Ice Miller’s Columbus office earned top honors in Columbus CEO’s 2025 Best of Business list, showing strongly in the Legal category with wins as Best Law Firm (with more than 50 attorneys) and Best Litigation Firm, as well as standout placement among the Best Business Law Firms.

Twelve Ice Miller lawyers were also selected for the publication’s 2025 Top Lawyers list, a peer-nominated honor that celebrates standout legal professionals across central Ohio. The list is curated through thousands of votes cast by fellow lawyers and members of the judiciary.

The Ice Miller lawyers selected for Columbus CEO’s 2025 Top Lawyers list are:

• Paul Bittner in Labor & Employment Law
• John Cannizzaro in Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency & Reorganization Law
• Kris M. Dawley in Health Care Law
• A.J. Hensel in Construction Law & Litigation 
• Richard W. Holz in Corporate Governance & Tax Law
• Josef Keglewitsch in Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Aneca E. Lasley in Commercial & Insurance Litigation Law
• T. Earl LeVere in Intellectual Property & Patent Law
• Miranda E. Morgan in Trusts & Estates Law
• Robert R. Ouellette in Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Catherine Strauss in Employment & Labor Law
• Daniel R. Swetnam in Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency & Reorganization Law

This annual reader poll honors local professionals’ top choices for business and service providers, including accounting and law firms, contractors, developers, education, insurance and technology companies. Best of Business, which launched in 2008, is Columbus CEO’s longest-running recognition program.