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Beth Silverman &
Associates LLC is
pleased to announce
t hat Elizabeth
Zilberberg joined
the firm as an asso-
ciate attorney in
October 2025.
Zilberberg
Zilberberg’s prac-
tice, as with the rest
of the firm, will focus exclusively on all areas
of family law, including divorce, dissolution,
and child custody matters, with an occasional
criminal defense representation. She received
her Juris Doctor from the University of Cincin-
nati College of Law in 2010 and received her
Bachelor of Arts in Classics from University of
Cincinnati in 2007 Summa Cum Laude. Zilber-
berg comes to us with extensive experience in
high-level complex litigation and is admitted
to practice in Ohio and Kentucky.
Beth Freemal has
joined Frost Brown
Todd’s Cincinnati
office as a partner in
the Real Estate prac-
tice group. Freemal
joins FBT from a
national real estate
i n v e s t m e n t
Freemal
company, where she
oversaw legal operations for a portfolio of more
than 100 downtown parking facilities, 16 off-air-
port locations, and two million square feet of
warehouse space. Her experience spans real
estate and finance, including multimil-
lion-dollar acquisitions, sales, commercial
lending, securitization, and structured finance
transactions.
John M. Hands, a
recently retired
partner of UB
Greensfelder LLP,
received the Excel-
lence in Advocacy
Award from the
Ohio Association of
Hands
Civil Trial Attorneys
(OACTA) during its
Annual Meeting in Columbus. OACTA’s Excel-
lence in Advocacy Award “is designed to honor
lawyers who have distinguished themselves over
a number of years by their professionalism,
intelligence, creativity, judgment, personality,
sensitivity, civility, advocacy skills, community
involvement, efforts to educate newer attorneys,
and effective representation of their clients both
in and outside the courtroom.”
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Adler Fisher
Fosse Hughes
Khoury Powers
The law firm of
Keating Muething &
Klekamp PLL is
pleased to welcome
seven new associ-
ates: Jenna Adler is
an associate in the
firm’s Litigation
Van Hull
Group. Adler earned
her J.D. from The
Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in
2025, where she served as Managing Editor of
the Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution.
During law school, Adler was a member of the
Moot Court Travel Team and worked as a
summer associate at KMK Law in 2023 and
2024. Adler is admitted to practice law in Ohio.
Tanner Fisher is an associate in the firm’s Busi-
ness Representation & Transactions Group.
Fisher earned his J.D. from the University of
Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law,
where he served as Senior Staff Editor on the
Kentucky Law Journal. During law school,
Fisher earned the Pro Bono award for his service
as a site coordinator and volunteer for the
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Clinic. Fisher
also worked as an election law research assis-
tant and summer associate at KMK Law. Fisher
is admitted to practice law in Ohio. Christo
Fosse is an associate in the firm’s Litigation
Group. Fosse earned his J.D. from the Univer-
sity of Cincinnati College of Law, where he
served as Articles Editor of the University of
Cincinnati Law Review and Executive Director
of the Moot Court Honor Board. During law
school, Fosse was champion of the Frank A.
Schreck Gaming Law Moot Court Competi-
tion, a national qualifier of the New York City
Bar Association’s National Moot Court Compe-
tition, and the winner of UC’s Intramural Moot
Court Competition. Fosse is admitted to prac-
tice law in Ohio. Samantha Hughes is an
associate in the firm’s Business Representation
& Transactions Group. Hughes earned her J.D.
from the Loyola University Chicago School of
Law in 2024, summa cum laude. While in law
school, she served as a teaching assistant in civil
procedure and criminal law, worked as a student
clinician in the Loyola Business Law Clinic, and
served as Executive Editor of the Loyola Univer-
sity Chicago International Law Review. Hughes
is admitted to practice law in Illinois. Omar
Khoury is an associate in the firm’s Litigation
Group. Prior to joining KMK Law, Khoury
served as a judicial law clerk to Hon. Jeffery P.
Hopkins of the U.S. District Court, Southern
District of Ohio. He previously practiced at a
law firm in New York where he focused his prac-
tice on litigation matters including fiduciary
duty claims and ERISA class actions. Khoury
earned his J.D. from the University of Pennsyl-
vania Carey Law School in 2023, where he served
as Executive Editor of the University of Penn-
sylvania Journal of Constitutional Law and won
the award for Best Brief in the Edwin R. Keedy
Moot Court Competition. Khoury is admitted
to practice law in New York, and is approved
under Ohio Gov. Bar R. I § 19 to practice in
Ohio while his application for admission is
pending. Beth Ann Powers is an associate in
the firm’s Business Representation & Transac-
tions Group. Powers earned her J.D. from the
University of Cincinnati College of Law in 2025,
magna cum laude, where she served as an Arti-
cles Editor of the University of Cincinnati Law
Review. During law school, Powers worked in
the Entrepreneurship and Community Devel-
opment Clinic, advising entrepreneurs through
various stages of business development. She
also worked as a teaching assistant and served
as a legal intern for the Honorable Terry Nestor
of the Hamilton County Court of Common
Pleas. Powers is admitted to practice law in
Ohio. Heather Van Hull is an associate in the
firm’s Litigation Group. Prior to joining KMK
Law, Van Hull served as a judicial law clerk to
Hon. Chief Judge Louis A. Bledsoe, III and Hon.
A. Todd Brown of the North Carolina Business
Court. Van Hull earned her J.D. from The Ohio
State University Moritz College of Law in 2024.
While in law school, she served as a Judicial
Extern for Justice Michael P. Donnelly of the
Supreme Court of Ohio, a Staff Editor and