Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Law Firm Overview

In 1909, our firm began on the third floor of the three-story building at 52 East Gay Street in Columbus, Ohio.  As the firm has grown from the four founders to more than 200 lawyers in Columbus alone, we have expanded into five additional buildings along Gay Street, one block from the Ohio Statehouse.  Our Columbus lawyers practice in a broad array of areas, including litigation, corporate law, commercial and real estate, labor and employment, federal, state, and local tax law, intellectual property, bankruptcy, and environmental law. 

Our Columbus lawyers are extremely active in the Columbus Bar Association, where a number of Vorys partners have served as President over the years, and participate in virtually every community and charitable organization in the Columbus area, including the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, the YWCA, Operation Feed, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Habitat for Humanity, and Christmas in April.

Areas of Practice

• Antitrust & Trade Regulation
• Banking & Finance Law
• Business & Commercial Law
• Contracts
• Franchising
• Business Organizations
• Eminent Domain
• Election Campaign & Political Law
• Employment Law -- Employer
• Energy Law
• Entertainment, Sports & Leisure Law
• Estate Planning
• Elder Law
• Government Contracts
• Health & Health Care Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• Trademarks
• International Law
• Internet - Cyberspace
• Litigation & Appeals
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Trusts
• Products Liability Law
• Science & Technology Law
• Patents
• Securities Law
• State, Local & Municipal Law
• Tax Increment Financing
• Taxation Law

Published Works

• Ohio Securities Laws, Ohio Corporate Law, Volume 2, 1990
• Matthew Bender, Transportation of Direct Sale Natural Gas, 5th Annual Proceeding of Eastern Mineral Law Foundation, 1985
• Price Controls for Natural Gas and Crude Oil, Ohio Legal Center Institute
• Matthew Bender, John K. Keller, Crude Oil Price Regulation, Pro-ceedings of Eastern Mineral Law Foundation, 1980
• Basic Revision in the Ohio Oil & Gas Law, Ohio Bar, Volume LII, No. 46, December 1, 1980
• Title IV of the Helms-Burton Act: A Questionable Secondary Boycott, 28 Law & Pol'y Int'l Bus. 575, 1997
• Business Organization Law Update, General Practice Update, Ohio CLE Institute, 1999
• Making Economic Development Incentives More Efficient, The Urban Lawyer, Spring, 1998
• The Need For a Bright-Line Rule, 72 Geo. L.J.1817, 1984
• The Intersession Pocket Veto and the Executive-Legislative Balance of Powers, 73 Geo. L.J. 1185, 1985

Representative Clients

• Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc.
• Borden, Inc.
• Bureau of National Affairs
• Eaton Corporation
• John Hopkins Health System
• Medlantic Health Care Group
• Ohio Insurance Institute
• Ohio League of Financial Institutions
• Pitney Bowes, Inc.
• Red Roof Inns, Inc.
• Stanley Steemer International, Inc.
• Techneglas Incorporated
• Children's Hospital
• The Limited, Inc.
• Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel
• Worthington Foods

West Practice Categories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Franchising, Business Organizations, Eminent Domain, Election Campaign & Political Law, Employment Law -- Employer, Energy Law, Entertainment, Sports & Leisure Law, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Government Contracts, Health & Health Care Law, Intellectual Property Law, Trademarks, International Law, Internet - Cyberspace, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers & Acquisitions, Trusts, Products Liability Law, Science & Technology Law, Patents, Securities Law, State, Local & Municipal Law, Tax Increment Financing, Taxation Law