About Us | DBL Law

Our Mission
DBL Law is a full service law firm providing premier legal services and business advice in a collaborative manner with integrity, professionalism and respect, as a strategic partner with our clients. Our professionals operate with a high level of honesty and integrity, are community and civic leaders, and support justice for all. We strive to achieve results that continually exceed the expectations of our clients.

A full-service law firm
Offices in Cincinnati, Ohio, Crestview Hills, Frankfort, and Louisville, KY

Experience

Depth And Breadth Of Experience
DBL Law is a full-service law firm with offices located in Cincinnati, Ohio, Crestview Hills, Kentucky Frankfort, Kentucky and Louisville, Kentucky. Our attorneys provide a high level of valuable legal services to private individuals, institutions and companies in many industries and areas of law including:

Intellectual Property
Immigration
Medical Malpractice
Nonprofit
Personal Injury & Wrongful Death
Probate
Professional Liability
Real Estate & Title
Technology
Trade Secrets
White Collar Criminal Defense
Workers’ Compensation

A Tradition Of Excellence
Celebrating over 60 years of excellence, DBL Law is the largest Northern Kentucky-based law firm and one of the largest firms in Greater Cincinnati and Louisville.

Elite Member of GGI

We are proud to be a selected member of GGI, Geneva Group International, which is one of the top ten worldwide alliances of independent, well-established and experienced accounting, consulting and law firms, committed to providing clients with specialist solutions for their national and international business requirements. As a member, all included firms are locally based and indigenous to their areas, providing the highest level of professionalism and expertise when it comes to knowledge of local business practices, laws and customs.

Awards

Awards and Recognition
DBL Law’s tradition of excellence is underscored by numerous professional awards for the firm and individual attorneys. Below is a sampling of these awards.

U.S. News & World Report – Best Lawyers 2018 Best Law Firm Rankings has named DBL Law to the “Best Law Firms” list. DBL received Tier 1 rankings in the areas of Administrative/Regulatory Law and Health Care Law; as well as high rankings in Banking & Finance Law, Commercial Litigation and Criminal Defense: White Collar. DBL Law has been consecutively named to the list since the publication’s inception in 2010.
Mark Guilfoyle received the 2017 Walter R. Dunlevy/Frontiersman Award presented by the NKY Chamber of Commerce. The award recognizes an individual who has a lifelong history of outstanding service to the Northern Kentucky community, exhibits outstanding service to their profession or industry, and exemplifies the highest standards of personal integrity and family responsibility.
DBL Law has consistently been named one of the Top 100 Workplaces in the region by the Cincinnati Enquirer and the national surveying firm Workplace Dynamics.

Individual Attorney Awards Best Lawyers in America ®

DBL Managing Partner Jim Dressman and fellow partners Mark Guilfoyle, Joe Cleves, Kent Wicker, Gerry Benzinger, and Matt Klein have been selected as Best Lawyers for 2016.

2018 Super Lawyers Kentucky Super Lawyers include:

Nicole Elver – Criminal Defense: White Collar, General Litigation, Health Care
Mark D. Guilfoyle – Administrative Law, Employment & Labor
Robert M. Hoffer – Employment & Labor, Health Care
David V. Kramer – Personal Injury Medical Malpractice, Health Care, Appellate
Richard G. Meyer – Business Litigation, Construction Litigation
Kelly Schoening Holden – Employment & Labor
Elizabeth G. Weber – Bankruptcy
Kent Wicker – Criminal Defense: White Collar, General Litigation, Health Care

2018 Kentucky Rising Stars

Nicholas C. Birkenhauer – Employment & Labor
Emily Kirtley Hanna – Creditor Debtor Rights
Justin Knappick – Civil Litigation, Creditor Debtor Rights
Christopher B. Markus – Civil Litigation, Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice, Construction Litigation
Ryan M. McLane – Civil Litigation, Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice, Construction Litigation

2018 Ohio Rising Stars

Kevin F. Hoskins – Business Litigation, Administrative Law, Employment Litigation
Katie Cassidy Tranter – Employment and Labor

Individual community service awards and recognition can be found on the DBL attorney profiles.

Community

Excellence in Citizenship
The firm is actively involved in Kentucky state government and handles a substantial number of regulatory proceedings in Kentucky. Partner David Kramer serves as the author of the leading treatise on Kentucky civil procedure, volumes 6 and 7 of West’s Kentucky Practice series.

Extracurricular Achievement
In addition to practicing law, DBL Law attorneys contribute to legal publications, lecture on practice-related topics, act as expert witnesses and help improve our community by serving on the boards of numerous charitable and non-profit organizations. For more details on the attorneys of Dressman Benzinger LaVelle, click on an individual’s name on our Attorney Profiles page.

Community Involvement
DBL attorneys and staff carry on a tradition of dedicated service to a wide variety of community organizations, including, but not limited to, the below list. Please visit individual bios for more specific community involvement.