Law Center, a Master of Arts degree from University of Pittsburgh, and a Bachelor of Arts from John Carroll University.
Steven A. Dimengo, Akron Tax Law Lawyer of the Year
Steven A. Dimengo's areas of practice include, Taxation, Business Law, Real Estate & Construction and Nonprofit Law. As the Department Head of the Taxation section of the Business Practice Group, Dimengo primarily provides consultation and representation with respect to Federal and Ohio tax law mattes. Dimengo is listed in Best Lawyers in America (2003 - 2012); recognized as one of Ohio's Super Lawyers (2004-2011) as voted by his peers; listed as a Leading Lawyer in Northeast Ohio Tax Law, as voted by his peers, since 2001 in Inside Business magazine; named to Ohio's Top Lawyers by Northern Ohio Live (2003); and recognized in the 2009 Corporate Counsel Edition of Super Lawyers for Tax Law. He maintains a Martindale-Hubbell Rating of AV Preeminent, which is the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar. Dimengo received his Juris Doctorate from The University of Akron School of Law, Akron, a Master of Arts in Taxation from The University of Akron, and a Bachelor of Arts from The University of Akron.
Orville L. Reed, III, Akron Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants Lawyer of the Year
Orville L. Reed's practice is focused on the representation of major self-insured and manufacturing concerns in commercial and personal injury litigation. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America (1989 - 2012), named as 'Akron Best Lawyers' Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year ' for 2009, Akron's Lawyer of the Year in 2011 for Personal Injury Litigation and was listed as one of Ohio's leading attorneys in Litigation in Chambers USA America's Leading Business Lawyers, 2007 edition. Inside Business Magazine has recognized Reed since 2001 as a Leading Lawyer in Business Litigation in Northeast Ohio, as voted by his peers and as one of Ohio's Super Lawyers (2004 - 2012) as voted by his peers. Mr. Reed was also listed as a Top 10 Ohio Super Lawyers, a Top 50 Lawyers in the Cleveland area (2007) and a Top 100 Ohio Super Lawyer (2004-2006 and 2009-2010). - more - Buckingham is Home to Four 2012 Lawyers of the Year Page3 Feb. 3, 2012 He maintains a Martindale-Hubbell Rating of AV, which indicates very high to pre-eminent legal ability and very high ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar. Reed received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Notre Dame Law School and earned his Bachelor of Arts from Borromeo Seminary College of Ohio.
Information on the Best Lawyers awards received by Buckingham attorneys can be found at http://www.bestlawyers.com.
Founded in 1913, Buckingham is a leading full-service law firm with offices in Ohio and Florida. Buckingham's more than 80 attorneys represent business clients ranging from sole proprietors to multinational corporations, tax-exempt organizations, governmental bodies, charities and foundations. Further information on Buckingham is available at www.bdblaw.com.
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