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Best Lawyers Recognizes 40 Brennan Manna Diamond Attorneys to the 2027 Edition

Press Release
August 20, 2026

BRENNAN, MANNA & DIAMOND is proud to announce that 40 of our attorneys have been designated to the 2027 The Best Lawyers in America® and The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America. One BMD attorney received the distinction Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year®, which is given annually to a single outstanding lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area. Best Lawyers, publisher of The Best Lawyers in America® report, conducts extensive surveys of attorneys across the country to create annual peer-reviewed lists of distinguished attorneys deemed representative of the gold standard in law practice.

The Best Lawyers in America® list highlights established lawyers while The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America features lawyers who are in the earlier stages of their careers.

2027 "Lawyer of the Year" Award

Kyle A. Johnson — Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants (Akron, OH)

The Best Lawyers in America® 

Bonita Springs, FL

Jacksonville, FL

Orlando, FL

Akron, OH

  • Richard W. Burke — Health Care Law; Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
  • Jason A. Butterworth — Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Real Estate Law
  • John N. Childs — Health Care Law; Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • Donald W. Davis, Jr. — Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants; Real Estate Law
  • Duriya Dhinojwala — Immigration Law
  • Jack T. Diamond — Health Care Law
  • Blake R. Gerney — Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
  • Matthew A. Heinle — Corporate Law; Health Care Law
  • David J. Hrina — Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Kyle A. Johnson — Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Stephen E. Matasich — Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Labor and Employment; Workers’ Compensation Law - Employers
  • Christopher J. Meager — Corporate Law
  • Adrian C. Ribovich — Corporate Law
  • Scott P. Sandrock — Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Health Care Law; Litigation - Health Care
  • Jeana M. Singleton — Corporate Compliance Law; Health Care Law; Litigation - Health Care
  • Michael A. Steel — Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
  • Amanda L. Waesch — Litigation - Health Care
  • Lee S. Walko — Corporate Law

Cleveland, OH

  • Doug M. Eppler — Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation
  • Robert A. Hager — Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Corporate Law; Litigation - Construction; Real Estate Law
  • Scott Heasley — Commercial Litigation
  • Robert M. Humphrey — Corporate Law
  • Shelly R. LaSalvia — Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Corporate Law
  • Marlon Primes — Commercial Litigation

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 

Jacksonville, FL

Orlando, FL

Novi, MI

Akron, OH

Canton, OH

Recognition is based entirely on peer review. The process is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional ability of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.

Learn more by visiting Best Lawyers here.

Clients First. Business Family. Entrepreneurship.
Brennan, Manna & Diamond was founded in 2000 with the goal of combining highly skilled, talented attorneys with practical experience in business matters, to create a new way to provide legal and business services to its clients. BMD’s access to a network of successful business entrepreneurs, consultants and developers allows for innovative solutions, symbiotic partnerships, and sound legal and business advice. BMD serves clients of all types and sizes in numerous industry sectors nationwide, in the areas of: Business and Corporate; Construction Law; Employment and Labor; Finance; Government Affairs; Healthcare; Immigration; Intellectual Property; International Law; Litigation; M&A; Real Estate; Tax, Estate, Asset Protection and Wealth Management and more. For additional information, please visit https://www.bmdllc.com/.

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Press Release

Cleveland Law Firm Joins the BMD Business Family

January 6, 2023The business law firm of Brennan, Manna, Diamond (BMD) – with nearly 80 attorneys and eight offices across the country – has announced The O’Brien Law Firm, LLC, joined BMD effective January 1, 2023.Press Release

Brennan, Manna, & Diamond Relocates Jacksonville, Florida Office to Southpoint

June 15, 2022JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – June 15, 2022 – Brennan Manna Diamond, a business law firm serving Northeast, Central and Southwestern Florida, is proud to announce that on June 16th its Jacksonville office is relocating to 5210 Belfort Road, Suite 400, Jacksonville, Florida. BMD is shifting its downtown office to Southpoint. The new location, centralized in the heart of Southpoint’s growing business, retail and restaurant area, will allow us to better serve our clients with easier accessibility. The new space will allow BMD to continue to grow and support our clients and the communities in which we work. “We are thrilled to relocate to the growing business district of Southpoint. This move will give us a better opportunity to accommodate our clients and our team of attorneys and employees. We will continue to support our community and the businesses we serve,” said Matthew T. Jackson, Managing Partner of the Jacksonville office.Press Release

Press Release: Fluresh Completes Historic Cannabis Industry Financing With $48 Million in Engagements From Federally Chartered Bank

April 18, 2022Fluresh LLC, one of the largest vertically integrated cannabis operators in Michigan, announced today the closing of a senior secured note with a federally regulated commercial bank headquartered in southeast Michigan. The secured Bank Note closed on December 28, 2021, and is for aggregate gross proceeds of $25 million. The Bank Note has a variable interest rate and, at the time of closing, bore an interest rate of 5.75% per annum with 50% of the aggregate proceeds capped at 7.0%.
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