Joel L. Peschke

Named the 2022 “Lawyer of the Year” in Cincinnati in the practice area of Medical Malpractice Defense by Best Lawyers®, Joel has significant experience representing care providers in complex medical malpractice and wrongful death actions throughout Ohio and Kentucky.

Joel has been named by a “Top 100” lawyer in Ohio annually since 2019 and a “Top 50” lawyer in Cincinnati each year since 2017 by Law & Politics Media.  He has also been named an “Ohio Super Lawyer” by that same publication each year since 2014, an honor bestowed on no more than 5% of the lawyers in the state.  Prior to being selected as a “Super Lawyer,” Joel was named an “Ohio Super Lawyers-Rising Star” in 2009-2013, an honor bestowed on only 2.5% of the best up-and-coming attorneys in Ohio who are either 40 years of age or younger or have been practicing 10 or fewer years.

Joel is a 1995 Cum Laude graduate from the University of Memphis, where he attended on a full football scholarship, and a 2000 graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of Law.  He is licensed to practice in the State of Ohio, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

An elected member of the Milford High School (Ohio) Athletic Hall of Fame, Joel volunteers significant time to the Loveland (Ohio) youth softball organization, including serving on the Board for that organization.