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BMD Attorneys Named for Inclusion as 2023 Ohio Super Lawyers® and Ohio Rising Stars

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BRENNAN, MANNA & DIAMOND is proud to announce attorneys JUSTIN M. ALABURDA (Construction Litigation) RICHARD W. BURKE (Estate and Probate), DURIYA DHINOJWALA (Immigration: Business), MATTHEW R. DUNCAN (Business Litigation), ROBERT A. HAGER (Construction Litigation), and DAVID J. HRINA (Business/Corporate) have been selected for inclusion to the 2023 Ohio Super Lawyers in their respective area of practice. 

BMD’s 2023 Rising Stars include: MONICA B. ANDRESS (Employment & Labor), MATHEW E. DONEY (Business Litigation), KYLE A. JOHNSON (Business Litigation), CASSANDRA L. MANNA (Estate & Probate) ALEX J. McCALLION (Business Litigation), CHRISTOPHER J. MEAGER (State/Local/Muni Law), DANIEL J. RUDARY (Business Litigation), and ASHLEY B. WATSON (Health Care).

The Super Lawyers selection process evaluates lawyers based upon multiple criteria, including professional achievement and peer recognition; honors and awards; firm and bar involvement and leadership; scholarship and professional writings; community service and pro bono activities; and other outstanding achievements.  Rising Stars are top up-and-coming attorneys who are no more than 40 years old or who have been practicing for no more than 10 years.

Only five percent of Ohio lawyers are chosen as Ohio Super Lawyers and no more than 2.5 percent in the state are recognized as Rising Stars.

Learn more by visiting Super Lawyers here.


Ohio Super Lawyers® Recognizes 19 Brennan Manna Diamond Attorneys to the 2024 Lists

Ohio Super Lawyers® Recognizes 19 Brennan Manna Diamond Attorneys to the 2024 Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists

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Attorney Monica Andress Selected as an Emerging Leader in the Torchbearers Akron Class of 2023

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Brennan Manna Diamond Announces Firmwide Attorney Promotions

Business law firm, Brennan, Manna & Diamond (BMD) is pleased to announce 2023 Attorney promotions throughout the firm. Kathryn (Kate) Hickner has been named as BMD’s Cleveland Office Managing Partner. The following BMD attorneys were promoted to Member of the firm, effective December 1: Randal Fairbanks, Donna Flammang, Kyle Johnson, Christopher CJ Meager. Additionally, the following BMD attorneys were promoted to Partner, effective December 1: Elizabeth Shively Boatwright, Mathew Doney, Alicia Kupcinskas, Cassandra Manna, Ashley Watson. Nathan Altstadt, Morgan Carr, Jillian Chapman, Jacob David, Kelly Jena, and Rachel Stermer have joined the firm as new attorneys.

BMD Names Kathryn Hickner to Cleveland Office Managing Partner, the Firm’s First Female Attorney Appointed to Role

Kathryn E. Hickner Promoted to Cleveland Office Managing Partner with Brennan Manna & Diamond