Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Our Foundation

For a century, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has been providing quality legal counsel to our clients. In recent years, our practice has grown to include eight offices and taken on national and international clients. Today's full-service practice with more than 375 attorneys continues to live up to the ideals set in 1908 by Frank F. Dinsmore and Walter M. Shohl: efficient, cost-effective and comprehensive solutions for every client.

Our Service

At Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, we put our clients first in every element of our full-service practice. The Firm's commitment to quality service extends from our highly-skilled attorneys to our experienced professional staff. By establishing client relationships based on trust, communication and responsiveness, we listen to our clients' concerns and expectations while refining our service to ensure that these needs are met. We recognize that service begins with accessibility and ends with fulfilled expectations.

Our Clients

With over 55 practice areas, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has the experience and variety to meet your legal needs. Our clients range from public and private corporations to charitable organizations and encompass healthcare providers, local and state governments, financial institutions, real estate developers, franchisors and distributors and pharmaceutical companies.

Our Technology

By embracing and utilizing the latest technology, our efficiencies are passed on to clients. We continuously assess and update our case management systems, intranet, extranets, billing systems, document management systems, and other practice-specific software to ensure our work product can be leveraged and measured. In addition, our legal library uses technology to keep important, up-to-date information close at hand. These combined resources help us strategize, plan, develop and integrate our practice to meet your business needs.

Our Future

Utilizing the latest technology and resources, we embrace the future today while maintaining our historical values. With attorneys and staff skilled in a broad range of legal and ancillary subjects, we will continue to offer the knowledge and experience needed to maintain our strict standard of excellence. This commitment has continued to drive our growth and will sustain our foundation into the future.

Designing Incentive Compensation Performance Goals
Robert W. Olson, August 19, 2008, previously published by LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® Counsel to Counsel Forum on June 17, 2008, Chicago
Situation: The Compensation Committee of a public company has asked its counsel for help in designing annual and long-term incentive compensation performance goals that will motivate senior executives to maximize shareholder value.

Managing Board Orientation & Training
Susan B. Zaunbrecher, August 19, 2008, previously published by LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® Counsel to Counsel Forum on June 17, 2008 -- Chicago
Situation: One of the most important attributes of good corporate governance is an empowered and accountable board of directors. Director orientation and on-going training and development is absolutely necessary to maintaining a high-functioning board. In order for boards to perform at the...

Army Corps of Engineers Issues New Regulatory Guidance on Jurisdictional Determinations
Christopher B. Power, August 13, 2008
On June 26, 2008, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued Regulatory Guidance Letter 08-02, outlining the differences between an Approved Jurisdictional Determination ("Approved JD") and a Preliminary Jurisdictional Determination ("Preliminary JD"), and describing their use in...