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Ohio Super Lawyers® Recognizes 19 BMD Attorneys to the 2025 Lists

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Brennan, Manna & Diamond is pleased to announce that 19 BMD attorneys have been designated to the 2025 Ohio Super Lawyers and Ohio Rising Stars lists. Super Lawyers is based on multiple categories of independent research and peer evaluation to identify outstanding lawyers.


2025 Ohio Super Lawyers

2025 Ohio Rising Stars

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.

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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/.


BMD Attorney Scott Sandrock Honored with Ohio State Bar Foundation’s 2024 Ramey Award

Brennan Manna Diamond is pleased to announce that Scott Sandrock, Of Counsel in the firm’s Akron office, has been honored with the 2024 Ramey Award for Distinguished Community Service by the Ohio State Bar Foundation. This esteemed recognition highlights Scott’s exceptional legal career and unwavering commitment to nonprofit leadership.

Best Lawyers Recognizes 32 Brennan Manna Diamond Attorneys to the 2025 Lists

BMD proudly announces that 32 of our attorneys have been named to the 2025 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America. We are especially honored to share that Richard W. Burke has been recognized as Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year® for Litigation - Trusts and Estates in Akron, OH.

BMD Grows Cleveland Office with Five New Attorneys | Welcomes Esports, Media & Entertainment Law Practice

Brennan Manna Diamond, an entrepreneurial business law firm with 90 attorneys in 12 offices across Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and Michigan – is proud to announce significant updates reflecting its commitment to Cleveland’s growth and development.

BMD Announces Jessica K. Hew Promoted to Partner

Attorney Jessica K. Hew has been promoted to Partner, effective March 15, 2024. Jessica joined the firm’s Orlando office in early 2023, returning to private practice after working as in-house general counsel after working as a Vice-President, Underwriting Counsel managing the Florida Commercial Division Agencies for a national title insurance underwriter and managing international legal expense contracts for an international cloud-based business payment solution company.

Brennan Manna Diamond Welcomes Two New Members to the Cleveland Office

BRENNAN, MANNA & DIAMOND is pleased to welcome Shelly R. LaSalvia and Kirk W. Roessler as Members to its Cleveland office. With the addition of Shelly and Kirk, BMD expands its real estate, finance, corporate, and mergers & acquisition practice areas while increasing the bench strength of the Cleveland office.