PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 17, 2009

Toledo, OH – Best Lawyers, one of the oldest and most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession, has named attorney Cary Cooper, cofounder of Cooper & Walinski, LPA, as Toledo’s best “Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year” for 2009.

Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in the surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.

Steven Naifeh, Managing Editor of Best Lawyers, says, “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 Cary Cooper on being selected as the ‘Toledo’s Best Lawyers Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year’ for 2009.”

“Coop has earned this recognition not just by his exceptional talent but by his character,” said Richard Walinski, his law partner since 1969. “Every day for 40 years Coop has offered every client his utmost skill, thorough preparation, deep knowledge of the law, and good sense. No client, regardless of standing, received less than Coop’s best. His peers recognize that.”

About Cooper & Walinski, LPA

Cooper & Walinski was founded in 1969 by Cary Cooper and Richard Walinski, both still active partners. The firm is the largest majority women-owned law firm in the nation. It is the litigation firm of choice for national, regional, and local clients – from Fortune 500 companies to individuals - in diverse legal matters throughout the country.  Cooper & Walinski specializes in business litigation, insurance recovery for policyholders, labor and employment, litigation management, products liability, and white-collar criminal defense.

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