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UB Greensfelder Attorneys and Firm Earn Recognition in Legal 500 2026 U.S. City Elite Rankings
July 21, 2026
- Ranked in Band 1 of Ohio’s Leading General Commercial Litigation Lawyers by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2007-2026)
- Named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America (2023-2026)
- Named one of Benchmark Litigation’s Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America (2015-2026)
- Named a “Litigation Star” in Ohio by Benchmark Litigation (2014-2026)
- Named the highest-ranking attorney in Ohio (out of approximately 44,000 active attorneys) on the Ohio Super Lawyers list eight times, including for seven consecutive years
- Named to The Legal 500 US Elite, Ohio, Commercial Disputes (2025; 2026)
- Selected to Crain's Cleveland Business Notable Litigators & Trial Attorneys (2025)
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation; Litigation-Securities; Litigation-Banking and Finance; Litigation-Labor and Employment; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Litigation-Trusts and Estates (2006-2026)
- Named Ohio Business Magazine's Ohio Leading Lawyers (2024; 2025)
- Inducted into Benchmark Litigation's Hall of Fame (2024)
- Inducted into the Time Well Spent Society, Legal Aid Society of Cleveland (2024)
- Named Best Lawyers Bet-the-Company Litigation “Lawyer of the Year” in Cleveland (2016; 2023)
- Named Best Lawyers Litigation-Banking & Finance “Lawyer of the Year” in Cleveland (2013; 2017; 2021; 2024)
- Named Best Lawyers Litigation-Securities “Lawyer of the Year” in Cleveland (2014)
- Named to the Ohio Super Lawyers list (2005-2026)
- Named a Top 10 attorney in the state of Ohio by Super Lawyers (2007; 2008; 2013-2026)
- Named a Top 5 Business Litigation attorney in Ohio by Super Lawyers (2026)
- Named a Top 100 Ohio attorney in the Super Lawyers list (2007-2026)
- Named a Top 5 attorney in Cleveland by Super Lawyers (2013-2024)
- Named a Top 50 attorney in Cleveland by Super Lawyers (2007-2009; 2012-2026)
- Recognized by the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, in its 150th year celebration, as a “Living Legacy Award” winner for transforming the legal arena over the course of his career (2023)
- Named a Notable Nonprofit Board Leader (for service as a board member and board president emeritus, The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland) by Crain's Cleveland Business (2023)
- Recipient of ORT America’s Jurisprudence Award (2016)
- Selected as a “Leading Lawyer” in Northeast Ohio in a survey of lawyers by Inside Business Magazine (December 2004-2011*) *2011 final year of the survey
- Named to the “Top 100 Attorneys in Ohio,” Cincinnati Magazine (2011)
- AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated – Martindale-Hubbell
- Recipient of Crain’s Cleveland Business “40 Under Forty” Award (1995)
