In October 2024, SMBP maritime attorneys, Megan A. Sullivan and Jim Barbiere, organized and presented a series of “Maritime 101” learning sessions to 40+ managers, employees, in-house counsel, and claims personnel for a long-time client of the firm, offering an introduction to maritime law, how to protect the client from liability, as well as compliance […]
SMB&P has been named to the 2023 Tier 1 U.S. News “Best Law firms in Cincinnati for Commercial Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs, and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs.
On January 13, 2018, a multi-barge breakaway occurred from the Jacks Run fleet in Pittsburgh, PA resulting in millions of dollars of loss and damage to the barges and a complex maze of litigation, which remains pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. In the course of its representation […]
SMB&P is excited to announce that the firm will be adding Jim Barbiere as an associate attorney beginning February 15, 2021. Jim has been an Assistant Prosecutor with the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office since 2017, where he has defended County employees and officials in civil lawsuits in state and federal court. Jim will be a […]
On February 13, 2019, the tow of the M/V Miss Dixie suddenly and without warning veered into the path of and collided with the tow of the M/V D. & R. Boney, causing severe damage to the lead barge in the M/V D. & R. Boney’s tow. On behalf of the M/V D. & R. […]
SMB&P represented a grandmother seeking to adopt her granddaughter without the consent of the child’s biological mother. SMB&P successfully argued that the mother’s consent to the adoption was not required due to the mother’s failure, after notice and a hearing, and without justifiable cause, to have more than de minimus contact with the child in […]
SMB&P’s litigation attorneys successfully defended a leading national property/casualty insurance company in a case in which the plaintiffs alleged they were entitled to coverage under the at-fault driver’s employer’s garage liability policy. SMB&P partner Katie Barbiere prevailed by filing a motion for summary judgment, successfully arguing that the policy did not provide coverage because the […]
SMB&P has been rated a Cincinnati Metro area Tier 1 “Best Law Firm” by U.S. News & World Report in the areas of Commercial Litigation and Medical Malpractice, and a Cincinnati Metro Tier 2 “Best Law Firm” in the areas of First Amendment and Personal Injury Litigation. Firms included in the 2018 “Best Law Firms” […]
In a case briefed and argued by SMB&P partner Scott Sollmann, the Ohio Supreme Court in State ex rel. Singer v. Fairland Local School Dist. Bd. of Edn., Slip Opinion No. 2017-Ohio-8368, ruled that a substitute custodian whose schedule is irregular with respect to days of service, hours worked, and school-building assignment is not considered […]
SMBP’s medical malpractice attorneys recently settled a lawsuit filed on behalf the estate of a loving husband, father of two and grandfather of five, who died in 2015, following complications resulting from the placement of a feeding tube. Tragically, what was expected to be a short, uneventful procedure resulted in perforation of his intestines causing […]
