23 roetzel attorneys named to the 2027 Ohio Super Lawyers(R) lists. Roetzel & Andress is pleased to announce that 23 of its attorneys have been designated to the 2027 Ohio Super Lawyers(R) and Ohio Rising Stars(R) lists. Super Lawyers is based on multiple categories of independent research and peer evaluation to identify outstanding lawyers. 2027 Ohio Rising Stars * Karen Adinolfi - Employment Litigation: Defense * Robert Blackham - Employment & Labor * Christopher Carney - Employment & Labor * Anna Carulas - PI Med Mal: Defense * James Dixon - Construction Litigation * Megan Faust - Insurance Coverage * Shane Farolino - Environmental * Barry Freeman - Employment & Labor * Susan Friedman - Estate & Probate * Stephen Funk - Business Litigation * Richard Harris - Estate & Probate * Christopher Huryn - Health Care * Marc Merklin - Bankruptcy: Business * Thomas Rosenberg - Construction Litigation * Doug Spiker - Workers' Compensation * Brad Wright - Transportation/Maritime 2027 Ohio Rising Stars * Jeremy Martin - Energy & Resources * Stephanie Olivera Mittica - Employment & Labor * Demetrius Robinson - Tax * Teresa Santin - Construction Litigation * Phillip Sarnowski- Civil Lit: Defense * Ildiko Szucs - Workers' Compensation * Joshua Villers - PI Med Mal: Defense About Super Lawyers Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. Each year, no more than 5% of the lawyers in each state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor, while no more than 2.5% of the lawyers in each state are selected to receive the Rising Stars honor.

Roetzel adds Products & Transportation attorney to Toledo office. Roetzel & Andress is pleased to announce that Brittany H. Asmus has joined the firm's Toledo office as Of Counsel in the Products & Transportation Group. Asmus focuses her practice on liability defense in Ohio and Michigan. Her practice includes the defense of commercial disputes, general liability, product liability, professional liability, workplace injury claims, employment discrimination matters and unfair labor practice claims. Asmus also counsels businesses on employment practices and policies, employee investigations and claims from the administrative stage through the court of appeals. In addition, Asmus advises municipal clients on public records requests, municipal appeals, employment contracts and commercial disputes. She also provides coverage opinions to insurers and defends bad faith, policy dispute, general liability, and third-party no-fault claims. Asmus has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star and selected for Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. She earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Toledo College of Law, her Master of Science from American University and her Bachelor of Arts from Ohio Wesleyan University.

Roetzel & Andress welcomes Luis Cortinas to Fort Myers office. Roetzel & Andress is pleased to welcome Luis Cortinas as Of Counsel in the firm's Business Litigation Group. He is based in the firm's Fort Myers office. Cortinas focuses his practice on construction and commercial civil litigation. He represents owners, contractors, subcontractors and suppliers in resolving construction disputes through mediation, arbitration and litigation. He has represented clients in matters involving a wide range of issues, including specification and plan interpretation, claims for extra work, wrongful termination, defective work, failure to prosecute work, nonpayment, lien disputes, and professional negligence. Cortinas also has experience with matters related to mixed-use high-rise building construction, courthouse construction, luxury RV resort construction and operation, and hotel construction. Prior to joining Roetzel, Cortinas spent more than nine years with a large commercial construction company, where he served in the company's in-house litigation department, representing its various divisions nationwide in mediation, arbitration and litigation. Cortinas earned his J.D. from Ave Maria School of Law and holds both an M.S. and a B.A. from Florida Gulf Coast University. He also served as a paratrooper in the United States Army.