WWR Partner Larry R. Rothenberg Recognized as a Top Real Estate Lawyer in Corporate Counsel Edition of Super Lawyers Magazine

Cleveland – Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. (WWR) is pleased to announce that partner Larry R. Rothenberg was recognized as a Top Real Estate Lawyer in the May/June 2009 Corporate Counsel edition of Super Lawyers magazine.  This issue highlighted the top attorneys in construction, real estate and environmental law across Ohio.

Larry Rothenberg was among the top five percent of Ohio’s licensed attorneys named an Ohio Super Lawyer.  The list, a joint project of Law and Politics magazine and Cincinnati Magazine, surveyed more than 34,000 attorneys across Ohio.  The attorneys were asked to nominate the best lawyers in the state that they have personally observed in action.

Larry Rothenberg is the partner in charge of managing the Foreclosure/Eviction department of the Cleveland office of WWR.  In addition to his most recent recognition, Mr. Rothenberg has been named an Ohio Super Lawyer in the yearly edition of Super Lawyers magazine for four years.  Mr. Rothenberg received a B.B.A. summa cum laude from Ohio University in 1975 and a J.D. from The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law in 1978.  A member of the Ohio State and Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Associations, Mr. Rothenberg is licensed in Ohio and admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court (Northern District of OH) and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.   He is a member of the American Legal and Financial Network and served as a Past President for the Mortgage Servicing Society of Northeast Ohio.  He has also served as Chairman of the Foreclosure Procedures Committee and Chairman of the Real Estate section of the former Cleveland Bar Association as well as Chairman of the Real Estate Law Institute and Chairman of the Real Property Committee of the former Cuyahoga County Bar Association.  Mr. Rothenberg is a frequent lecturer on foreclosure and related issues and is the author of the Ohio Jurisdictional Summary, The Law of Distressed Real Estate, published by the West Group.  Mr. Rothenberg can be reached at (216) 685-1135 or lrothenberg@weltman.com.

Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A., celebrating over 75 years of experience, provides comprehensive bankruptcy, collection, litigation and real estate default services to creditors throughout the United States and internationally, including major banks & financial institutions, mortgage lenders & servicers, commercial creditors, government entities, insurance companies, credit unions, service organizations, medical and utility companies.  Recognized as the largest creditors’ rights law firm in the United States, as ranked by Collections & Credit Risk magazine, WWR’s practice areas include bankruptcy, collection services, corporate & financial services, legal action recovery, litigation & defense, probate, real estate default (foreclosure, eviction, title & REO) and subrogation.  The firm has offices in Brooklyn Heights (OH), Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Grove City (OH), Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.