Akron, Ohio - March 13, 2012 – Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named Stark & Knoll Attorney Craig S. Marshall as the “Best Lawyers’ 2012 Akron Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year”.
Only one lawyer in each legal specialty per community is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year”. The lawyers honored have received particularly high ratings in Best Lawyers surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their legal abilities, professionalism and integrity. In prior years, Stark & Knoll was privileged to have two "Best Lawyers Akron Corporate Lawyers of the Year" as Marshall was honored with the award in 2011 and Tom Knoll in 2010.
Best Lawyers compiles its annual lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.
A lifelong resident of Akron, Marshall represents a varied group of business clients throughout Northeast Ohio. He provides growth and acquisition strategies and complex business advice to business owners and management in a number of industries including telecommunications, manufacturing, professional services, polymers, and construction.
The Managing Editor of Best Lawyers, offered his congratulations to Marshall in stating, “We continue to believe – as we have believed for more than 25 years – that recognition by one’s peers is the most meaningful form of praise in the legal profession. We would like to congratulate Craig S. Marshall on being selected as the ‘Best Lawyers 2012 Akron Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year’”.
Since 1985, Stark & Knoll has provided legal advice to a wide variety of Northeast Ohio business, their owners and management. With 25 experienced attorneys practicing in business, litigation, employment, healthcare, estate planning and probate, Stark & Knoll’s mission is to provide insightful, individually tailored legal advice in a professional and cost-effective manner. For more information on the Akron law firm of Stark & Knoll please visit www.stark-knoll.com.
