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Mr. Doran is a partner in the Columbus, Ohio, office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, and is a member of the firm's litigation practice group. He represents plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal proceedings across a number of different disciplines. Mr. Doran has extensive experience in personal injury, wrongful death, premises liability and product liability litigation, including mass tort defense work, as well as commercial, construction and insurance related litigation.

Maddie Rettig is an attorney whose practice areas include police misconduct, prison conditions, First Amendment, malicious prosecutions, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful discharge, sexual harassment, as well as other civil rights and employment issues.. Maddie is particularly interested in constitutional litigation, as she strives to achieve justice and equal opportunity for individuals through the civil legal system.. Maddie received her J.D., cum laude, from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Upon graduation, Maddie earned the Labor and Employment Academic Achievement Award and designation as a Public Service Fellow for completing over 100 hours of pro bono work. In law school, Maddie received CALI Excellence Awards in Employee Benefits and the Civil Law Clinic. She also served as the Chief Articles Editor for the Ohio State Law Journal. Maddie received her B.A. from Ohio University magna cum laude and a Certificate in Law, Justice & Culture.. Prior to joining the firm, Maddie served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Chief Judge R. Guy Cole, Jr. on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. She worked in the public sector for people on death row, wrongfully convicted persons, and low-income individuals experiencing the criminal justice system. She also worked for a non-profit organization facilitating rehabilitative programs for people in prison.. Professional Memberships include the American Constitution Society, the Ohio Employment Lawyers Association, and the Ohio State Bar Association. She was named a Super Lawyer Rising Star for 2021 and 2022.

I passionately advocate for the rights of individuals with employment and discrimination cases. I am devoted to securing justice for clients by offering individualized and sophisticated legal counsel.. When I am not vigorously representing my clients, I spend my time with my wife and our basset hound, going to Lake Erie, volunteering with Big Brothers Big Sisters, and spending time outdoors.

I litigate civil rights cases because I believe in them.  I believe in the right to free speech, the right of citizens' to be secure in their own homes, and the right to be free from false prosecutions and excessive force at the hands of the police.  This is why I went to law school, and why I have spent the last 13 years fighting for my clients as hard as I possible can. If we do not protect our rights, no one will protect them for us.

As a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) and one of Super Lawyer’s Top Women Lawyers– honors not easily earned –Amy Weis is a highly respected Columbus divorce lawyer. She’s earned her reputation by sparing her clients the financial and emotional drain of contested family law litigation through amicable settlements whenever possible. If a case cannot be resolved through a settlement, Amy is known as a fierce litigator in the courtroom.. Her greatest professional satisfaction is knowing that she leaves her clients better than when she found them, often by empowering them with the knowledge of what to expect, what their entitlements are and by counseling them through the course of their domestic dispute – from start to conclusion. In addition to her expertise in family law and family divorce law, Amy has expanded her knowledge through the AAML to include high profile client contested divorce cases, valuing interests in private equity investments, intricacies of executive compensation and even pet custody.. A magna cum laude graduate of Capital University Law School, Weis was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1996. Currently, she serves as Immediate past-president of the Ohio chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Previously, she served as the organization’s president and vice president. In 2002, she was chair of the Domestic Relations Committee of the Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association.. Recognized by Ohio Super Lawyers® from 2009 thru present, Amy has been named one of the Top 25 Columbus Women Lawyers from 2010 to present, as well as regulary being listed as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Ohio . She has also written on the law and lectured on its practice.

**Not accepting clients in Ohio at this time**. Born and grew up Columbus, Ohio's west side, to an Irish newspaperman father from Boston and a mother whose family were miners and boilermen. I remember the steam engines chuffing on the spur line running near my grandmother's house, and the warm summer nights on the porch before air conditioning. Big extended family and terrific holiday German cooking by my grandmother. Enlisted United States Air Force, served Far East, Tactical Navigation cryptologist decoding Communist Chinese air communications. Returned to Ohio to several jobs before beginning university studies in 1976.Part-time kiln grunt for Peggy my potter wife; decade of Muay Thai fight training anniversary February 2014; 8 years Tai Chi practicioner; good gas welder, too!