- January 5, 2009
Nine Eastman & Smith attorneys were named Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars by Law & Politics magazine.
- December 9, 2008
On November 13, Eastman & Smith Ltd., and the Commercial/Industrial Committee of the Toledo Board of REALTORS, presented a seminar on Commercial Core Law.
- November 20, 2008
Eastman Smith announces the establishment of Toledo's first chapter of Shoes That Fit.
- September 26, 2008
Eastman & Smith Ltd. is pleased to announce that Heidi Hartman and Jeffrey Stopar have been elected members of the firm.
- April 22, 2008
Scott A. Johnson has joined Eastman and Smith Ltd. as an associate in the Business Section.
- April 22, 2008
Lane D. Williamson, a member of the Firm, was honored by the Wood County Economic Development Commission for his role as president of the WCEDC's Executive Committee from 2006 through 2007.
- March 5, 2008
Stu Goldberg, a member of the Firm, and associate Maria Limbert Markakis represented the defendant public school district in Lucas County Court of Common Pleas.
- February 26, 2008
Toledo Orthopaedic Surgeons (TOS) announced the execution of a ground lease agreement with Reynolds Road Fitness Center and plans to develop a medical office building of approximately 48,800 square feet.
- February 26, 2008
POET Energy LLC, a South Dakota ethanol producer, began production at Ohio's first commercial ethanol facility. On January 10, 2008 more than 3,000 people attended POET's grand opening in Leipsic, Ohio (southwest of Toledo).
- February 15, 2008
Patrick A. Sadowski has joined Eastman & Smith as an associate. A native of Northwest Ohio, he will be based primarily in the Firm's Findlay office.
- January 23, 2008
Janet E. Hales, an Eastman & Smith Ltd. of counsel attorney, has been elected to the Toledo Bar Association's Board of Directors.
- January 23, 2008
The Black Swamp Conservancy, a local non-profit land trust, recently accepted a conservation easement from the Toledo Metroparks to ensure the preservation of approximately 26 acres of important wetlands and the restoration over time of another 184 acres of wetlands located on property at Pearson Park in Oregon, Ohio.
- January 23, 2008
Stuart J. Goldberg, a member of the Firm, and Jeffrey M. Stopar, an associate, successfully represented an insurance company in the Court of Appeals of Ohio, Sixth Appellate District.
- December 19, 2007
Aemisegger, Carter, Dobrzykowski, Wabeke and Walters join Eastman & Smith.
- December 8, 2007
Firm members Frank D. Jacobs and Mimi Tarini were recertified by the Ohio State Bar Association as specialists in Estate Planning, Trusts and Probate Law. Renewal is required every five years. In Ohio, 140 attorneys have this certification (10 are located in Lucas County).
- November 30, 2007
Firm member James F. Nooney has been honored by the Toledo Bar Association.
- October 19, 2007
Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ/GS: STLD) and OmniSource Corporation announced on October 1, 2007 the execution of a definitive agreement whereby Steel Dynamics (SDI) will acquire OmniSource, one of North America's largest scrap recycling companies, a privately held company based in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
- August 17, 2007
Eastman & Smith Ltd., has elected two attorneys as members of the Firm: Fadi V. Nahhas and Joseph R. Durham.
- July 6, 2007
Seven Eastman & Smith Ltd. attorneys have been selected as 2007 Ohio Rising Star Super Lawyers. Recipients are: Graham Bluhm and Fadi Nahhas (Business/Corporate), Matthew Harper (Business Litigation), Michael Regnier (Professional Liability: Defense), Heidi Eischen (Employment and Labor), Connie Swemba (General Litigation), and Maria Markakis (Schools and Education).
- May 18, 2006
Eastman & Smith Ltd. was awarded the Family Friendly Award which recognizes law firms for their accomplishments in creating an environment that fosters balanced lives in an increasingly diverse and competitive legal market.