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The Best Lawyers in Portugal™ 2024

The 2024 awards for Portugal include the 14th edition of The Best Lawyers in Portugal™ and 2nd edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Portugal™.

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November 15, 2023 04:00 PM

The Best Lawyers in Portugal™ Awards

Best Lawyers® is proud to announce the 14th edition of The Best Lawyers in Portugal™. The 2024 edition of these esteemed awards include 984 individual honorees in 54 distinct practice areas.

Among the individual awards for Best Lawyers, we are also proud to recognize 50 “Lawyer of the Year” honorees for 2024. “Lawyer of the Year” awards are bestowed to lawyers who have received the highest average of votes in their particular practice area and metropolitan area.

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Of the unique practice areas in which lawyers were awarded in Portugal, these are the top ten with the most honorees: Litigation, Corporate Law, Tax Law, Labor and Employment Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law, Public Law, Arbitration and Mediation and Insolvency and Reorganization Law.

Individuals seeking legal guidance and services in Portugal turned to www.bestlawyers.com to find and source lawyers in several practice areas. The top five most searched practice areas were: Litigation, Corporate Law, Energy Law, Intellectual Property Law and Labor and Employment Law.

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Portugal™ Awards

Best Lawyers launched the first edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch™ in 2021 and has sense grown into several markets worldwide, including Portugal. For 2024, Portugal is celebrating its 2nd edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Portugal™. This award recognizes lawyers who have been in private practice between three and eight years.

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The 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Portugal honors 222 individual lawyers across 25 practice areas and 38 law firms. Of these practice areas, the 10 with the most honorees include Corporate Law, Litigation, Real Estate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law, Banking and Finance Law, Labor and Employment Law, Criminal Defense, Public Law and Arbitration and Mediation.

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Interested in seeing Best Lawyers honorees in Portugal? Use our Find a Lawyer in Portugal tool to search by location and specialty. If you think a deserving lawyer is missing from this list, nominate them to be recognized in an upcoming edition.

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Lawyers in Columbus, Ohio

Jeffrey S. Hiller
Jeffrey S. Hiller
Littler
Recognized since 2020
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Employment Law - Management
Litigation - Labor and Employment
Jeffrey S. Hiller
Jeffrey S. Hiller

Jeffrey S. Hiller is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Jeffrey S., who practices law in Columbus, Ohio, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jeffrey S. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Jeffrey S. Hiller
Jeffrey S. Hiller
Eric B. Kjellander
Eric B. Kjellander
Taft
Recognized since 2024
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Construction Law
Eric B. Kjellander
Eric B. Kjellander

Eric B. Kjellander is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Construction Law. Eric B., who practices law in Columbus, Ohio, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Eric B. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Eric B. Kjellander
Eric B. Kjellander
KH
Kevin E. Hess
Fisher Phillips LLP
Recognized since 2024
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Employment Law - Management
Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
KH
Kevin E. Hess

Kevin E. Hess is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Management and Workers' Compensation Law - Employers. Kevin E., who practices law in Columbus, Ohio, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Kevin E. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

KH
Kevin E. Hess
Daniel W. Srsic
Daniel W. Srsic
Littler
Recognized since 2012
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Employment Law - Management
Labor Law - Management
Daniel W. Srsic
Daniel W. Srsic

Daniel W. Srsic is highly-knowledgeable in benefits litigation and has appeared in more than 90 court cases involving employee benefit disputes, such as benefit claims, fiduciary duties and disputes regarding collectively bargained benefits. Daniel's benefits practice also extends to pre-dispute representation of plan sponsors and fiduciaries. He brings a litigation perspective to the evaluation of potential changes to collectively bargained retiree health benefits, which has proved to be a v...

Daniel W. Srsic
Daniel W. Srsic
Stephen E. Chappelear
Stephen E. Chappelear
Eastman & Smith LTD
Recognized since 1995
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Construction
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Specific Focus
Business Disputes
Stephen E. Chappelear
Stephen E. Chappelear

Steve focuses his practice in the areas of business and complex litigation, construction law, patent and trademark litigation, employment litigation, probate litigation, dispute resolution and appeals. He has 43 years of experience in more than 60 trials (both jury and non-jury). Among his accomplishments, Steve was listed in the 2004-21 editions of "Ohio Super Lawyers" by Law & Politics magazine; in 2009 and 2017, Steve earned the distinction of being listed one of the Top 100 Super Lawy...

Stephen E. Chappelear
Stephen E. Chappelear
Mary McWilliams Dengler
Mary McWilliams Dengler
Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote PC
Recognized since 2021
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Insurance
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Mary McWilliams Dengler
Mary McWilliams Dengler

Mary McWilliams Dengler is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Insurance, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants and Railroad Law. Mary McWilliams, who practices law in Columbus, Ohio, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Mary McWilliams is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic ...

Mary McWilliams Dengler
Mary McWilliams Dengler
BW
Barry H. Wolinetz
Wolinetz, Horvath & Brown LLC
Recognized since 2021
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Family Law
BW
Barry H. Wolinetz

Barry H. Wolinetz is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law. Barry H., who practices law in Columbus, Ohio, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Barry H. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

BW
Barry H. Wolinetz
Alan K. Veatch
Alan K. Veatch
Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP
Recognized since 2024
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
Trusts and Estates
Alan K. Veatch
Alan K. Veatch

Pursuant to a merger with the firm in which he was a principal since 1985, Alan has been a Partner at Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP since 2015. He primarily works with closely held and family businesses of all types and the individuals and families who own those businesses. Alan’s practice areas cover a broad range of business and personal matters, including – tax-exempt nonprofits; real estate; estate planning and estate & trust administration; planning, structuring, and f...

Alan K. Veatch
Alan K. Veatch
Gerald J. Todaro
Gerald J. Todaro
Arnold Todaro Welch & Foliano
Recognized since 1993
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Specific Focus
Professional Malpractice
Gerald J. Todaro
Gerald J. Todaro

Jerry has been successfully trying cases since he received his law licence. His career with the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office in 1974 as an Assistant Prosecutor, where he tried over 75 cases in a three-year period. In less than two years, he was lead counsel in a death penalty case and obtained a conviction under Ohio's new death penalty statute. He entered private practice in 1977 after taking courses in gross anatomy and clinical pathology at The Ohio State University School of ...

Gerald J. Todaro
Gerald J. Todaro
Geoffrey S. Kunkler
Geoffrey S. Kunkler
Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP
Recognized since 2021
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Trusts and Estates
Geoffrey S. Kunkler
Geoffrey S. Kunkler

Geoffrey Kunkler joined Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP in 2014 and has been a Partner since 2018. His practice is centered around estate planning for individuals and business owners, as well as asset protection planning for retirees. He focuses primarily on the areas of estate planning, elder protection, estate administration, charitable and philanthropic planning and special needs planning. He also has extensive experience in conducting educational seminars on legal topics related to his e...

Geoffrey S. Kunkler
Geoffrey S. Kunkler

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