Chris Wick has been elected to the Friends Group of Achievement Centers for Children.

Derek Diaz has been named an Ohio State Bar Association certified specialist in appellate law.

Christopher Wick and Derek Diaz have been made Partners of the Firm. Both Chris and Derek practice in Hahn Loeser's Creditors Rights, Reorganization & Bankruptcy and Litigation Areas.

Leslie S. Johnson, a Business Area partner in the firm's Columbus office who specializes in immigration law, has authored a chapter in a new publication from Aspatore Books called, "Inside the Minds: Immigration Strategies for Companies."

Josh Knerly will present at the 37th Annual ALI-ABA Course of Study: Legal Issues in Museum Administration April 1-3 in Boston. This event is co-sponsored by The Smithsonian Institution with the cooperation of the American Association of Museums.

Mary Segulin has been elected to the Board of Directors of Hard Hatted Women.

At this years Real Estate Law Institute, Robert Markus was named the 2008 recipient of the Bob Rosewater Memorial Award for Meritorious Service to the Real Estate Section of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association.

Rob Remington has been invited to speak at the Annual Meeting of the ABA Forum on Construction to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana in April 2009.

Hahn Loeser has welcomed five new associates to the firm: Leslie Hines and Natasha Vernon (Cleveland), F. Allen Boseman and Phil Eckenrode (Columbus), and Jason Strobel (Akron).

Patty Culler has been invited to speak at the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel's Annual Meeting to be held in Rancho Mirage, California in March 2009.

Craig White has been named to the board of directors of the International Senior Lawyers Project.

Stan Gorom has been named to the board of directors of MTR Gaming Group, Inc.

The Ohio State Bar Foundation has awarded Jeff Brauer with the District Community Service Award for Attorneys 40 and Under for Cuyahoga County.

Chambers USA has named Dan DeMarco, Bob Fogarty, Steve Goldfarb, Larry Oscar, Lee Powar, Rob Remington and Nancy Valentine to its 2008 list of America’s Leading Lawyers.

Chambers USA ranked Hahn Loeser on its list of America's Leading Lawyers as a leading law firm in Ohio for Commercial Litigation and Bankruptcy/Restructuring.

Hahn Loeser was named a Go-To Law Firm by American Lawyer Media's Corporate Counsel magazine. The Firm was one of seven firms named by Aetna, and one of 16 named by Fidelity National Financial.

Rocco Debitetto was appointed Co-Chair of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association's Fall 2008 Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section Seminar. This all-day event will be held at the CMBA on November 21st and will focus on recent developments in structured finance and second-lien lending.

Larry Oscar has been named to Leadership Cleveland's Class of 2009.

Jeff Yeager has been appointed Chair of the Federal Court Committee for the Columbus Bar Association.