Nici Workman

Nici is a partner in the Vorys Columbus office and chair of the firm’s finance practice. Her practice focuses on commercial and structured finance matters, representing national and regional banks and public company and other large corporate borrowers in a wide range of financing transactions including syndicated and multi-currency credit facilities, asset-based lending facilities, acquisition financings, leveraged ESOPs, mezzanine financings, mortgage warehousing facilities and securitizations. In addition, Nici regularly represents financial institutions and corporate end-users, including public companies, energy companies, manufacturing companies and retailers, in connection with derivative transactions under the ISDA Master Agreement and its related suite of documents, including drafting and negotiating related Schedules and Credit Support Annexes, and related regulatory matters under Title VII of Dodd-Frank, including the negotiation of Futures and Options Agreements and Cleared Derivatives Transactions Addenda with FCMs in connection with mandatory derivatives clearing under Dodd-Frank.

Nici has been recognized multiple times by Chambers USA as a leading lawyer in banking and finance and has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America as a Banking and Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year” for 2024. Nici is also a member of the ESOP Association.

In addition to her finance practice, Nici is the immediate past chair of the Vorys Women's Network and, in 2019, was one of only 15 attorneys nationally to be included on the shortlist for the Chambers Gender Diversity Lawyer of the Year award.

Nici is Chairperson of Ruling Our eXperiences (ROX) and a Member of the Board of Trustees, for The Wexner Center Foundation.

Nici received her J.D. cum laude from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where she was a member of the Moot Court Board, and her B.A. summa cum laude in economics from Capital University.