About Us

Carpenter Lipps & Leland LLP was established in 1994 by three senior litigation partners from the Columbus office of Jones Day.

The Firm is a litigation boutique with an emphasis on class action and complex litigation, primarily in the areas of business and commercial law, antitrust, banking and consumer finance, energy, First Amendment, government regulation, health care, libel, marketing and franchise law, professional liability defense, products liability, public policy, real estate/construction, securities, sports law, taxation, and white collar criminal defense.

The Firm’s lawyers have been recognized as comprising one of Ohio’s outstanding litigation firms by various publications, such as Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, The Best Lawyers in America, Ohio’s Super Lawyers, LawDragon.com, and Martindale-Hubbell’s Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (areas including banking law, civil trial practice, commercial litigation, communication law, employment benefits law, franchise law, products liability law, and professional liability practice areas)